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August 2, 2019
Ketchikan LGBTQ group looks back on 5 years of support
In October 2014, KRBD interviewed the group Transgendered Ketchikan. Five years later, KRBD follows up to learn whether anything has changed.
July 8, 2019
Ketchikan LGBTQ members hope to maintain safe spaces
Read (and listen!) Elizabeth Gabriel spoke with Dawn Schlosser about hosting Ga(y)me Night at the Ketchikan Public Library.
June 28, 2019
Petersburg museum opens first pride art show
An exhibit of paintings, photos, sculpture and paper art celebrating Pride Month opens in Petersburg tonight, Friday, June 28 at the Clausen Museum.
Here in Petersburg, this is the first year for this show, dreamed up by museum director Lizzie Walsh along with Annette Bennett, director of Working Against Violence for Everybody, or WAVE. Joe Viechnicki spoke with Walsh about the exhibit, which she’s hoping will become an annual event.
June 25, 2019
Tie-dye, rainbows and love songs: Juneau’s first youth LGBTQ Pride party
Read (and listen!) Pride week in Juneau included a pub crawl, Pride prom and queer trivia. But it also featured something new this year: a party just for teens.
June 14, 2019
Skagway’s Pride Month kickoff event draws 200
The 200 people who came out for Skagway’s first event of Pride Month on June 1 far outnumbered the turnout at the town’s first such march in 1992.
May 10, 2019
Sponsors of Skagway’s LGBTQ pride event hope there will be more
Leigh Armstrong spoke with Nils Davis and Skipper Stovall of Skagway. To welcome all LGBTQ people, Nils Davis and Skipper Stovall opened the doors of their business, Bites on Broadway, for a pride meet and greet on May 4.
Davis and Stovall said the event is for people in town to come out and meet other LGBT- and LGBT-friendly members of the community in a safe space.
December 13, 2017
What a change in city code could mean for Sitka’s LGBTQ community
Read (and listen!) The Sitka assembly on Tuesday passed a sweeping anti-discrimination ordinance.
November 21, 2017
Wrangell group in solidarity with global transgender day of remembrance
Read (and listen!) The local LGBT group, Community Roots, took part in the global day of remembrance.
Yesterday was the global day of remembrance for those murdered from anti-transgender hate crimes. 25 transgender people have been murdered so far in 2017 in the U.S., according to research from the Human Rights Campaign and these numbers are increasing.
August 23, 2016
Juneau Assembly passes long-awaited equal rights ordinance
The ordinance was adopted by the Juneau Assembly in an 8-1 vote. The ordinance protects against discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation.
June 12, 2016
LGBTQ community grieves while celebrating Pride
Members of Juneau’s LGBTQ community celebrated the beginning of Pride week with a picnic at a local park. The festive mood was darkened by collective mourning for victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday.
September 30, 2015
Anchorage Assembly passes state’s first LGBT anti-discrimination measure
The Anchorage Assembly voted to extend full legal protections to residents on the basis of sexual orientation and gender — the first such ordinance in the state of Alaska.
August 17, 2015
A lifetime of fighting: A history of Alaska LGBT rights
Read (and listen!) a short history of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Alaska.
March 6, 2015
Transgender support group starts in Juneau
Read (and listen!) The transgender community is finding a foothold in the capital city. A support and social group for transgender and gender questioning people had its first meeting in February with about 12 participants and has its second tomorrow.
January 8, 2015
An LGBTQ Renaissance In Juneau
Read (and listen!) Juneau’s alliance group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people has been going through a renaissance with new board members and energy. Now, with recent grant funding, SEAGLA hopes to increase visibility and awareness in the capital city and beyond.
October 24, 2014
LGBTQ support group meets in Ketchikan
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people are gaining more rights and acceptance throughout the country. Same-sex marriage is now legal in a majority of states, including Alaska. While support may be rising nationwide, there aren’t any official LGBTQ non-profits or advocacy groups in Ketchikan. But there are unofficial support systems. One such group is called “Transgendered Ketchikan.”