When Policy Targets Identity: Standing With Trans Youth and the LGBTQ Community
We are witnessing how recent debates and legislation targeting transgender people are not just abstract policy disputes but real actions that affect lives, including those of youth who are already among the most vulnerable members of our community.
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10 Years On: Anchorage’s LGBTQ Protections. A Milestone Worth Defending
At Alaskans Together for Equality, we celebrate every step forward toward full equality for LGBTQ+ Alaskans and this September, Anchorage marked a major one. It has now been 10 years since the Municipality of Anchorage extended civil rights protections to include gender identity and sexual orientation, a milestone that wouldn’t have been possible without sustained advocacy, community engagement, and the collective voice of Alaskans committed to dignity and fairness for all.
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Resilient and Rising: Why Sustaining LGBTQ Advocacy Matters More Than Ever
We know how essential stable funding is to sustaining programs that support LGBTQ Alaskans. Historically, LGBTQ organizations have worked with limited resources even as the demand for advocacy, services, and community support has continued to grow. Today, those long standing challenges are becoming even more pronounced. Still, our community remains hopeful, resilient, and committed to advocating for our rights and for LGBTQ people across Alaska.
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Anchorage Pride 2025: A Celebration of Love, Visibility, and Community
This past June’s Anchorage Pride Parade marked a remarkable milestone for LGBTQ+ Alaskans and allies. With more than 900 people walking in the 48th annual parade, it stands as the largest Pride parade Anchorage has seen yet, filling downtown streets with joy, unity, and colorful celebration.
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Standing Together in Juneau: Support, Joy, and Resistance for LGBTQ+ Alaskans
At Alaskans Together for Equality, we are deeply thankful to the LGBTQ+ community in Juneau and to the many allies who showed up during a challenging and uncertain time. Your presence, care, and courage remind us that even when national rhetoric and policy feel threatening, local communities continue to lead with compassion and resolve.
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Alaskans Together Foundation Revives Anchorage Pride Parade: A Spectacular Celebration of Unity and Equality
The Alaskans Together Foundation is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of the Anchorage Pride Parade, held at 11:30 am on Saturday, June 24, 2023. As the Foundation hosts this event for the first time, it brings together the vibrant LGBTQ+ community and their allies in a spectacular celebration of love, acceptance, and equality.
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Alaska Must Ensure the Safety of LGBTQ Kids at School
Alaskans Together for Equality Calls On Legislature To Reject Gov. Dunleavy’s Anti-LGBTQ Proposal.
Alaskans Together for Equality today denounced Gov. Dunleavy's HB 105, which targets and discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth, and urged the Alaska Legislature to reject the bill. Advocates and experts say the bill is an attack on Alaska’s LGBTQ youth and their right to safely be who they are at school. The bill is one of more than 150 bills across the country that target LGBTQ youth in education.
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Alaskans Together For Equality Statement on Dobbs v Jackson: ‘Reproductive Rights Are LGBTQ+ Rights'
As the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson today, striking down Roe v. Wade, Alaskans Together For Equality Board President Elias Rojas issued the following statement:
“It’s hard to find the words to describe just how devastating today’s news is, not just for people who may become pregnant, but for all of us. Abortion is not just a women’s issue, nor is it a matter that only affects heterosexual people. The Supreme Court just ruled that no American has a right to make their own private medical decisions — a dire statement that we should all find alarming.
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As HB 17 Advances, LGBTQ+ Alaskans Wonder: Will 2022 Be the Year We Finally Win Equality?
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska House Judiciary Committee this week passed HB 17, a measure that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s existing anti-discrimination laws.
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Alaskans Together for Equality Statement on the Supreme Court’s Title VII Ruling
Board President Elias Rojas released the following statement today on behalf of Alaskans Together for Equality (ATE):
“This week, the United States Supreme Court issued an historic ruling affirming what we already knew to be true: Americans everywhere are entitled to fairness in the workplace, regardless of who we love or how we live.
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