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Author Archives: Mel Green
A Valentine’s Day wedding at the Empire State Building
Anchorage residents Stephanie Figarelle and Lela McArthur today became the first same-sex couple to wed atop the historic Empire State Building in New York City, one of two same-sex couples to marry there today. Same-sex marriage became legal in New York on on July 24, 2011. Continue reading
Dan Savage speaks out for One Anchorage
Looks like Dan Savage and his husband Terry Miller will soon be recognized as legally married in their home state of Washington. But today Dan’s in Anchorage — and he’s no happier than we are about Alaska’s lack of basic civil rights protections for LGBT people. Continue reading
Fairview Community Council passes resolution for equal rights in Anchorage
Fairview Community Council has passed a resolution calling for the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender in the Municipality of Anchorage’s equal rights code, Title 5. The resolution passed at the community council’s January 12 meeting by a vote of 13 to 1. The resolution comes as the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative (One Anchorage) is set to be voted upon in the April 3 municipal election. Continue reading
Posted in Anchorage, News, Politics
Tagged Anchorage equal rights ordinance AO-64 (2009), Anchorage LGBT Discrimination Survey, Anchorage Press, ballot initiative, Christopher Constant, Fairview Community Council, Michael Howard, nondiscrimination laws, One Anchorage Campaign, Proposition 5 Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative (2011-2012)
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Juneau Mayor Bruce Botelho joins 95+ U.S. mayors calling for marriage equality
by Mel Green Bruce Botelho, Mayor of the City and Borough of Juneau, has joined (at last count) 98 other U.S. mayors from over 25 states in calling for marriage equality. The formation of Mayors for Freedom to Marry, a … Continue reading
Posted in Juneau, News, Politics
Tagged Bruce Botelho, Freedom to Marry, marriage equality, Mayors for Freedom to Marry
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It’s official: Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative certified for April 2012 ballot
by Mel Green It’s official: the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative will appear on ballot for the April 3, 2012 Anchorage municipal election. One Anchorage, the group spearheading the initiative, received an email yesterday addressed to One Anchorage campaign chairs Arliss … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska Family Council, Anchorage equal rights ordinance AO-64 (2009), Anchorage municipal election 2012, ballot initiative, Christians for Equality (Anchorage), Elections 2012, One Anchorage Campaign, Proposition 5 Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative (2011-2012), Rev. Michael Burke
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Christians for Equality speak out for Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative
Christians for Equality, a new group representing a number of religious and faith-based organizations in the Anchorage area, has formed in support of the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative. Continue reading
13,515 signatures: Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative will be on the April 2012 municipal ballot
The One Anchorage campaign will turn in 13,515 signatures — over twice the 5,871 needed — to put the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative on the Municipality of Anchorage’s April 3, 2012 ballot. If passed, the measure will provide the same legal protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people already provided to other Anchorage residents. Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving from Bent Alaska
Happy Thanksgiving from Bent Alaska to you and your family — no matter what your family looks like. There’s going to be a lot of gays and lesbians with families sitting around the table, and it’s important at the end … Continue reading
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Remembering the dead — and the living
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, let’s remember those who have lost their lives to suicide and murder, but let’s also remember — and celebrate, honor, love, and welcome — the living. Even if we don’t “get” them. There’s so many worthy, cool, and interesting transgender and genderqueer people with all kinds of lives and all kinds of interesting stories to tell. And not only stories about being transgender. Continue reading
Alaska favorite “I Can’t Think Straight” to become a web series — with your help
by Mel Green Last October, two films by independent lesbian filmmakers Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan were screened in Alaska, accompanied by Sheetal Sheth, costar of both films. Now one of those films, “I Can’t Think Straight,” based on the … Continue reading
