Tag Archives: ACLU

Trans driver license lawsuit: Privacy & equal protection

Posted on Tuesday, 26 July 2011 by Bent Alaska

Jillian T. Weiss, J.D., Ph.D., analyzes the legal issues of privacy and equal protection in the ACLU’s brief in K.L. v. State of Alaska, which involves Alaska DMV’s denial of a transgender woman’s driver’s license with a correct gender marker without proof of a surgical sex change. Continue reading →

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Who writes Alaska’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)?

Posted on Monday, 25 July 2011 by Joan Blagg

Alaska DMV based its refusal to put the correct gender marker on a transgender woman’s driver’s license on Alaska’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) D-24. Just who wrote SOP D-24, and what kind of review did it get before being used to make decisions affecting people’s lives? Continue reading →

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Alaska DMV refuses to put correct gender on drivers license; ACLU sues

Posted on Monday, 18 July 2011 by Bent Alaska

The ACLU and the ACLU of Alaska have brought suit against the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles over DMV’s refusal to put the correct gender marker on a transgender woman’s driver’s license without proof of a surgical sex change. The brief … Continue reading →

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Anthony Romero of ACLU to speak Thursday at UAA

Posted on Tuesday, 12 July 2011 by Melissa S. Green

Anthony Romero, national executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Romero will be the featured speaker for Disparate Opportunity in America: The Ongoing Struggle for Equal Rights sponsored by the UAA Justice Center and ACLU of Alaska.  The … Continue reading →

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Doug Frank: Grand Marshal for Alaska Pride Fest 2011

Posted on Sunday, 19 June 2011 by E. Ross

Alaska Pride Fest has announced the Grand Marshall for 2011 – Doug Frank – and posted a biography about Frank’s decades of service to the LGBTQA community of Alaska. Bent Alaska thanks Doug Frank for his commitment to the community, … Continue reading →

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Bohemian Rhapsody “too gay” for Wasilla? — Beyond the snark, bad situation for gay kids in Mat-Su schools

Posted on Friday, 13 May 2011 by Bent Alaska

Beyond the headline-catching absurdity of the short-lived Wasilla High School ban on “Bohemian Rhapsody,” there’s a more serious reality for LGBT students in the Mat-Su — one which hasn’t gained so much media attention. Continue reading →

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Motion filed in Schmidt v. Alaska

Posted on Thursday, 12 May 2011 by E. Ross

A lawsuit by three same-sex couples against Alaska’s biased property tax rules progressed to the next step on Wednesday. The national ACLU and the ACLU of Alaska filed a motion for summary judgment in Schmidt v. Alaska, a lawsuit challenging … Continue reading →

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Anchorage’s LGBT Discrimination Survey

Posted on Thursday, 27 January 2011 by Melissa S. Green

by Melissa S. Green Originally published as an op-ed in the Anchorage Press on Thursday, January 27, 2011. In the 1980s, I was part of two major research efforts conducted by Identity, Inc. to document sexual orientation bias in Alaska. … Continue reading →

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Alaska ACLU’s 40 Heroes include Identity, Out North

Posted on Monday, 17 January 2011 by E. Ross

2011 will mark the 40th Anniversary of the ACLU of Alaska and they’re celebrating with a Gala Evening honoring 40 Heroes of Constitutional Rights. Identity, Inc. is one of the heroes. Other honorees connected to the LGBT community include Out … Continue reading →

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Take the Anchorage LGBT Survey

Posted on Saturday, 8 January 2011 by E. Ross

- by Shelby Carpenter I am pleased to announce that the Anchorage LGBT Discrimination Survey is now available! This survey will collect information on experiences of bias and discrimination in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Anchorage, … Continue reading →

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