Tag Archives: servicemembers & veterans

Sara’s News Roundup 3/20/12: Apple-y Ever After

Posted on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 by Bent Alaska

I scream, you scream, we all scream for (Ben & Jerry’s) ice cream (for marriage equality in the UK), the same-sex marriage debate in the black community, and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska. Continue reading →

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Saturday night: “Love and Hate” fundraiser for Operation Morale Boost

Posted on Friday, 3 February 2012 by Bent Alaska

Love and Hate… Makin’ up… or breakin’ up! Come on out for another fundraiser for Operation Morale Boost on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Mad Myrna’s! Continue reading →

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Paige’s Birthday Wish: A Saturday evening of entertainment benefiting Operation Morale Boost

Posted on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 by Bent Alaska

After spending Thanksgiving with loved ones, help celebrate Paige’s 31st birthday this Saturday, November 26, by helping Operation Morale Boost send off packages to servicemembers unable to be with their families this holiday season. This is the one thing Paige … Continue reading →

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Ask Lambda Legal: Options after Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Posted on Thursday, 17 November 2011 by Bent Alaska

Lambda Legal answers the question: Now that DADT has been repealed, can former servicemembers who were discharged under that policy re-enlist? Continue reading →

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Dan Choi, soldier & activist (LGBT History Month)

Posted on Saturday, 8 October 2011 by Bent Alaska

Lt. Dan Choi is a West Point graduate, Iraq War veteran and Arabic linguist. He was the nation’s leading activist for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). Bent Alaska presents his story as part of our celebration of … Continue reading →

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Bent News,10/4/11: Booing a gay soldier — presidential politics, post-DADT

Posted on Tuesday, 4 October 2011 by Bent Alaska News Team

Post-DADT presidential politics, as illustrated by continuing reaction to the booing of an active-duty gay soldier at a Sep. 22 GOP candidates debate; and more in this edition of Bent News. (Based on @bentalaska tweets and Facebook shares from October … Continue reading →

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Alaskans celebrate the end of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Posted on Tuesday, 20 September 2011 by Melissa S. Green

Alaskan soldiers & Senator Begich reflect on the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, which ended on Tuesday, and the LGBT community celebrates at two local events. Continue reading →

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Homes for Our Troops: “Money from the fundraiser was lost” (Andrew Caleb “Drew” Pritt aka Diedra)

Posted on Monday, 19 September 2011 by Melissa S. Green

by Mel Green Questions emerged over the weekend about missing funds from a fundraiser held last month to raise money for the charity Homes for Our Troops (HFOT). The fundraiser, dubbed “Home for an Alaskan Hero,” was intended to help … Continue reading →

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UAA celebrates DADT repeal on September 20

Posted on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 by Bent Alaska

It’s not a post-DADT world yet, but it will be after September 20 — and University of Alaska Anchorage will be celebrating!  Wear camo and join the UAA students and veterans as we celebrate the end of this discriminatory legislation. … Continue reading →

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Drag and variety show nets $3,170 toward an Alaska vet’s home

Posted on Tuesday, 16 August 2011 by Bent Alaska

Editor’s note, 9/20/11: This fundraiser was organized by Andrew Caleb Pritt (aka A. Caleb Pritt, Andrew Pritt, Caleb Pritt, Drew Pritt, Diedra, Diedra Windsor Walker, Diedra Richards, Diedra Richards Ho Jenkins), a former contributor to Bent Alaska, who is also … Continue reading →

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