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Sunday, 6 October 2013 – 5:19 PM | Comments Off on A long-overdue Bent Alaska update — October 2013

Bent Alaska’s blog will continue in hiatus indefinitely; but the Bent Alaska Facebook Group on Facebook is thriving — join us! A long-overdue update from Bent Alaska’s editor.

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Bent Alaska is Alaska's LGBTQA blog founded by E. Ross in March 2008 and now edited (as of October 2011) by Melissa S. (Mel) Green.

A child of Anchorage Baptist Temple says: Vote for the children — Yes on 5

Friday, 30 March 2012 – 12:00 PM | 3 Comments
A child of Anchorage Baptist Temple says: Vote for the children — Yes on 5

RJ Haywood was raised in the Anchorage Baptist Temple, where he once underwent their attempt to exorcise “the demon of homosexuality” from him. He survived and now lives happily as a gay man in Anchorage, with a message for Anchorage voters: Yes on 5.

RENT plays at the PAC starting March 30

Thursday, 29 March 2012 – 12:44 PM | Comments Off on RENT plays at the PAC starting March 30
RENT plays at the PAC starting March 30

Alaska Theatre of Youth and Theatre Artists United present RENT, showing March 30—31 and April 1 and 4–7 at the Syndey Laurence Theatre, Alaska Center for the Peforming Arts.

Spring Gay-la at Mat-Su College in Palmer

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 – 10:39 AM | One Comment
Spring Gay-la at Mat-Su College in Palmer

* * * Update: Event postponed. * * * Join Mat-Su College Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) for their Spring Gay-la on Thursday, March 29 at the Atrium at Mat-Su College in Palmer.

“Pariah” screens tonight (two shows) at Anchorage’s Bear Tooth

Monday, 26 March 2012 – 12:54 PM | Comments Off on “Pariah” screens tonight (two shows) at Anchorage’s Bear Tooth
“Pariah” screens tonight (two shows) at Anchorage’s Bear Tooth

Writer/director Dee Rees’ critically acclaimed feature film Pariah about a 17-year-old African-American woman in Brooklyn embracing identity as a lesbian has two screening tonight at Anchorage’s Bear Tooth Theatre Pub.

Sara’s News Roundup 3/26/12: Juneau native Aidan Key now directs transgender advocacy group in Seattle

Monday, 26 March 2012 – 11:26 AM | Comments Off on Sara’s News Roundup 3/26/12: Juneau native Aidan Key now directs transgender advocacy group in Seattle
Sara’s News Roundup 3/26/12: Juneau native Aidan Key now directs transgender advocacy group in Seattle

Aidan Key, a transgender man who grew up in Juneau, now directs Gender Odyssey in Seattle; Prop 5 in Anchorage; marriage equality in New Hampshire; and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.

Anchorage LGBT Discrimination Survey final report released

Thursday, 22 March 2012 – 10:06 AM | 2 Comments
Anchorage LGBT Discrimination Survey: Final Report

Anchorage LGBT Discrimination Survey: Final Report by Melissa S. Green was released today by the Anchorage-based nonprofit Identity on behalf of the Alaska LGBT Community Survey Task Force.

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

Tuesday, 20 March 2012 – 10:31 AM | Comments Off on Sara’s News Roundup 3/20/12: Apple-y Ever After
Sara’s News Roundup 3/20/12: Apple-y Ever After

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.

Montana senator and MHRN equality activist to speak in Juneau tonight

Thursday, 15 March 2012 – 11:36 AM | Comments Off on Montana senator and MHRN equality activist to speak in Juneau tonight
Montana senator and MHRN equality activist to speak in Juneau tonight

Montana Senator Christine Kaufmann, one of three LGBT members of the Montana legislature and cofounder of the Montana Human Rights Network (MHRN), and Jamee Greer, an organizer and lobbyist with MHRN will speak tonight on “The Next Twenty Years: Achieving Equality for All Alaskans” at a reception and community event at the Hangar in Juneau.

Ask Lambda Legal: The Affordable Care Act and HIV

Tuesday, 13 March 2012 – 9:01 AM | Comments Off on Ask Lambda Legal: The Affordable Care Act and HIV
Scott Schoettes, HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal

In this month’s “Ask Lambda Legal” column, Lambda Legal answers a question about health insurance for persons living with HIV.

Sara’s News Roundup 3/12/12: The personal & political in same-sex marriage votes

Monday, 12 March 2012 – 8:54 AM | Comments Off on Sara’s News Roundup 3/12/12: The personal & political in same-sex marriage votes
Sara’s News Roundup 3/12/12: The personal & political in same-sex marriage votes

Republican legislators in three states changed their votes on same-sex marriage through having a personal connection with gay friends, relatives, or constituents, and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.