Articles by Bent Alaska
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.
Pride 2012, Sunday, June 3: Get yer Pridestuff here! & barbecue at the Raven
Sunday, June 3: Get yer Pridestuff here! Visit Identity’s booth at Anchorage’s Downtown Market for your PrideFest t-shirts, rainbow merchandise, and just to say hi to some really cool people. Then go for a late-afternoon Pride kick-off barbecue at the Raven!
Nauti Otter Pub Crawl and Mixer in Seward — Saturday, June 2
Gat out of town and join the fun in Seward on beautiful Resurrection Bay, with a pre-party at the Nauti Otter Inn, bonfire, hors d’oeuvres, and pub crawl, on Saturday, June 2.
Pride 2012, Saturday, June 2: T-shirts & lemonade, remembering our dead, a trip to the zoo, & a pageant
Saturday, June 2: lots to do for Pride! Drink Lemonade 4 LOVE in Anchorage, Wasilla, or Fairbanks, remember those who came before us, visit Identity’s booth at Anchorage’s Downtown Market, enjoy Gay Day at the Alaska Zoo, and finish it off with the glamor and fabulousness of ICOAA’s annual MGA Pageant at Mad Myrna’s!
2012 Anchorage Relay for Life at Cuddy Park — Friday, June 1
The 2012 Anchorage Relay for Life will take place on Friday, June 1 at Cuddy Park. Dezi DoAll LaChores is participating: sponsor her to help raise funds for the fight against cancer.
Congregation Beth Sholom hosts Shabbat services for GLBT community — Friday, June 1
Join Rabbi Michael Oblath and Congregation Beth Sholom at the Shabbat service for the LGBT community on Friday, June 1, part of Anchorage’s celebration of Pride Week 2012.
Alaska Pride Week 2012: The complete schedule
Alaska Pride Week in Anchorage begins on May 31 this year, and is just a little bit longer than a week to accommodate all the great events. Here’s the full schedule of Anchorage’s Pride events, with links to individual stories with further information on events. (Check back on this page, because we’ll be updating it with links as the stories are written and posted!) And don’t miss the official Pride 2012 commercial!
Women’s health care forum at Anchorage Museum Wednesday, May 30
A women’s health care forum at the Anchorage Museum Auditorium on the evening of Wednesday, May 30, will address questions about how the Affordable Care Act will affect Alaska women.
Sara’s News, 5/28/12: Openly transgender athlete to make U.S. Olympic bid
Keelin Godsey becomes the first openly transgender athlete to compete for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team; CNN and ESPN journalist LZ Granderson writes about being black and gay; the first museum of gay and lesbian art opens in New York City; and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska (with supplemental info from Bent Alaska).
Alaska Pride Fest 2012 kicks off Thursday, May 31
Anchorage’s Alaska Pride Fest is earlier than usual this year — in fact, it starts next week! .The official kickoff is this coming Thursday at the Millenium Alaskan Hotel, also a fundraiser for Alaska Pride. Check out Bent Alaska’s events calendar for all the Pride events and details.
Two ICOAA events: Annual Memorial Day picnic on Monday, and MGA pageant coming up on June 2
It’s Memorial Day Weekend, which means it’s time for the Imperial Court’s annual Memorial Day picnic at Kincaid Park on Monday, May 28. That’s also the application deadline for candidates for Mr./Miss/Ms./Mister Gay Alaska, for the annual MGA pageant to be held Saturday, June 2.