A long-overdue Bent Alaska update — October 2013

Bent News, 2012-05-16: Salinas, KS gets new nondiscrimination ordinance

• Congrats! Salina (Kansas) City Commission passes GLBT anti-discrimination ordinance http://t.co/WM6arOHG #
• Took out LGBT too/ @lauritadianita: House is voting on version of #VAWA (HR4970) that takes away tribes’ ability to issue restraining orders #
• Good. We all need protection RT @ThinkProgressFD: White House Threatens To Veto Watered Down Violence Against Women Act http://t.co/rPuBKRIp #

Sara’s News Roundup 5/8/12: North Carolina’s Amendment 1; transgender workers protected under 1964 Civil Rights Act

North Carolina votes tomorrow on anti-marriage equality Amendment 1, transgender workers protected under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act; and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska (with supplemental info from Bent Alaska).

Trevor Storrs: Grand Marshal for Alaska Pride Fest 2012

Trevor Storrs will be the Grand Marshal for Anchorage’s 2012 Celebrating Diversity Parade, Alaska Pride Fest announced Saturday. The Celebrating Diversity Parade, to be held on Saturday, June 9, is part of Alaska Pride Fest 2012.

First Annual Scott Turner Memorial Bake Sale: Sunday at Mad Myrna’s

In honor of our dearly departed friend, Scott Turner — who is not dead, he just moved away! — we proudly present the 1st Annual Scott Turner Memorial Bake Sale, benefiting the Four A’s, Sunday at 4:00 PM at Mad Myrna’s.

Saucy Jack & the Space Vixens at Mad Myrna’s through May

Glitterboots will save your life, in Mad Myrna’s rousing & campy production of Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, playing every weekend through May in Anchorage. Directed by Mad Myrna’s own RJ Haywood!

Open letter to the Municipality of Anchorage: Dissembling to save face

A new…ish resident of the Municipality of Anchorage calls the Assembly, Municipal Clerk’s office, and Election Commission on their dissembling about the botched April 3 election.

Anchorage election: Former election coordinator calls for full handcount; voters file for handcount & audit

Former municipal election coordinator Guadalupe Marroquin calls for a full hand count of every precinct’s ballots from the the April 3 Municipal election; and an application for a hand count of 15 precincts and full audit of the election has been been filed with the Municipal Clerk. The Anchorage Assembly meets today (Thursday, May 3) at 5 PM in the Loussac Library on whether to certify the election.

Imperial Crown Prince and Princess Ball XX: “A Mariachi Masquerade”

join Prince Steve and Princess Alexis on celebrating the end of their reign at the Imperial Crown Prince and Princess Ball XX, “A Mariachi Masquerade,” at Mad Myrna’s on April 28. All proceeds benefit ICOAA.

March against the war on women: April 28 in Anchorage

Help defend women’s rights and pursuit of equality at the Unite Against the War on Women March on Saturday, April 28 in Anchorage. Starts at 9th & I at 12:00 noon, marchers will walk to Town Square, where there will be speakers and music.

Anchorage Election Commission ignores broken security seals, recommends no independent investigation on broken election

Following its hastily-called two-day “special meeting,” the Municipal Election Commission on Wednesday issued its report recommending that the Anchorage Assembly certify the bollixed April 3 municipal election and recommending against an independent investigation of the election’s numerous irregularities — including broken security seals.