A long-overdue Bent Alaska update — October 2013

Miss MeMe’s “37th Annual” Christmas Gospel Show to benefit One Anchorage & ICOAA Cares

Please join your hosts Miss MeMe and K-Ho for an afternoon of Christmas celebration, healing and debauchery! All proceeds will benefit One Anchorage. Please also bring a perishable food item to benefit ICOAA Cares’ support of the Food Bank of Alaska.

One Anchorage is the  campaign for an April election ballot measure to offer the same legal protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people already offered to all other Anchorage residents. On December 8, One Anchorage campaign turned in over 13,000 signatures to the Anchorage municipal clerk to place the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative on Anchorage’s April 3, 2012 municipal ballot.

• Date/time: Sunday, December 18, 2011, 5:00–8:00 PM
• Location: Mad Myrna’s, 530 East 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK (see map)
• Cost of admission: $5.00
• Further info: see Facebook events page

It’s official: Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative certified for April 2012 ballot

It’s official: the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative will appear on ballot for the April 3, 2012 Anchorage municipal election. One Anchorage, the group spearheading the initiative, received an email yesterday addressed to One Anchorage campaign chairs Arliss Sturgulewski and Gov. Tony Knowles.

2012 Pride Foundation Scholarship applications due January 31; drop-in nights for help Jan. 19

Applications for the 2012 Pride Foundation Scholarship are due on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:00 PM PST (that’s 4:00 PM Alaska time). The holiday break is a perfect time to request recommendations and transcripts — and if you need help with your application, take advantage of drop-in night on Jan. 19 in both Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Pride Foundation announces 2011 Alaska grantees

Pride Foundation announced yesterday $10,000 in grants to five Alaska nonprofits in three Alaska cities — Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau. Congratulations!

Christians for Equality: Human sexuality is not sinful — prejudice and bigotry are

On December 8, 2011, Christians for Equality held a press conference at Anchorage’s First Congregational Church in support of the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative. Among the prepared statements read at the press conference was that of Rev. Sara Gavit of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, which Bent Alaska presents here.

Ask Lambda Legal: HIV Criminalization

Lambda Legal answers questions about criminal penalties for HIV-positive individuals.

Sara’s News Roundup 12/13/11: Rick Perry’s antigay ad

GOP hopeful Rick Perry’s antigay ad in Iowa, and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.

Snow Ball 2011 will benefit Food Bank of Alaska, ICOAA — this Saturday in Anchorage

Join the us for a 1940s event so magical it will feel like a dream:

Snow Ball 2011: Glitter and Glamour—
A 1940s Holiday Dream

Hosted by Mister, Miss, and Ms. Gay Alaska 2011-2012.

Admission is $15 or $10 with a canned food donation.

All food donations will benefit the Food Bank of Alaska and all money collected will benefit the Imperial Court of All Alaska and the ICOAA Scholarship Fund.

• Date/time: Saturday, December 17, 2011. Doors open at 7:00 PM, show starts at 8:00 PM.
• Location: Mad Myrnas, 530 East 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK (see map)
• Cost of admission: $15 or $10 with a canned food donation
• Further info: see Facebook events page

A Very Merry Comedy Hypnosis Show with Jay Her, Saturday at Mad Myrna’s

This is our second Crazy Night of Holiday Hypnosis Show at Mad Myrnas. If you’ve been to a past few shows then you know what to expect, if you haven’t then be prepared to possibly be slightly offended or just have some side-splitting laughter from all the crazy stuff we’ll be doing!

Christians for Equality speak out for Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative

Christians for Equality, a new group representing a number of religious and faith-based organizations in the Anchorage area, has formed in support of the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative.