Bent Alaska | Alaska's LGBTQA blog

The Botched Election: Mel Green & Linda Kellen Biegel on the 2012 Anchorage municipal election

Friday, 3 August 2012 – 5:15 PM | Comments Off

Melissa S. Green (left) and Linda Kellen Biegel

Melissa S. Green of Bent Alaska and Linda Kellen Biegel of The Mudflats were were the guests last week of Alaska Commons for an hour-long on-camera discussion of issues surrounding the botched April 3, 2012 Anchorage municipal election. Alaska Commons posted video from the discussion last Friday; we repost it here, with some additional commentary.

Give it to me straight: Life is a real drag

Wednesday, 1 August 2012 – 10:38 AM | 2 Comments

Sexuality, gender: it’s a lot more fluid than simply “straight” and “gay.” It’s the mask we wear to the world, the walls we put up and the image we care so much about that is the real Drag — and when we put it on, we are fabulous.

The power of addictions

Wednesday, 25 July 2012 – 9:45 AM | 15 Comments

Addictions come in all shapes and forms. We can’t really limit addictions because truthfully, we as human beings can become addicted to almost anything — drugs, alcohol, self-harm, money, suicide, education, food, power, exercise, shopping, nicotine, caffeine, sex. As someone who has addictions, I know the effects it has on the person and those who love them.

The Muni played favorites with ballot distribution (Anchorage 2012 election)

Tuesday, 24 July 2012 – 11:48 AM | 2 Comments

Jeanne Friedman, Carolyn Ramsey, and Linda Kellen Biegel deliver the Recount Group's report to an Anchorage Assembly work session, 15 Jun 2012.

Analysis of official Municipality of Anchorage reports from the botched April 3 municipal election by Jeanne Friedman show vast differences in how ballots were distributed to precincts on Election Day, with some precincts receiving enough ballots for only 16 percent of their registered voters, and others receiving enough for 70 to 101 percent of their registered voters. The figures raise the possibility of intentional disenfranchisement of voters in some precincts.

Give it to me straight: We are all in the closet

Tuesday, 24 July 2012 – 9:24 AM | One Comment

You’re the battery that keeps the force field active, and you are the one with the key to turn it off.

Messages from Mya Dale: A eulogy

Friday, 20 July 2012 – 3:24 PM | 4 Comments

“I was richly blessed with the opportunity to get to know Mya,” writes B.E., “and I am compelled to share her story, as I understood it, so that the messages and lessons of her life do not fade away.” B.E. shares her memories of Mya Dale, in a eulogy which will be publicly read on B.E.’s behalf at the Fairview Block Party on Saturday, July 21.

A night with Diamond (& some other gems) at Lower LA in Fairbanks — Saturday, July 21

Friday, 20 July 2012 – 8:46 AM | Comments Off

Michelle Diamond and other Fairbanks gems invite you to the Lower LA for a night of glitter, sass, and after-party with DJ Nigel Richards at the Lower LA on Saturday, July 21. Diamond’s night coincides with Fairbanks’ Golden Days Festival, when the Fairbanks LGBTQIA community celebrates Pride.

Rumble in the Jungle at the Blue Loon in Fairbanks — Saturday, July 21

Friday, 20 July 2012 – 8:27 AM | Comments Off

The Duke and Duchess and Fairbanks invites you to a “Rumble in the Jungle” at the Blue Loon on Saturday, July 21, with proceeds benefiting the ICOAA. Rumble in the Jungle coincides with Fairbanks’ Golden Days Festival, when the Fairbanks LGBTQIA community celebrates Pride.

Last Frontier Drag Kings Hollywood Extravaganza — Saturday, July 21

Thursday, 19 July 2012 – 10:11 AM | One Comment

Last Frontier Drag Kings invite you to join them at A Hollywood Extravaganza on Saturday, July 21, with proceeds from their auction to benefit Operation Morale Boost.

Fairview Block Party 2012 — Saturday, July 21

Thursday, 19 July 2012 – 9:13 AM | Comments Off

Anchorage’s Fairview Community Council holds its annual Fairview Block Party this Saturday, July 21, with live music and peformance art, a beer garden, family and kids’ activities, parkour, and yummy food vendors. (The food, that is, not the vendors!) This year’s block party will include a remembrance and performance in honor of Mya Dale.