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Alaska Pride Conference 2012: Call for workshops

Friday, 24 August 2012 – 12:49 PM | Comments Off on Alaska Pride Conference 2012: Call for workshops
Alaska Pride Conference 2012: Call for workshops

Identity is seeking presenters for Alaska Pride Conference 2012, to be held Saturday, October 6, 2012 at the Millennium Alaskan Hotel in Anchorage. The deadline for workshop applications is September 4.

Alaska Pride Slide: Photos (& a little commentary) from Alaska Pride Fest 2012

Wednesday, 13 June 2012 – 4:09 PM | One Comment
Alaska Pride Fest 2012

Photos from Alaska Pride Fest 2012, held in Anchorage, AK on June 9, 2011. I took over 800 photos on this day! — I’ve picked the best, and divided them into two slideshows: the Celebrating Diversity Parade, and Pride Fest on the Park Strip. Enjoy!

Kristara Live and in the Raw — Saturday, June 9

Wednesday, 6 June 2012 – 2:17 PM | Comments Off on Kristara Live and in the Raw — Saturday, June 9
Kristara Live and in the Raw — Saturday, June 9

Kristara is back in Alaska for Pride with “Kristara Live and in the Raw,” a show to benefit the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Alaska and Alaska Pride Fest, Saturday, June 9 at Mad Myrna’s. Featuring Alaska’s finest entertainers, and co-emceed by the all time favorite Mikey LaChoy.

Pride 2012: Celebrating Diversity Parade & Alaska Pride Fest — Saturday, June 9

Wednesday, 6 June 2012 – 1:51 PM | Comments Off on Pride 2012: Celebrating Diversity Parade & Alaska Pride Fest — Saturday, June 9
Dykes on Bikes at Anchorage Pride Parade 2011

The biggest events of Alaska Pride Week in Anchorage: the annual Pride parade and Pride festival at Delaney Park — will be held on Saturday, June 9. Here’s all the info, plus a preview of Saturday evening and Sunday Pride Week events including Kristara, Sunday’s Pride Ecumenical service, and the Pride wind-up BBQ.

Pride 2012, Saturday, June 2: T-shirts & lemonade, remembering our dead, a trip to the zoo, & a pageant

Wednesday, 30 May 2012 – 11:28 AM | Comments Off on Pride 2012, Saturday, June 2: T-shirts & lemonade, remembering our dead, a trip to the zoo, & a pageant
Lemons. Brisbane, QLD, 11 Dec 2011. Photo by Melissa S. Green.

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!

Congregation Beth Sholom hosts Shabbat services for GLBT community — Friday, June 1

Tuesday, 29 May 2012 – 8:13 PM | Comments Off on Congregation Beth Sholom hosts Shabbat services for GLBT community — Friday, June 1
Congregation Beth Sholom (Anchorage, AK)

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

Tuesday, 29 May 2012 – 5:00 PM | One Comment
Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Pride. Alaska Pride Fest and Alaska Pride Conference 2012

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!

Alaska Pride Fest 2012 kicks off Thursday, May 31

Friday, 25 May 2012 – 8:27 AM | Comments Off on Alaska Pride Fest 2012 kicks off Thursday, May 31
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.

2012 Alaska Pride Young Adult Recognition Award: Nominations due Friday, April 20

Monday, 16 April 2012 – 12:20 PM | Comments Off on 2012 Alaska Pride Young Adult Recognition Award: Nominations due Friday, April 20
2012 Alaska Pride Young Adult Recognition Award: Nominations due Friday, April 20

Nominations for the Alaska Pride Young Adult Recognition Award are due Friday, April 20.

Identity: Stepping up & stepping out

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 – 10:50 AM | One Comment
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Anchorage (GLCCA)

Everybody knows what Identity is and does — but do they? Shannon Sanderson wrote this profile of the organization for a class at UAA this past June — and we thought everyone should get a chance to know Identity better.