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Fairview Community Council passes resolution for equal rights in Anchorage

Thursday, 26 January 2012 – 2:02 PM | One Comment
Fairview Community Council passes resolution for equal rights in Anchorage

Fairview Community Council has passed a resolution calling for the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender in the Municipality of Anchorage’s equal rights code, Title 5. The resolution passed at the community council’s January 12 meeting by a vote of 13 to 1. The resolution comes as the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative (One Anchorage) is set to be voted upon in the April 3 municipal election.

“Gender identity” added to Fairbanks school policies

Tuesday, 17 February 2009 – 11:36 PM | Comments Off on “Gender identity” added to Fairbanks school policies
“Gender identity” added to Fairbanks school policies

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District passed a motion to include “gender identity” as a protected group in their non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies — the first school district in Alaska to do so.

Fairbanks NSB school board vs. PTA president on gender identity

Wednesday, 11 February 2009 – 4:20 PM | Comments Off on Fairbanks NSB school board vs. PTA president on gender identity
Fairbanks NSB school board vs. PTA president on gender identity

In a first for Alaska, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is set to add gender identity to its non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies — over the objections of the PTA president of the school that asked for advice on the policy.