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Take the Anchorage LGBT Survey

Saturday, 8 January 2011 – 12:40 AM | Comments Off on Take the Anchorage LGBT Survey
Take the Anchorage LGBT Survey
– by Shelby Carpenter

I am pleased to announce that the Anchorage LGBT Discrimination Survey is now available! This survey will collect information on experiences of bias and discrimination in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Anchorage, Alaska. It is the product of a coalition effort by organizations that serve the community, including Identity, Inc., Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association, Alaskans Together for Equality, Equality Works and the ACLU of Alaska.

It is the first survey of its kind in over 20 years, and the first to collect information about transgender Alaskans.

Please see below to take the survey. All answers are completely confidential, and survey administration has been designed to ensure the privacy of all respondents. While the survey website may contain cookies, your survey responses cannot be tied to your IP address.

An individual PIN number is required to access the survey. To request a PIN or for questions, contact Shelby Carpenter, LGBT Public Policy Director for the ACLU of Alaska, at (907) 263-2006 or at scarpenter@akclu.org. Paper surveys are also available upon request.
TO TAKE THE SURVEY, CLICK ON THIS LINK:

Equality Works "Friendraiser" on Dec 11

Saturday, 4 December 2010 – 11:56 AM | Comments Off on Equality Works "Friendraiser" on Dec 11
Equality Works "Friendraiser" on Dec 11

Join Equality Works for an evening of fun, libations, and a little raising of funds! Heather and John Aronno are hosting a “friendraiser” from 7 pm to 9 pm on Saturday, December 11th at 7020 Potomac Drive. Food and drinks will be provided, but feel free to bring something if you like. Any funds raised will go directly toward Equality Works’ efforts to ensure the fair treatment of all Anchorage residents. So join us on Saturday, December 11th for a good time and a good cause.

Anchorage Discrimination Survey to be distributed in early 2011

Thursday, 2 December 2010 – 1:40 PM | Comments Off on Anchorage Discrimination Survey to be distributed in early 2011
Anchorage Discrimination Survey to be distributed in early 2011

Alaska LGBT Community Surveyby Shelby Carpenter / Crossposted at Alaska LGBT Community Survey

During the 2009 battle over Anchorage Ordinance 64 — which would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to the Municipality of Anchorage’s equal rights code — one thing we heard from the opposition again and again was that there was no “proof” that discrimination was a problem that needed to be addressed. So this fall, a group of concerned community members and organizations came together to brainstorm how to compile this kind of information about the LGBT community in Alaska—both so that we can provide policymakers with accurate information, and so that we ourselves more fully understand the needs of our community. Thus, the Alaska LGBT Community Survey Task Force was born.

Shelby CarpenterThe Task Force will complete two important surveys over the coming years. Our broader, more long-term project is the Alaska LGBT Community Statewide Survey, which will provide an extensive profile of the LGBT community all across the state. Over the next six months, however, our focus is the Anchorage Discrimination Survey, which will focus exclusively on experiences of bias and discrimination by LGBT people in Anchorage. Please look for the survey in early 2011! We need as many respondents as possible, and all answers will be completely confidential. You can find more information about the survey at alaskacommunity.org.

I will be serving as Project Manager for the survey, so please also feel free to reach out to me by phone at (907) 263-2006 or by email at scarpenter@akclu.org about any questions you may have.

Shelby Carpenter is the LGBT Public Policy Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, and is Project Manager of the Alaska LGBT Community Survey Task Force.