Category Archives: LGBTQA

It’s not “special rights,” it’s not “gay rights” — it’s EQUAL rights. In this case, equal rights for LGBTQ people which, for those of you unfamiliar with our alphabet soup, is interpreted as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, & queer (or questioning) people. And the A is for our terrific allies.

At McGinley's Pub

Posted on Fri, 21 August 2009 by Mel Green

The planned protest at McGinley’s Pub over the veto of the Anchorage equal rights ordinance by Mayor Dan Sullivan — who has a 10% interest in the pub — turned out to be not so much of a protest after … Continue reading →

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McGinley's protests protests

Posted on Fri, 21 August 2009 by Mel Green

A friend sent along a copy of this press release from McGinley’s: McGinley’s says Sullivan is only 10% owner, upset at Prop 64 protests HIGHWATER, LLC, d/b/a/ McGinley’s Pub Contact: Jack Lewis, Managing Partner Phone: 907-444-3791 Web site: www.mcginleyspub.com FOR … Continue reading →

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Protest inequality: Tonight at McGinley's

Posted on Fri, 21 August 2009 by Mel Green

It’s a Friday night: time for a pub crawl! So crawl your way over to McGinley’s Pub at 645 G Street: not to drink, but to protest Mayor Dan Sullivan’s veto this past Monday of the Anchorage equal rights ordinance. … Continue reading →

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-08-18: Dan Sullivan vetoes equal rights

Posted on Mon, 17 August 2009 by Mel Green

See more photos of the protest of Sullivan’s veto in the post Protesting the veto: Photos. Entirely sickened by the hatred attempting to disguise itself as Christianity pervading the political world. Esp. in Anchorage. Prevo #fail # RT: @okiave: Anchorage: … Continue reading →

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Protesting the veto: Photos

Posted on Mon, 17 August 2009 by Mel Green

Following Mayor Dan Sullivan’s veto of the Anchorage equal rights ordinance earlier today, a protest was spontaneously organized via Facebook, Twitter, and announcements on pro-ordinance blogs.  It was set to begin at City Hall at 5:00 PM — which was … Continue reading →

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The veto

Posted on Mon, 17 August 2009 by Mel Green

As is written in Anchorage Municipal Code 5.10.010: The public policy of the municipality is declared to be equal opportunity for all persons. By his veto of AO 2009-64, Mayor Dan Sullivan has just revised that policy, as follows: Some … Continue reading →

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My letter to Mayor Sullivan: Please let AO 64 stand

Posted on Mon, 17 August 2009 by Mel Green

Today’s the day that Mayor Dan Sullivan is expected to announce whether or not he’ll veto the Anchorage equal rights ordinance AO 2009-64 passed last Tuesday by the Anchorage Assembly.  Here’s the letter I sent him urging him to let … Continue reading →

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"There's no sign of discrimination" — uh, yes there is

Posted on Thu, 13 August 2009 by Mel Green

This is a slightly revised version of a page I just put up to give Identity Reports and One in Ten a permanent front page presence on my blog. In the 1980s, the nonprofit organization Identity, Inc. conducted two major … Continue reading →

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Third time in 35 years: Anchorage's equal rights ordinance

Posted on Thu, 13 August 2009 by Mel Green

An account of the meeting at which the Anchorage Assembly passed the S-2 version of the Anchorage equal rights ordinance, AO 2009-64, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It passed by a vote of 7–4.

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-08-11: Anchorage equal rights ordinance passes 7-4

Posted on Tue, 11 August 2009 by Mel Green

@MermaidSocks Ewww! # Will be livetweeting from Anch Assembly tonight. Tweets update my FB status, so it’ll get busy ~500 PM – hide me if it’s too much. #anclgbt # About those death panels: videos from Daily Show, Colbert Report, … Continue reading →

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