Tag Archives: Anchorage Assembly

Equality Works optimistic on gaining equal protection (press release)

Despite the Anchorage Daily News doomsaying story that came out earlier today, Equality Works is still optimistic about gaining equal protections for LGBT people in Anchorage.  Here’s the press release they just issued. Contact: Jackie Buckley, (907) 229-6219 Mia Oxley, … Continue reading

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Debbie Ossiander & the Christianist filibuster

Is Debbie Ossiander cooperating intentionally or unintentionally with Prevo & co.’s filibustering techniques? And let’s not forget those Mat-Su witnesses she’s allowing to testify.

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Three Assembly hearings: A compilation

Compiling posts and publications on the first three hearings on the AO 2009-64, the Anchorage equal rights ordinance.

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-06-17 (Assembly public hearing #3)

@trishthiel There were more blues earlier. Lots os these reds dated from late bus arrival last Tuesday in signing to testify. in reply to trishthiel # @trishthiel and glad to meet you! I’m completely exhausted now cat Calling me to … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-06-16 (Assembly public hearing #2)

This automatically-generated compilation of tweets from my Twitter feed all are in regards to the June 16 Anchorage Assembly meeting — public testimony on the Anchorage equal rights ordinance. Later, when I have time, I’ll intergrate them with my liveblog … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Assembly meeting, June 16 (Assembly public hearing #2)

I will be testifying about these studies at tonight’s Anchorage Assembly meeting. They are online by following this link:http://www.henkimaa.com/identity/. Liveblogging commences below. I will also be occasionally twittering at http://twitter.com/yksin which also updates my Facebook status.  This is partly to … Continue reading

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The new Carrie Prejean?

In what looks like another of last Tuesday’s ploys by Prevo & company, an obvious attempt to bait LGBT people & our allies into turning the newly-crowned Mrs. Alaska United States® into another Carrie Prejean, martyr of the religious right.

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Identity Reports & One in Ten — now online!

You’ve heard about them — or maybe you haven’t — but now you have. Anyway: now they’re online! As I wrote in my June 2 letter to the Anchorage Assembly: It’s been pointed out that the government maintains no statistics … Continue reading

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Billboards

While in 2003 Jerry Prevo decried Westboro Baptist Church tactics, in 2009 he & his allies didn’t hesitate to use children — even some younger then 10 — in a very like way, as billboards for their parents’ prejudices.

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Assembly report 2: June 9 public testimony

So yes, finally I have a little time to write up my account of last Tuesday’s public hearing before the Anchorage Assembly on the AO 2009-64, the Anchorage equal rights ordinance. In the parking lot I got there pretty early … Continue reading

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