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U.S. Supremes quash Anchorage-like law that bans counseling for unwanted LGBTQ attraction
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (295+ words) A 2020 Anchorage ordinance that bans counselors from helping minors reduce or overcome unwanted LGBTQ sexual attractions appears to be a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a similar Colorado law. In an 8-1 ruling on March…...
U.S. states back Alaska’s challenge to court-ordered cross-sex surgery for inmate
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (257+ words) A coalition of more than 20 states, led by Indiana and Idaho, filed an amicus brief urging the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower district court order requiring the State of Alaska to evaluate a gender-confused man who…...
Alaska Health Dept. recruits LGBTQ and nonbinary teens to help craft youth policies
1+ week, 1+ day ago (427+ words) Alaska's Department of Health is specifically recruiting nonbinary and LGBTQ-identifying youth, ages 14-21, to be paid advisors who help shape how the state prioritizes and develops health interventions and public policy affecting young people. A March 26 email from Alaska's Adolescent Health…...
Bill threatening Alaska parental rights advances to final House committee
3+ week, 3+ day ago (258+ words) A highly controversial bill, which critics say will undermine the fundamental rights of parents, has moved to the Alaska State House Rules Committee, where it could soon be scheduled for a final vote on the floor. On March 9, the Democrat-controlled…...
Alaska bills would give counselors access to gender-confused kids without parent consent
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (506+ words) The battle over the fundamental rights and responsibilities of parents is set to resume with a public hearing in the Alaska State Legislature this week. On Thursday, Jan. 22, the House Health and Social Services Committee will hear "invitation only" testimony…...
OPINION: Prophets, geopolitics & defending parent rights in Alaska
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (490+ words) In my church right now, we're studying the Book of Habakkuk, an Old Testament minor prophet who many think lived the same time as the more well known prophet Jeremiah. Both preached about how God's plans are often beyond human…...
SILENCED: Alaska hospital fires clinician for questioning merits of new transgender clinic
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (1788+ words) A major Alaska hospital, which is about to begin facilitating transgender surgeries, puberty blockers and hormonal cross-sex drugs for teens and adults, recently fired one of its mental health clinicians for daring to raise medical concerns about the potentially devastating…...
Alaska health officials plot to empower teachers to push LGBTQ agenda in schools
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (971+ words) Earlier this year, a group of Alaska health and education officials met to collaborate on how to expand sex education and LGBTQ teacher training across the state, an agenda that most Alaska school health teachers are on board with. Attended…...