Anchorage Democratic Rep. Jennie Armstrong’s bill is short. It primarily updates the Commission for Human Rights’ definition of “sex,” a protected class in Alaska, to include “sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.”
in the Alaska House to enshrine anti-discrimination protections in law. For LGBTQ Alaskans, it’s long overdue.
Armstrong’s bill is short. It primarily updates the Commission for Human Rights’ definition of “sex,” a protected class in Alaska, to include “sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.” “Why would Alaska sue to discriminate against people and families like mine? It just doesn’t make sense” said Andrew Gray, an openly gay East Anchorage Democrat and a co-sponsor of the House bill.
“It’s all part of the same cloth … It’s bringing lower 48 issues to our state, and they’re supplanting the very real issues that we need to be working on,” Gray said.
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