Tag: LGBTQ Alaska
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What does the Northern Lights have to do with Gender?
Explore how place shapes gender identity through the All the Genders Photo Project. Inspired by the Northern Lights, this post introduces Northern Lights, Northern Lives—a book connecting personal stories, landscapes, and community across Alaska and the Yukon, revealing the deep ties between environment, identity, and human experience.
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From Small-Town Repression to Nonbinary Freedom in Juneau, Alaska
Book sneak preview: Kelby grew up feeling trapped in a masculine box in a small Midwestern town. In Juneau, Alaska, they finally saw queer people living openly, and began building a life as their authentic, nonbinary self among glaciers, ocean shores, and wild freedom.
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Raising a Transgender Child in Rural Alaska: An Alaska Native Mother’s Story of Hardship and Hope
Book sneak preview: In rural Alaska, an Alaska Native mother fights for her transgender son’s safety, childhood, and future. Facing bullying, isolation, and community loss, she chooses strategically concealed visibility and unconditional support of her child. This intimate story reminds us why this work is important, as it explores resilience, Indigenous values, and the power…
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Queerness and Gender Outside the Binary Above the Arctic Circle
Living north of the Arctic Circle, Desiree reflects on identity, sense of safety, and shedding imposed gender roles. From self-erasure to self-honesty, her story weaves queerness, nature, and resilience in rural Alaska – where survival, community, and becoming whole matter more than fitting into binaries.
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Wearing Skirts, Not Expectations: Christina Defines Womanhood on Her Own Terms in Alaska
Christina, a cisgender woman from Anchorage, Alaska, reflects on womanhood, gender expression, culture-euphoria, and identity in the wake of political and cultural shifts. From corsets to shaving (or not), she reclaims femininity on her own terms.
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Queer Faith in Motion: How Denise Found Life After Addiction and Dysphoria
Denise’s journey from addiction and secrecy to spiritual freedom is a powerful story of resilience, queerness, and transformation. A transgender woman who transitioned later in life, Denise speaks openly about surviving the closet, embracing her identity, and finding a deep sense of purpose through queer Christian spirituality. Her story challenges assumptions—and reminds us that healing…
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Riding the Cosmic Web: Lisa Puananimōhala’ikalani’s Embrace of Gender, Wild Wombmynhood and Queer Joy
Lisa Puananimōhala’ikalani identifies as an androgynous cis-wombmyn with a diverse heritage and multidimensional gender and sexual identities. Currently living in the rainforests of Juneau, Alaska, Lisa embraces multiple expressions of self while connecting with nature and city life, highlighting the beauty of queer community in per small, isolated city.
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Why Alaska to Start an LGBTQ Project Celebrating Gender?
More than once, I’ve been told that Alaska is where you go to get away from the rest of the world’s noise—its politics, its hustle, its expectations. It’s a place where people carve out space to live on their own terms. That’s exactly what drew me back here for a second time, not just for…
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Utqiagvik, Alaska: Gender Journeys at the Top of the World
Utqiagvik truly feels like the edge of the world—because in many ways, it is. Perched at the northernmost point of North America, this Arctic town gave me more than sweeping views of the tundra and snowy owls overhead. It gave me a moment to reflect—on the rawness of the landscape, on how my partner and…
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Quietly Queer in the Arctic
North of Fairbanks lies vast wilderness, quiet queerness, and the rugged road to the Arctic—where industry and isolation shape Alaska.