Following assault on LGBTQ activist, some legislators push to update Alaska’s hate crime laws
Legislators are seeking to add gender identity and sexual orientation to the protected classes in Alaska’s hate crime laws.
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Ahead of local election, Fairbanks Mayor Matherly says he’d support anti-transgender ‘bathroom bill’
Matherly vetoed an ordinance that would have extended equal protections to the LGBTQ community.
After lengthy delay, city of Fairbanks finally passes anti-discrimination ordinance
But not after one councilman said LGBTQ people concerned with discrimination in Fairbanks were “full of shit.”