Anchorage Alaska Transgenders

The movement comtinues full steam ahead all the way North to Alaska of all places. Take a listen

"Published on Mar 26, 2018 Anchorage voters will be asked on April 3 whether to roll back some of the LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections the Anchorage Assembly passed almost three years ago.

Proposition 1 seeks to regulate public bathrooms and intimate spaces such as locker rooms on the basis of gender at birth.

Here are some of the highlights of this week's program:

Prop 1 Overview: A look at groups supporting the initiative and those who oppose it.
Family Profile: Meet the Gillis family who raised a transgender son, C.J., now a senior at Polaris. How they reacted when C.J. told them he wasn't meant to be their daughter.
Guests: Two parents of transgender children speak out - Cathy Gillis, whose son we profiled earlier in the show - and David Lockard, whose son, Col, attends East High.
This program isn't so much about Proposition 1 but an attempt to look beyond the bathroom and what it means to raise a transgender child.

Cathy Gillis and David Lockard tell us what it was like when their children told them they did not want to identify with their birth identity - and why they eventually came to support their decision.

The numbers don't look good for this population. Transgender people are at high risk for homelessness, poverty, and suicide - often because they fear rejection and face discrimination.

Some say this Anchorage municipal election could be an opportunity to learn more about a subject that's been kept in the shadows.

We invited supporters of Proposition 1 to take part in our discussion but our calls were not returned."