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At the ACLU of Alaska, public safety is a uniting theme that weaves all of our work together.

The ACLU of Alaska has compiled resources from our organization and others across the state and country who are working to push back on executive orders targeting queer and trans people. 

Updating your name or gender marker on your IDs can help your legal identity match who you are. However, laws can change quickly, so it’s good to stay informed. Here’s a guide to your rights and how to update your IDs in Alaska.

With support from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, we’ve revamped the Prisoner Rights Guide for incarcerated Alaskans.

Joy and visibility show that queer and trans existence is not dependent on the swaying of politics; we exist, we have always existed, and regardless of attempts to legislate us out of the public eye, we will continue existing. 

Whether you’re Indigenous to Alaska and have generations of history in this place or have been in Alaska for a short time, you know that the success of people here is because of our commitment to each other and to be helpers to one another.  

Nearly 700 bills were introduced during the two-year legislative cycle, and many of them intersected with Alaska’s constitution. Here's how things turned out as the legislature came to a close two weeks ago.

This bill does not propose to ban gender- affirming care or create criminal or automatic civil liability for physicians in Alaska who provide gender- affirming care. Still, this bill is bad for trans Alaskans, and we oppose HB 338.  

This week, legislators and staff from across Alaska returned to Juneau for the second session of the 33rd Alaska State Legislature.