“I’m heartbroken,” said the bill’s lead sponsor, Rep. Jennifer Armstrong, D-Anchorage. “But I also feel hopeful that between now and next year, that we will make progress.”
Rep. Jennie Armstrong, D-Anchorage, Charlie, a transgender teenager, his mother, Lindsey, and Michael Flint, a military veteran and president of Proud Alaska at a news conference on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, about a bill that would protect LGBTQ rights.
“Non-discrimination is a military issue: Look around at active duty and veterans and is this a way to treat the folks in our state?” Armstrong said at a news conference on Wednesday at the Capitol. “It is a business issue. How can a business decide to come and invest in this state when they can’t guarantee that their employees are going to have equal protections across the state?”
“I’ve noticed that some of my classmates who are also queer identifying have plans to leave the state,” he said. “They didn’t feel that Alaska offered enough protections for their safety.”
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