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TONIGHT: ACLU urges opposition to Mat-Su plan to keep males from dominating girls’ sports

CultureJune 15, 2022

The ACLU of Alaska is directing LGBTQ activists to flood the June 15 Mat-Su School Board meeting in opposition to a plan that would safeguard girls’ sports from biological males who claim to be female. Most school board members appear to be on board with

Most Mat-Su School Board members say they support protecting girls’ sports from trans athletes

EducationJune 3, 2022

As previously reported in the Watchman, the Mat-Su School Board is looking to enact a policy change to maintain fairness in girls’ athletics by ensuring that transgender biological males who identify as female cannot compete on all-girls sports teams or

Mat-Su looks to protect girls’ sports from transgender biological males

EducationMay 30, 2022

In an effort to maintain fairness in athletic opportunities for girls, the Mat-Su School Board is looking to amend its policy to ensure that transgender biological males who identify as female cannot compete on all-girls sports teams or events. “Requiring

Petition urges Alaska lawmakers to pass bill protecting women’s sports

EducationMarch 31, 2022

A new petition, launch on March 31, urges Alaska legislators to pass the “Even Playing Field Act.” Introduced by Sen. Shelley Hughes (R-Palmer), Senate Bill 140 would protect the integrity of women’s athletics by ensuring that female sports competitions

AK Senate Majority Leader: Biological males will destroy women’s sports

EducationMarch 19, 2022

Editor’s note: The following is the opening statement which Alaska Sen. Shelley Hughes delivered March 3 to introduce Senate Bill 140, which would ban biological males from competing in women’s sports. Hughes statement was made in the Senate Education

Will you take 5 minutes to help protect women’s sports in Alaska?

EducationMarch 11, 2022

The left is almost always more vocal when it comes to rattling cages down in Juneau. Community activism runs in the blood of liberals and those who worship at the altar of Big Government. That rarely means their opinion is in the majority. That’s

AK athletes, coaches back bill to protect girls’ sports from biological males

EducationMarch 9, 2022

Editor’s note: Below is a letter written by dozens of former and active Alaskan coaches, athletes, sports officials and others urging Alaska lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 140. The legislation aims to protect women’s sports from gender-confused biological

Alaska abortion giant opposes bill to protect girls’ sports from biological males

AbortionMarch 3, 2022

While claiming to be a champion of women’s rights by aborting unborn babies, sterilizing wombs and pushing contraceptives to teenage girls, the Alaska chapter of Planned Parenthood is actively undercutting an effort to protect women’s sports from

Hearing set for Alaska bill to protect girls’ sports from transgender males

EducationMarch 1, 2022

On March 4, Alaskans are invited to weigh in on a bill aimed at banning males who identify as transgender” from competing against biological females in high school sports. The bill aims to ensure fairness for Alaska’s female athletes. Introduced last

Teachers union, which includes 13,000 Alaskans, votes to push critical race theory in schools

EducationJuly 5, 2021

The battle over whether critical race theory, white privilege and transgender politics should be disseminated to school age children in Alaska and across the nation is likely to intensify in the coming months. Last week, America’s largest teachers’ union

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