Tlingit and Haida violence against women co-chair picked for federal post<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\nThe week will be marked with numerous, primarily online and accessible through SEAGLA’s Facebook page, but with two exceptions. The first will be an outdoors excursion near the Mendenhall Glacier called Choose Your Own Outdoor Adventure, on Sunday, Aug. 23. The other will be one of the culminating events, the Glitz Drive-In Drag Show, a drive-in event sponsored in part by the Gold Town Nickelodeon and University of Alaska Southeast, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 29.<\/p>\n
“We’ve done a pretty good job splitting up the tasks as much as possible. There aren’t a ton of people on the planning committee,” Spofford said. “We put out a survey to see what people were interested in.”<\/p>\n
About 10 people, give or take, did the majority of the planning, Spofford said. The online venue has allowed SEAGLA to include more groups than the traditionally bar-centered Pride events have allowed.<\/p>\n
“It was important that a lot of the events were family friendly and were available to a wide range of ages. We’re keeping it family friendly,” Spofford said. “As an organization that revolves around inclusivity, in addition to being inclusive to LGBTQ+ people, we want to include non-drinkers and families with kids or younger members.”<\/p>\n
Another major event will be the announcement of the winner of this year’s Mildred Boesser Equal Rights Award, named after a loud voice for LGBTQ rights in Alaska who passed in 2015. A number of poets and other artists, including Staceyann Chin, D’lo and Dewayne Perkins will be performing recitations or comedy sets.<\/p>\n
The full schedule of events and how to participate in them is available on SEAGLA’s Facebook.<\/p>\n
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