Even a failed bill could affect the way trans students in Alaska are treated by their peers.
Yvonne Krumrey, KTOOStudents head upstairs during a break between classes at Thunder Mountain High School on Monday, August 16, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. that would restrict LGBTQ students’ ability to live in accordance with their gender identities in Alaska schools.
“It takes 11 members to pass something on the floor,” Stevens said. “I don’t want to waste a lot of time on a bill that has no chance of passing the floor.” “I think just announcing this and validating this type of rhetoric against the queer and trans community is dangerous,” she said. “I can draw pretty straight lines from increases of this stuff in the media to bullying happening in our hallways here in the schools.”“It was really conspicuous that the governor doesn’t cite any professional organizations that support this idea because there are no legitimate professional organizations that support this idea,” Hanrahan said.
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