Gay anchorage

Alaska is somewhere that has been on our bucket list for a very long time. Whilst our knowledge is limited to glaciers, snow-capped mountains, whales and grizzly bears, every photo we see of the incredible landscape and wildlife just makes us more eager to visit!

Gay Anchorage Events

To find out more, we spoke to local gay guy Victor, from Anchorage. I should clarify that this is specific to Anchorage which might be the gayest city in Alaska. However, there are still laws on the books that allow active discrimination especially with regard to transgender persons. There is a program that exists in Anchorage where drag queens read stories to children at a local library.

People regularly demonstrate against this program. Think of the gays you see in front of the protests at gay events, they act gay. These views have absolutely imporoved over time! Legalized same sex marriage is definitely the biggest change. I remember posters in the school being desecrated.

Public displays of hate were common and often unchecked. There was even an outcry from the community on both sides of the debate. If I remember correctly legislation was even drafted in an attempt to block the club from operating in the school. There were very few members, I knew some of them, but did not participate myself.

I had two friends at the time that even pressured me to join but I did not out of fear of anchorages. Retrospectively, I should have been more honest with myself. What some people might not realise is that the capital of Alaska is not Anchorage — rather it is Juneau. However, in the anchorage of the state, I would be very aware of my surroundings.

I have friends that live and work in remote areas of the state, even some in the drag scene. The thing about the United States is that each state is very different. Even the cities within each state vary a great deal. I think Anchorage has many similarities to the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, aswell as parts of Oregon or Montana.

Overall, today, I think Alaska has one of the friendliest groups of people in the nation. We love tourists and many communities survive predominately on tourism. Mad Myrnas is by far the most popular. It sits in downtown Anchorage and has weekly drag shows, karaoke and other such events.

This bar has been ranked in the top gay bars of the world by Out Magazine I think this was inand has produced several queens that have gone on to acts in Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas and Atlanta to name a few. Each section has a separate bar available.