Anti-Trans Bathroom Initiative Fails in Anchorage

by Dan SavageThat was Anchorage then (April 2012)...
Voters rejected by a wide margin on Tuesday an Anchorage, Alaska, ballot proposition that would have extended citywide anti-discrimination protections to sexual orientation and transgender identity. According to city returns with 97.5 percent of precincts reporting, Proposition 5 was failing by about a 58-42 margin....The group One Anchorage released a statement Wednesday saying that the group was “disappointed at the interim election re