Comments on: My letter to the Anchorage Assembly http://www.henkimaa.com/2009/06/02/my-letter-to-the-anchorage-assembly/ Mel's home on the web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mel http://www.henkimaa.com/2009/06/02/my-letter-to-the-anchorage-assembly/#comment-173 Mel Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:33:06 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=1981#comment-173 You're right, I overlooked this (though I'd read it before). The report of findings is called <a href="http://www.akclu.org/LGBT/AKCLU_LGBTresults.pdf" rel="nofollow">"2008 LGBT Community Interest Survey: Preliminary Results"</a>. Most pertinent results: <b>I believe the largest problem facing Alaska’s LGBT community right now is:</b> Discrimination and lack of equal rights 28% Homophobia & antigay legislation 9% (various other answers) <b>The largest problem I have personally faced as an LGBT-identified person or ally is:</b> Workplace harassment and discrimination 26% General harassment and discrimination 18% (various other answers) Call me picky, but I don't think the press release is quite accurate in saying, " So far, 26% of respondents report having experienced discrimination or harassment in the workplace and an additional 18% have faced these obstacles outside of work." The phrasing of the question was to find out the <i>largest</i> problem people had faced, but did not give them the option of reporting experiencing more than one of the listed problems -- which means that rates of discrimination actually faced by LGBT people & their allies are probably higher. You’re right, I overlooked this (though I’d read it before). The report of findings is called “2008 LGBT Community Interest Survey: Preliminary Results”. Most pertinent results:

I believe the largest problem facing Alaska’s LGBT community right now is:
Discrimination and lack of equal rights 28%
Homophobia & antigay legislation 9%
(various other answers)

The largest problem I have personally faced as an LGBT-identified person or ally is:
Workplace harassment and discrimination 26%
General harassment and discrimination 18%
(various other answers)

Call me picky, but I don’t think the press release is quite accurate in saying, ” So far, 26% of respondents report having experienced discrimination or harassment in the workplace and an additional 18% have faced these obstacles outside of work.” The phrasing of the question was to find out the largest problem people had faced, but did not give them the option of reporting experiencing more than one of the listed problems — which means that rates of discrimination actually faced by LGBT people & their allies are probably higher.

]]> By: E. Ross http://www.henkimaa.com/2009/06/02/my-letter-to-the-anchorage-assembly/#comment-172 E. Ross Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:42:52 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=1981#comment-172 In Sept 2008, the ACLU of Alaska released the preliminary results of their LGBT Community Interest Survey in a press release, "Discrimination a Persistent Problem for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Alaskans, says American Civil Liberties Union." Here is the release and link to results: http://www.akclu.org/NewsEvents/PressReleases/092408.html While not a full report like the ones you mention, it does include much more recent statistics on LGBT discrimination. In Sept 2008, the ACLU of Alaska released the preliminary results of their LGBT Community Interest Survey in a press release, “Discrimination a Persistent Problem for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Alaskans, says American Civil Liberties Union.” Here is the release and link to results: http://www.akclu.org/NewsEvents/PressReleases/092408.html

While not a full report like the ones you mention, it does include much more recent statistics on LGBT discrimination.

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