Spectrum is the only queer-specific support group that serves people in Juneau who’ve experienced trauma.
Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
After joint legislative effort, Alaska updates definition of consent for sexual assault cases
The bill also expands the definition of domestic abuse to cover situations where an abuser involuntarily shares an explicit picture of a victim.
Two Alaska families file federal lawsuit against embattled child abuse doctor, Providence alleging child abuse misdiagnoses
Both families lost custody of their infants after what they say were flawed diagnoses of abuse by the state’s embattled former top child abuse physician.
The Senate gun bill would close the ‘boyfriend loophole.’ Here’s what that means
Federal law prevents some convicted domestic abusers from owning a gun, depending on their relationship to the victim. The new gun safety bill would expand that definition to include dating partners.
Legislature modernizes 40-year-old definition of consent in sexual assault cases
“Alaska took a gargantuan step forward in updating our laws,” said John Skidmore, deputy attorney general for the Criminal Division of the Alaska Department of Law.
Former Homer resident kidnapped and murdered woman missing since 2019, police say
The charges are the first public explanation of what happened to Anesha “Duffy” Murnane since she went missing.