2SLGBTQIA+ Non-Discrimination Resolution Passes at the 2023 Elders & Youth Conference.

At the 2023 First Alaskans Institute Annual Elders and Youth Conference, Native Movement Board Member Oliver Tyrrell drafted a Resolution that supported 2SLGBTQIA+ Non-Discrimination and the Resolution was passed! We would like to uplift Oliver and his tremendous work in raising awareness and speaking up against the injustices of 2SLGBTQIA+ peoples. Get to know Oliver and check out his resolution below.

Oliver Tyrrell is an FTM transgender male who is Yupik and Iñupiaq with family from Emmonak, Alaska. He currently resides on Dena’ina land in Anchorage, Alaska. Tyrrell is a queer youth activist. He started writing resolutions when he was only 12 years old. He saw that queer Indgenous people don’t have a space to gather within their communities. He wanted to change that. Since then he has helped create numerous spaces for queer Indgenous youth, raised awareness, and spoken up against injustice against 2SLGBTQIA+ peoples.

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