I’ll Ask An Alaskan – Gayle and Julie

I'll Ask An Alaskan is a human interest series of six 3 1/2 minute episodes featuring real life first-hand accounts and stories from Alaskans, both Native and non-Native. When people get older, one of the last things they want to deal with is discrimination. Julie Schmidt and her wife Gayle Schuh are two leaders in Alaska's elderly LGBT community who are working to prevent just that. Julie is the program coordinator for Sage Alaska, an organization that helps the elderly LGBT community in Anchorage, Eagle River and beyond. She says men and women in her community can face discrimination in nursing homes or in other care facilities when they transition from living on their own to getting some help.