Lisa Phu

“It really helps to have good manners because we are waking people up. The interviewers ask folks very intrusive questions about their income levels, about their history, about demographic factors, health,” said Mariya Lovishchuk.

“They sprayed every one of our hair and clothes with kerosene. At sixth grade I dropped out,” says Nora Marks Dauenhauer.

The ruling strikes down a law by Republican state Sen. John Coghill. The state attorney general’s office is reviewing the decision and doesn’t know if it will appeal.

“What we found for this project of collecting salmon stories and boots from Alaskans throughout the region is that Alaska is united on this issue,” says SEACC Director Malena Marvin.

“Murph just worked harder than everybody else it seemed like, just because he was always giving as much as he could give. He definitely took care of the guy to his left and to his right,” says Mike Mercer.

It’s been less than two years since Jennifer Fletcher first started to shed her male identity and rebuild herself as female. But the inner journey to get to that point began long before then.