Apayauq Reitan has been mushing since she was four years old. That’s also how old she was when she first knew she was a girl. Her documentary had its Alaska premiere in Juneau on Friday night.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s “parental rights” bill, which would require parental permission for Alaska students to take sex ed, use different names and pronouns in schools and go to clubs that support LGBTQ+ identities.
Wearing bib #47, musher Apayauq Reitan drives her dog team and Iditarider Warren Schweitzer around a notoriously tough turn during the 2022 Iditarod ceremonial start in Anchorage. She said she’s happy with the response her film has gotten from other trans people so far, and she hopes to increase the representation of trans women that younger people can see themselves in.
In the meantime, Reitan hopes that trans kids can hang on if they live in a state or family situation where it feels impossible to come out.
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