The Queen's Guard

05/30/2026

05/12/2026

Calling all merfolk in Seward, AK! We would love some help with our games and glitter station this year for the Seward Mermaid Festival. Please go to our sign up link here: https://form.jotform.com/261307868818065 to sign up!

A quick note-our website will be down for the next 48/72 hours. We made some updates to our web hosting that will take some time to transfer over. Once it is complete we will have a lovely new website for all of you to explore. Stay tuned!

05/12/2026

Welcome!!

https://loom.ly/naAynz4 MSHF is pleased to announce Ashley Peltier as our new Director of Philanthropy! 🎉 She will oversee and provide strategic leadership to the philanthropy team and work closely with community partners to ensure mission alignment. In her free time, Ashley loves golfing, traveling, and spending time with her husband and pets. Congratulations on your new role, Ashley! Learn more about Ashley's role by clicking the link, and help us give her a warm welcome in the comments below. 👇

05/10/2026

It's really this easy.

05/08/2026

In honor of Trans+ History Week, we wanted to highlight a few trans icons whose lives and courage helped shape history:

🌟 Marsha P. Johnson — a Black trans activist and key figure in the fight for LGBTQ+ liberation. Her advocacy for homeless LGBTQ+ youth and marginalized q***r communities changed lives.

🌟 Sylvia Rivera — a Latina trans activist who fought fiercely for transgender rights, housing, and dignity for people often pushed to the margins.

🌟 Christine Jorgensen — one of the first Americans widely known for transitioning publicly, helping bring visibility to transgender people in the 1950s.

🌟 Lou Sullivan — a pioneering trans man who challenged harmful assumptions about gender and sexuality while creating community for future generations.

🌟 Miss Major Griffin-Gracy — a longtime activist and survivor who spent decades advocating for incarcerated trans women and trans people of color.

🌟 Pauli Murray — a groundbreaking civil rights lawyer, Episcopal priest, and writer whose work influenced both racial justice and gender equality movements. Many historians and LGBTQ+ scholars recognize Murray’s writings about gender identity and lived experience as deeply connected to trans and nonbinary history.

🌟 Lili Elbe — one of the earliest known recipients of gender-affirming surgeries in the 1930s.

And these are only a few names among countless others whose stories were erased, hidden, ignored, or never fully recorded.

Trans history is human history.

And understanding that history matters — especially at a time when transgender people are so often misunderstood, politicized, or targeted.

Because when we learn history honestly, we begin to understand something important:

Trans people are not new.
Trans people are not “confused.”
Trans people have always been here.

And they always will be. 🏳️‍⚧️

05/07/2026

So many incredible events happening for Pride this year!

Don't forget to reach out to your local groups and organizations to volunteer!

05/07/2026

Mat-Su Pride is back 🌈

🗓 Saturday, July 11, 2026
⏰ 12 PM – 6 PM
📍 2075 S Glenn Hwy, Palmer, AK

Mat-Su Pride is a celebration of q***r and gender-diverse joy, resilience, and community care—rooted in Alaska’s unique landscape and lived experiences.

Hosted by The Queen’s Guard, this full-day gathering features:
✨ Performances
🛍 Local makers
🤝 Affirming resources
💜 Chosen family & unapologetic joy

This is more than a party.
It’s a gathering of resistance, tenderness, and radiant pride beneath the surface.

👉 Hit “Going,” drop a Like or Love, and share this event to help spread the word.