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Two local businesses made statements supporting the trans community and condemning illustrator Mitch Watley’s alleged actions.

An Alaska man known for illustrating widely distributed children’s books with cute mother-baby animal pairs has been dropped by his publisher after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children. They say he may have been influenced by a recent Nashville school shooting that fueled online backlash against transgender people. Mitchell Thomas Watley will have a preliminary hearing April 11 on a single count of terroristic threatening. He is accused of placing notes in businesses that included an assault rifle superimposed over the transgender flag. The text on the notes re...

Illustrator Mitchell Thomas Watley was dropped by his publisher this week after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes in locations around Juneau threatening children.

A children’s book illustrator from Alaska was dropped by his publisher this week after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A children’s book illustrator from Alaska known for drawing mother-baby animal pairs like sea otters and wolves was dropped by h...