Announcing Ignite 2025: WILD AND FREE!

This year's theme for our biggest fundraiser of the year is WILD AND FREE! We are celebrating what it means to live out, proud, and without limitations. Join us to celebrate National Coming Out Day and raise funds for LGBTQ2SIA+ rights!

Our mission is to ensure that all LGBTQ2SIA+ Oregonians experience equality by building a broad and inclusive politically powerful movement, shifting public opinion, and achieving policy victories.

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This week's newsletter has some discouraging news for gender-affirming care access—but it's also got five action items you can take to support trans and intersex people! Your newsletter correspondent is going on vacation next week, so we'll b
Announcing IGNITE 2025: WILD AND FREE! Join us at the queerest fundraising party in Oregon, happening on 10.11.25 in Portland. Learn more and get tickets at the link in bio! And stay tuned for more details, including entertainment and outfit inspo.
This weekend has been incredible! THANK YOU to all our amazing volunteers who made it possible for us to table at so many great events for Portland Pride, and of course for marching in the parade! 🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💜💜💜
🪭🌈Portland Pride has officially begun! If you’re out at the Waterfront, Trans Pride, or Dyke Pride today, find our booth to say hi and sign the @equalrightsoregon petition!
Also in this week's update: Remembering Andrea Gibson, trans and queer excellence in sports and entertainment, and soooo many opportunities to collect signatures for @equalrightsoregon. Happy Portland Pride Weekend!!
We have an exciting update to share that is a win for both the trans and immigrant communities in Oregon! The trans asylum seeker, OJM, detained by Ice over a month ago, is being released after a judge determined her incarceration to be unlawful. Th
Happy Friday, BRO buds! We skipped last week's newsletter for the holiday weekend, which means there’s LOTS of news to share this time—but isn’t there always lots of news to share in 2025? Head to the link in bio for updates on the
Oregon’s 2025 Legislative Session wrapped up last month, and Basic Rights Oregon was fighting for LGBTQ2SIA+ priorities up until the end. At a time when the federal government is actively hostile to our rights and even our existence, queer an
Join us this Wednesday for a Rally for Trans Youth Power! It's been nearly 6 months since Inauguration Day, and both the Trump Administration and the US Supreme Court are doing everything they can to roll back the clock on transgender rights, partic
In today's newsletter: 📣We're having a Rally for Trans Youth Power! RSVP at link in bio. 🩺 Medicaid cuts to gender affirming care likely won't move forward! 🏛️ The Supreme Court issued another anti-LGBTQ+ ruling. Head to the link in our bio to
Today marks ten years since the Supreme Court case that brought marriage equality nationwide! Here are some scenes from our celebration a decade ago. A lot has changed in our communities and in our movement since then, but one thing remains the sam