Basic Rights Oregon Responds to Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade
On June 24, 2022, in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe [...]
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06, 2022
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06, 2022
BRO in the News: Why We’re Proud, and Why We’re Still Fighting
As always, June has been a busy month for Basic Rights Oregon. We’ve been on our Pride celebration grind—it’s the [...]
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04, 2022
BASIC RIGHTS OREGON DENOUNCES ANTI-LGBTQ2SIA+ ATTACKS IN STATE POLITICS
Oregon is seeing a dangerous wave of anti-LGBTQ2SIA+ politics sweep across our state. As the state’s leading LGBTQ2SIA+ advocacy organization, [...]
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03, 2022
One SASsy Saturday: Takeaways and Photos from Statewide Action Summit 2022
The team at Basic Rights Oregon is still buzzing from all the love, wisdom, and community-building shared at our annual [...]
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03, 2022
Celebrating BRO’s 2022 Legislative Wins!
2022 was a short-session year for the Oregon State Legislature. But state lawmakers and advocates, including the Basic Rights Oregon [...]
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02, 2022
Auditor? Clerk? BOLI Commissioner? BRO Helps Decode Your Ballot!
Anytime voters go the polls these days, LGBTQ2SIA+ equality is on the ballot. One can’t look at the news without [...]
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11, 2021
Rest In Power: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2021
Nikki Kunhausen. Aja Raquel Rhone-Spears. Jessi Hart. Nikki, Aja and Jessi are three transgender women who lost their lives to [...]
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11, 2021
Stand in solidarity with LGBTQ+ students
Stand in solidarity with LGBTQ+ students This week, two different school boards in Oregon took a stand against our BIPOC [...]
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11, 2021
‘Strictly for the Birds’ Special Screening
Join Basic Rights Oregon and Breaking Glass Pictures for a Century 21 special screening of "Strictly for the Birds" on [...]
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11, 2021
Rest in Power: Honoring the life of Jessi Hart
Basic Rights Oregon is deeply saddened over the death of Jessi Hart, a white 42-year-old transgender woman killed in Banks, [...]
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11, 2021
OTHC Needs Your Voice to Advocate for Inclusive Hair Removal Services
Update, April 2022: Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences around hair removal services! Your input has already [...]
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07, 2021
A step forward for supporting LGBTQ student success
We applaud the Oregon Legislature for passing Senate Bill 52, the LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan!