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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04, 2022
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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!
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06, 2021
Celebrating Juneteenth in Oregon
Juneteenth commemorates the end of chattel slavery in the United States, as word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved Black [...]
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06, 2021
Our Reaction to SCOTUS Ruling in Case Seeking License to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People
The Supreme Court today issued a narrow ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia, a case regarding a tax-payer funded contract with [...]