Our Work

  • Basic Rights has operated a dedicated Transgender Justice program since 2007. Through our legislative and policy work, as well as our educational outreach and community organizing, we’ve sought to achieve our mission of legal and lived equality for trans people. Read more about our transgender justice work.

  • Basic Rights Oregon offers employers, organizations and government agencies fee-for-service trainings on how to create an LGBTQ2SIA+ affirming workplace. Learn more about our trainings and speaking engagements.

  • At Basic Rights Oregon we’re committed to creating leadership that truly reflects our community. Visit our Leadership Programs page.

  • Basic Rights Education Fund, our 501(c)(3), works on educational outreach through our leadership development programs, our annual Statewide Action Summit, and more. Contributions to the Basic Rights Education Fund are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Donate to our Education Fund.

  • The Basic Rights Oregon Equality PAC seeks to end anti-LGBTQ2SIA+ discrimination in Oregon by electing pro-equality candidates to all levels of office. We are a non-partisan political action committee focused on statewide and legislative offices. Donate to Equality PAC.

  • Since 2007, Basic Rights Oregon has had a dedicated racial justice program. We pride ourselves as being leaders among state-based LGBTQ2SIA+ rights organizations in fighting for racial equity and against racism in our communities. From coalition work to leadership development, and from the legislature to the ballot box, we make these values known. Learn more about our racial justice work.