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Oregon Gets Top Rating in Index of States With the Most Comprehensive Legal Protections For LGBTQ People

Oregon received a top rating in the Human Rights Campaign’s annual State Equality Index—which assesses how well states protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.

An Oregon Woman Is Suing a Beauty Pageant that Excludes Transgender Contestants

Last January, Anita Green signed up to compete in a Miss Oregon beauty pageant. Green, 29, is a trailblazer on the pageant circuit. When she competed in her first pageant, the 2017 Miss Montana USA contest, she was only the third openly transgender contestant in the history of the Miss Universe program.

Skidmore Prize Winner Kieran Chase Builds a Strong, Vibrant and Powerful Progressive Movement for LGBTQ+ Equality in Oregon

It’s Wednesday afternoon and Kieran Chase is full of nervous excitement for the upcoming Catalyst Transgender Leadership weekend retreat.

A Rural Oregon Town Will Celebrate Its First Official Pride Next Month, Making it One of the Smallest Cities to Host the Event

70 miles south of Portland, Falls City is a rural community of just over 1,000 residents. And this year, it will celebrate its first city-sanctioned Pride.

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Oregon Gets Top Rating in Index of States With the Most Comprehensive Legal Protections For LGBTQ People

An Oregon Woman Is Suing a Beauty Pageant that Excludes Transgender Contestants

Skidmore Prize Winner Kieran Chase Builds a Strong, Vibrant and Powerful Progressive Movement for LGBTQ+ Equality in Oregon

Jury Unanimously Convicts Man For Bias Crime That Occurred During Portland Pride Month

Murmurs: SEIU Dues Feeling the Blues

As the Supreme Court Decides on Protections For LGBTQ Workers, Sen. Jeff Merkley Pushes Congress to Pass Equality Act

Two Queer Portlanders Describe Downtown Attack: Punches and Kicks Followed Slurs

Should a Public Library Rent Space From a Church That Condemns Being Gay? The City of Salem Says Yes.

Portland Publisher Win McCormack Apologizes to Mayor Pete Buttigieg for New Republic Essay

A Rural Oregon Town Will Celebrate Its First Official Pride Next Month, Making it One of the Smallest Cities to Host the Event

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