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CRITICAL SERVICES FOR GAY COMMUNITY FACE MAJOR CUTBACKS New report documents devastating impact for gay and transgender Oregonians if Measures 66 and 67 fail (PORTLAND, OREGON – FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2010) – As ballots begin arriving in mailboxes around the state, Basic Rights Oregon today distributed a new report documenting the impact of budget cuts expected if [...] Evan Wolfson – Executive Direction Freedom to Marry Starting today Basic Rights Oregon begins a big Marriage Matters to Me campaign with events in Portland, Bend and Eugene. All three will feature Evan Wolfson, founder and Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, a national gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality across the [...] DJ Automaton at the decks Wednesdays are often quite a full hump day with the weekly Fame/Gay Pizza/Slice, and monthlies Lube Job and Gloss. But tonight also features a special mix of 2 of Holocene’s (1001 SE Morrison) dykiest nights. Tonight’s Tartdown is a celebration of Double Down and Tart as well as a going [...] It’s a beautiful equation. You fill your expansive queer stomach with delicious eats from one (or as many as possible) of over 75 dining establishments across the state and in turn, Basic Rights Oregon receives 15% of the proceeds. Easy, right? Bites for Rights is in its 10th year, marriage is a hot, hot issue [...] For an event that had no formal organization backing it, not much advance notice, the turn out was pretty good. Mostly, it felt good to stand up and fight back. I took pictures, but my camera cord is in a different state, so here are Just Out’s image and words: Prop 8 Rally/Marty Davis The evening [...] Although they could have culled the 3 minute promo to a more svelte minute or minute-thirty the promo for this weekend’s Strut fashion show, a benefit for Basic Rights Oregon takign place at Luxe Autohaus (410 NE 17th) this Saturday May 16th at 7pm, is still worth watching. And, according to Byron Beck, RuPaul’s Drag Race: [...] If the Prez can do it, than so can director of local LGBTQ organization Basic Rights Oregon…that is, address the nation on YouTube. Director Jean Frazzini takes to the inter-tubes to talk about Oregon’s path to marriage. Like Today Basic Rights Oregon issued a press release on the updates made to our domestic partnership law passed in the Oregon House. It creates a streamlined process for name changes, clears up confusion between the languages of domestic partnerships in Oregon and civil unions or marriages elsewhere and preserves a long-standing state practice related to taxation [...] STRUT is all about glamour, style, and an over-the-top celebration of our community’s talents, while at the same time supporting the work of the largest organization working to end discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity in Oregon. Over the past 4 years, STRUT has featured some of the best of Portland’s designers, including “Leanimal” (the winner of Bravo’s “Project Runway” series in [...] GBLTQ and genderqueer youth are some of the biggest targets for school age bullying so it is with great joy that Basic Rights Oregon reports that the Oregon House just passed HB2599, the Oregon Safe Schools Act, on a 50 to 9 vote. Jeana Frazzini, Executive Director of Basic Rights Oregon says of the bill: “Bullying [...] |
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