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Marriage equality activists raising the stakes from coast to coast
A victory for DOMA repeal in the Senate Judiciary Committee, but now it faces even greater hurdles in the full Senate. An election night victory in Iowa means marriage is safe, for now; but polling in Minnesota shows cause for alarm. Activists raise the stakes in Washington, Maryland, Oregon, and Maine.
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Oregon advocacy group considers ballot initiative to legalize same-sex marriage
Basic Rights Oregon, the state’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, is considering launching a ballot initiative to overturn Oregon’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, reported the Eugene Register-Guard.
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Oregon Republicans strip anti-gay language from party platform
The Oregon Republican party has voted to the remove language from the official party platform that some members saw as needlessly hostile toward gays.
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Portland police make arrest in latest anti-gay bias attack
Police have arrested and charged 21-year-old Dillan Joseph Cashman with intimidation and assault in an early morning attack on a gay man after insulting him and his parter with gay slurs.
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Two men arrested in attack on Portland gay man, good samaritan
Two men have been arrested in Portland, Ore., in connection with an early morning attack Saturday on a gay man, and a good Samaritan who stepped in to help.
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Portland adds sex-reassignment surgery to city employee health benefits
A proposal by Portland Mayor Sam Adams to give transgender city employees a new health benefit — sex-reassignment surgery — was approved by the city council this week.
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Thousands hold hands at Portland rally in solidarity with attacked gay couple
An estimated 4,000 Portland area residents on Sunday gathered to hold hands on the Hawthorne Bridge as an act of solidarity with two gay men who were allegedly attacked on May 25 for doing just that.
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Police investigating attack on Portland men as possible anti-gay bias
Police in Portland, Ore., are investigating what they called a possible bias attack against two gay men.
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Gay student teacher, fired after parent’s complaint, rehired by Oregon school district
Seth Stambaugh, the gay graduate student from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR — who had been fired Sept. 15 after a parent filed a complaint — has been rehired by the school district’s superintendent.
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Marc Delphine: Oregon’s first openly gay candidate to seek federal office
Marc Delphine, an Oregon financial planner, has filed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate Monday, seeking the Libertarian Party nomination. According to JustOut.com: Delphine is the first openly gay candidate to run for federal office in Oregon’s history. Delphine will formally announce the campaign launch in the State Capitol tomorrow morning, during which he’ll […]