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Portland Trail Blazers first NBA team to support marriage equality
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers have become the first NBA team to publicly support marriage equality for same-sex couples.
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Portland, Ore., bar owner fined $400,000 for banning transgender patrons
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland bar owner has been ordered to pay about $400,000 to a group of transgender patrons he banned from his establishment last year.
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Cab driver loses license after leaving lesbian couple on side of interstate
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon cab driver has lost his taxi license after he was accused of leaving a couple on the side of an interstate last month because they are gay.
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Shuttle company apologizes for ordering gay couple to sit in the back of the bus
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The company that runs the shuttle service to the Albuquerque airport’s rental-car center is apologizing after a driver allegedly ordered a gay couple to sit in the back of the shuttle bus.
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Couple says they were kicked out of cab on interstate because they’re gay
PORTLAND, Ore. – A lesbian couple in Portland, Ore., say their cab ride was cut short Thursday night when the driver realized they are gay, and kicked them out and left them on the side of an interstate.
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Oregon county to require gender-neutral restrooms in all county buildings
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s most populous county is requiring that gender-neutral bathrooms be included whenever a county-owned building is constructed or remodeled, a move to accommodate transgender employees and visitors.
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Federal judge rules same-sex spouse should get health benefits
SALEM, Ore. — A federal appellate judge ruled this week the judiciary must grant health care benefits to the same-sex spouse of a federal public defender in Portland, and ruled that Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban, enacted by voters in 2004, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act are both unconstitutional.
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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.