BASIC RIGHTS OREGON
PO BOX 40625, PORTLAND, OR 97240 www.basicrights.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: BASIC RIGHTS OREGON WILL ENSURE THAT ALL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER OREGONIANS EXPERIENCE EQUALITY BY BUILDING A BROAD AND INCLUSIVE POLITICALLY POWERFUL MOVEMENT, SHIFTING PUBLIC OPINION, AND ACHIEVING POLICY VICTORIES.

TO ENSURE THAT ALL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER OREGONIANS EXPERIENCE EQUALITY.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORK: BUILDING POLITICAL POWER FOR LGBTQ OREGONIANS HAS LONG BEEN A CORE OBJECTIVE FOR BASIC RIGHTS. TO THAT END, NONPARTISAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES TO BE A KEY STRATEGY AS WE WORK TO SECURE LEGAL EQUALITY BY PASSING LEGISLATION, MOBILIZE LGBTQ OREGONIANS AND THEIR ALLIES TO INFLUENCE DECISION MAKERS AND BUILD COALITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LASTING, VIBRANT MOVEMENTS FOR LGBTQ JUSTICE AND PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZING. FUNDAMENTAL TO BASIC RIGHTS' WORK IS A PRINCIPLED COMMITMENT TO PARTNERSHIPS AMONG THOSE, OUR DECADES-LONG VALUES-BASED COLLABORATIONS WITH RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE ACTIVE LEADERS WITHIN SEVERAL COALITIONS: FAIR SHOT OREGON,ONE OREGON, AMONG MANY OTHERS.

RACIAL JUSTICE WORK: SINCE 2007, BASIC RIGHTS HAS WORKED TO COUNTERACT OPPOSITION STRATEGIES PITTING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AGAINST LGBTQ COMMUNITIES. WE WORK TO CENTER THE LEADERSHIP OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, LARGELY THROUGH OUR ONGOING OUR FAMILIES PROGRAM FOR LGBTQ AND ALLIED PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE CONTINUE TO BE KEY PUBLIC ALLIES, INVESTING STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES IN CAMPAIGNS TO ADDRESS XENOPHOBIA AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. IN 2017 WE DEEPENED OUR LONG-TERM ALLIANCE WITH KEY COMMUNITY PARTNERS CAUSA, ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN NETWORK OF OREGON (APANO), UNITE OREGON, AND OREGON VOICE TO FORM ONE OREGON, A STATEWIDE COALITION THAT DEFENDS AGAINST ANTI-IMMIGRANT AND ANTI-MUSLIM POLICIES AND BALLOT MEASURES AND WORKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OREGONIANS, REGARDLESS OF COUNTRY OF BIRTH, ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

TRANSGENDER JUSTICE WORK: BASIC RIGHTS IS A LEADER WITHIN THE LGBTQ EQUALITY MOVEMENT, TAKING A LABORATORY APPROACH TO CREATING CHANGE, AND SHARING BEST PRACTICES WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO THAT OUR WORK CONTRIBUTES TO THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR EQUALITY. 2017 SAW A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR BASIC RIGHTS OREGON AND IN 2018 WE WORKED WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE FAIR AND THOROUGH IMPPLEMENTATION OF THOSE VICTORIES--INCLUDING THIRD GENDER MAKERS ON STATE DRIVER'S LICENSES AND IDS, THE NATION'S SECOND STANDALONE TRANSGENDER EQUALITY BILL THAT SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR NAME AND GENDER MARKERS ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES, AND REQUIREMENTS THAT COMPANIES CONTRACTING WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT OFFER EQUAL HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES THROUGH HB 3060.

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