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  1. Oregon’s other gay record: a recent history of anti-gay ballot initiatives from around the state

    Oregon has seen an estimated 35 anti-gay ballot measures in recent history, and those keeping count say that’s likely more than any other state in the country. Oregon is now staring down No. 36. The Friends of Religious Freedom has filed for yet another a ...

    6 May 2014 - George T. Nicola

  2. Don’t be a bully, from Oregon’s 2014 Teacher of the Year

    When I was 15, my best friend killed himself. He was gay. Jack probably felt alone. He was not. In Oregon, one out of five gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender teenagers have attempted suicide in the last year, according to the Oregon Safe Schools and Co ...

    18 Mar 2014 - Brett Bigham

  3. Celebrating Valentine’s with marriage equality

    I met my wife of 22 years, Dianne Rodway, through an advertisement in The Willamette Week. We met on Friday night, went bike riding on Sunday, and have been together ever since. We decided to get married about three weeks later while at a wedding in South ...

    15 Feb 2014 - John Becker

  4. Relationships can help guide religious understanding

    My parents and the people I grew up around are kind, loving, caring people. Stereotypes are easy, but reality is always more complicated. I never learned hate from them, but there was a lot of fear. As Evangelicals, one of the things they feared most was ...

    23 Jan 2014 - Peter Walker

  5. For 60 years, waiting for the freedom to marry

    Eugene Woodworth passed away Dec. 21. He was 85 years old. Before he died, he wrote this piece for Street Roots about his dream of marriage equality in Oregon. When I first met Eric, I got cold all over and couldn’t move. It felt like destiny: I’d just me ...

    26 Dec 2013 - Eugene Woodworth

  6. Freedom means freedom for everyone

    The first thing I fell in love with was her voice. We were at a party at Carefree Lounge in Southeast Portland. She was from Georgia, and she had a southern drawl that grabbed my ear. I had to talk to her. “No, honey, I can do this by myself,” she replied ...

    17 Oct 2013 - Cece Barnes

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