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Here are some more various links for Oregon.


Love, Commitment, Marriage is a marriage equality group. I believe they are part of Basic rights Oregon.

http://www.lovecommitmentmarriage.org/

CAUSA is an immigration rights group. They do however support LGBT rights as part of their core principles.

http://causaoregon.org/

South Oregon Pride Festival is a good social event that promotes equality, peace, and basic rights for all people.  The event is held in Ashland.

http://www.sopride.org/pages/home.html

http://twitter.com/#!/SOPrideFestival

http://www.facebook.com/SOPrideFestival

Queer Eugene is an online resource for many local events, resources, and other items for the LGBTQ community. They primarily serve Eugene and Springfield but also cover Lane County, Corvallis, and Salem.  They have a lot of good information. Be sure to check them out. 

http://www.queereugene.com/

Eugene/ Springfield Pride is a pride festival. Like most festivals they are a great resource to meet new people, gain education, and finds helpful resources.

http://www.eugenepride.org/

Rainbow Vista is a LGBT retirement community. It is gay owned and operated. They are located in Gresham.

http://www.rainbowvista.com/

Outside In helps homeless youth and others find self sufficiency. They are not LGBT specific but are friendly.They are located in Portland.

http://www.outsidein.org/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Outside-In/188763024041

Q Center is located in Portland and has many resources. Please Check them Out. One program I want to point out is their Persons with Disabilities group.  I usually don't find many of these so use it if you need it.

http://www.pdxqcenter.org/

http://twitter.com/#!/qcenter

http://www.facebook.com/PDXQCenter?ref=ts

http://www.youtube.com/portlandqcenter

Portland Pride or Pride Northwest is a festival offer many resources. Get out meet people, learn, and find support. We should all have pride.

http://www.pridenw.org/

Capitol Pride is a festival in Salem. They have resources online and offer many at their event.

http://www.capitolpride.org/



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Gay Oregon: Transgender Oregon

Today I have some resources for the Trans community in Oregon. I hope they are helpful.

Northwest Gender Alliance is a group fostering education, support, and social events.

http://www.nwgenderalliance.org/

Trans Active offers education, support, and advocacy resources.

http://www.transactiveonline.org/index.php

Laura's Playground is an online Chatroom and Suicide prevention help center.

http://www.lauras-playground.com/chat.htm

Salem Transgender Network is an online resource and referral site.

http://www.salemtg.net/




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Gay Oregon II

Continuing with Oregon links, here are PFLAG sites. PFLAG has many resources beyond what they list on thier sites. If you need information or help by all means contact them.

PFLAG Oregon. A sort of master List.

http://www.pnwpflag.org/oregon.html

PFLAG Clackamas County

http://www.clackamaspflag.com/

PFLAG Corvallis/Albany

http://www.jam-assoc.com/pflag/

PFLAG Eugene/Springfield  - Only a listing.

http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?&pid=224&srcid=229&chid=285

PFLAG Oregon Central Coast  - Only a listing.

http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=224&chid=396&tab=6

PFLAG Pendleton

http://pflag-pendleton.org/

PFLAG Portland

http://www.pflagpdx.org/NewPFLAGsite/Home.html

For E-mail links to all the sites and those without web pages here is the master list, in more detail.

http://www.pflag.org/map/index.php?state=OR#466



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Gay Oregon

Oregon, the Beaver State. Today is your day. I will begin with education resources.


The University of Oregon has UOut It offer education, support, advocacy, health information, and even financial advisory.

http://lgbt.uoregon.edu/

Oregon State University has their Pride Center. It seems to be a complete community center style service. So many resources are available. Their Frequently Asked Questions section is a good place to begin. However much is not online so direct contact is required for more.

http://oregonstate.edu/pridecenter/

Southern Oregon University has their Queer resource Center. They have support and education resources. They also appear to have mentoring programs. There is not a great deal online so direct contact is needed.

http://www.sou.edu/su/qrc/

http://www.facebook.com/sou.qrc

Eastern Oregon University has their Office of Multicultural Affairs. They don't list much but the inclusion of a Gay-Straight Alliance, Pride events, and support are mentioned. Check them out.

http://www.eou.edu/oma/gsa.html

Portland State University has a Queer Resource Center. They offer education, support, advocacy, and some social events.

http://www.qrc.pdx.edu/

Pacific University has their Center for Gender Equity. Not much is listed about their details so please contact them if you have specific questions.

http://www.pacificu.edu/academics/gender-equity/

Mt. Hood Community College has a Gay-Straight Alliance.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30718117913

Lewis & Clark Law School has OutLaw.

http://www.lclark.edu/law/student_groups/outlaw/

Willamette University's College of Law  has Lambda Legal.

http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/resources/student_orgs/willo/index.php

GLSEN has a chapter in Oregon.

http://chapters.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/oregon/home.html



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Equality

Today I have some random equality sites.


Freedom to Marry

http://www.freedomtomarry.org/

http://www.youtube.com/user/FreedomToMarry

http://twitter.com/freedomtomarry

http://www.facebook.com/freedomtomarry.org


Basic Rights Oregon

http://www.basicrights.org/

http://www.facebook.com/basicrights

http://twitter.com/basicrights

http://www.youtube.com/user/BasicRights


GetEQUAL

http://getequal.org/

http://www.facebook.com/getequal

http://twitter.com/getequal

http://www.youtube.com/getequal


Marriage Equality USA

http://www.marriageequality.org/

http://twitter.com/meusa

http://www.facebook.com/marriageequalityusa

http://www.youtube.com/officialmeusa


Gay Rights Media

http://gayrightsmedia.org/

http://www.facebook.com/gayrightsmedia?sk=info

http://twitter.com/gayrightsmedia

http://www.youtube.com/gayrightsmedia


Gay Rights on Change.org

http://gayrights.change.org/


FriendFactor

http://www.friendfactor.org/


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Lift Your Voice in a Joyous Melody

To put our voice to song is an excellent way to express our feelings and emotions. It creates joy and allows us to share our experiences with others. Today I salute Chorus's. They lift us when we are low, make us smile, and voice things we may not be able to. Enjoy and participate if you can.

The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles.

http://www.gmcla.org/

The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.

https://www.sfgmc.org/index.shtml

The New York Gay Men's Chorus.

http://www.nycgmc.org/

The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus.

http://cgmc.org/

The Gay Men's chorus of Washington DC.

http://www.gmcw.org/

The Boston Gay Men's Chorus.

http://bgmc.org/

The Miami Gay Men's Chorus.

http://www.miamigaychorus.org/

The Twin Cities gay Men's Chorus.

http://tcgmc.org/

The Portland Gay Men's Chorus.

http://pdxgmc.org/

The Columbus Gay Men's Chorus.

http://www.cgmc.com/Columbus_Gay_Mens_Chorus_CGMC/Columbus_Gay_Mens_Chorus.html


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Education and Support

Ever striving to find more resources for our youth I have found some more links to help with education, support, and and many other topics.

Project 10 seeks to educate student and communities on tolerance, safety, and equality for LGBT students. Their goal is a safe environment for everyone. Resources for educators are available as well links to other sources.

http://www.project10.org/

The Pride Foundations funds groups and advocacy and offers scholarships to student in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington.

http://www.pridefoundation.org/

COLAGE is a group supporting children of LGBT parents. This is a nice link since children sometimes have need support in this as well.

http://www.colage.org/

The Lambda 10 Project is a site dedicated to LGBT issues in the Greek system of Sororities and Fraternities. Hosted by Indian University if your interested in the Greek issues check them out.

http://www.indiana.edu/~lambda10/


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More Support

More avenues of support are always a blessing to the myriad of problems we face. So here are today's links. I hope they are helpful.

The Gay-Straight Alliance Network seeks to create safe school environments and educate people on GLBT issues. Fostering understanding is a noble cause. Check them out.

http://gsanetwork.org/

The Safe Schools Coalition offers information to educators and families to make school environments better.

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/

Youth Pride Inc. offers support, education, and advocacy for youth and young adult in Rhode Island  Even with its state specific  nature it has some good information that may help you.

http://www.youthprideri.org/

The GLBTQ Online High School is a online school for all the youth in our community seeking a safe school environment where they can be themselves and interact with other students like themselves. The site is based in Minnesota so if your interested check its validity in your state.

http://www.glbtqonlinehighschool.com/

The Oregon Safe Schools and Communities Coalition works to create safe environments for students, teachers, and families to thrive in. It is Oregon based but has lists of good resources.

http://www.oregonsafeschools.org/


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