Chris Pappas is the first openly gay man to be elected mayor in South Africa and across Africa. 👇 youtu.be/Ev-BbRIdDuE #lgbt

Remember, give yourself a moment... 👇 youtube.com/shorts/x0eyh...

On Transgender Day of Remembrance we mourn transgender lives taken by violence. According to @transequality.bsky.social at least 58 transgender individuals were lost in 2025, with many more unreported. Take a moment to remember those we've lost. 👇 www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam #trans

ORDER THANKSGIVING PIES TODAY AND SUPPORT PRIDE 10% of Lux Sucre's proceeds will be donated to fund the PRIDE PIN to be given at Wilsonville's 2026 Pride Celebration. Stop by their Charbonneau cafe today for a treat, or order Thanksgiving pies and desserts today at luxsucre.com to support Pride!

Our 2025 Pride sponsor's full-service Wilsonville office and drive-thru NOW OPEN near Costco! VISIT THIS SATURDAY, NOV 22, 10am-2pm Enter to win $5,000. Enjoy gifts, food, refreshments and fun. Get $300 when you open a new checking account! 👇 www.oregonstatecu.com/checking-acc... #wilsonville

Today marks the beginning of #TransgenderAwarenessWeek! To trans people across the state and the country - I will continue to fight for the equal rights and opportunities you deserve despite the onslaught of GOP attacks against the community.

Add Pilates to our gay agenda. Katrina Anne Willis is an LGBT author, mother of four, dog rescuer, pickleball fanatic, and full-time RVer. She is currently at work on her memoir, “Hurricane Lessons,” which chronicles her late-in-life coming out. 👇 www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...

A video on who Kim Davis really is — and why Oregon must act now to protect LGBT from the next hypocrite like her. Oregon still has a constitutional ban. Let's fix this. 👇 youtu.be/kspx8qK2Y0Q #lgbt #equality @reallyamerican.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social

"I'm sorry for not having the courage to come out as Gay. I was afraid of being ostracized...Seeing how people like me were treated, I just could not do it. Now that my secret is known, I'll forever rest in peace." -Colonel Edward Ryan (from his 2024 obituary) ⬇️ modernmilitary.org/2024/06/hono...

Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer served in Vietnam, and was awarded a Bronze Star. After honestly stating her sexual orientation she was discharged under the military’s policy against LGBT. At the time, she was the highest-ranking LGBT officer discharged. ⬇️ theoutwordsarchive.org/interview/ca...

Chief Master Sgt. Jeremiah Grisham says that although gays and lesbians have largely found acceptance in the military, that’s not the case for all LGBT. “There’s still fear...and so we don’t appreciate fully what they can bring to the fight." 👇 www.stripes.com/branches/air...

Colonel Bree Fram is an astronautical engineer who joined our military after the 9/11 attacks. She served in the Air Force during the Iraq War and was deployed to Iraq and Qatar. Fram is the first transgender woman to be promoted to the rank of colonel. 👇 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bree_Fram

Levine was commissioned as a four-star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (one of the nation's eight uniformed services), becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer in our uniformed services as well as the first female four-star admiral in the Commissioned Corps.

Oregon native Tammy Smith became the first openly gay US general officer when she was promoted to Brigadier General in the Army Reserve in 2012. She served during the war in Afghanistan, and is now a retired Major General. 👇 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_S...

The VFW estimates that a million+ LGBT veterans have served. The bond forged in service transcends all differences. Every vet should feel valued, and have access to resources and community they deserve. We thank all vets, as we highlight a few of our own this Veterans Day. #vets #equality #lgbt

My husband and I have been together 39 years. First as domestic partners, then as a civil union and finally married in 2008 when legally allowed…each time jumping through hoops for recognition no straight couple is required to do. Same sex marriage is not special rights…just equal rights. Period.

Reflections on 20th Century Lesbian Feminism thru Photos of Donna Pollach — free panel discussion and exhibit at Oregon Historical Society. Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm 👇 www.ohs.org/events/we-se... #oregon #lgbt #queerhistory @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social

Learn about a hypocrite with "long, girthy, thick" history of opposing LGBT equality. People like him stay closeted because of people like him. "How Anti-Gay Senator Was Caught Sleeping With 94 Men" 👇 youtu.be/E3rdJLr_Dvk @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social #equality #lgbt

New Hegseth hurdle requires trans service members to appear before separation boards in uniforms matching gender assigned at birth — if not, it's used against them. Transgender troops have served for years and likely don’t own uniforms in the gender assigned at birth. 👇 apnews.com/article/tran...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee -Pride Subcommittee Meeting Friday, October 31, 2025 at 10:30 am Wilsonville City Hall

It's easy for the rich to just move to a state that doesn't discriminate against same-sex marriage. For regular Texas folk though, marriage is now at the mercy of religious bigots. Too much to ask that GOP gays help defend marriage equality? 👇 www.advocate.com/news/texas-j... #equality #lgbt

Learn about an evil queen — long ago buried in Queens — to understand how he continues to haunt the world to this day. 👇 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn

Research Guide to City of Portland's LGBT archive available to anyone wishing to access them. Portland Archives & Records Center is the official repository for historical records, and is a free resource. You don’t have to be a scholar to do research. www.portland.gov/auditor/arch... #pdx #lgbt

Just one year after Stonewall, June Lockhart publicly challenged homophobia, even while many with LGBT friends kept silent. 👇 youtu.be/Xm2q-F6FdoY RIP June Lockhart 1925-2025 #lgbt #equality @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @mccdenomination.bsky.social @opentablemcc.ph

With Halloween fast approaching, we kick off an educational series about the gays and ghouls who have haunted our community — because the more you know. First stop on the Dark Side of the Rainbow... 👇 youtu.be/zQdLTNJt8es @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social

#NoKings #lgbt #equality

Rabidly anti-LGBT, anti-Pride, book-banning MAGA hypocrite arrested for rape of 14-year-old girl in his congregation. 👇 youtu.be/Mb4dvReS_to #lgbt @coachdspeaks.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social

"Denying the diversity of gender makes it easier to impose a conservative worldview and roll back rights." Authoritarian governing relies on scapegoating people, policing thought and speech, and punishing dissent. #censorship #lgbt #gender 👇

Letter to one councilor calls her transgender child “disgusting....You are not welcome here!” Then Jewish councilor gets mail with horns on his photo and “Meet the Pedofiles” Both file police reports, thinking they'd never find sender, then police ID sender as a former councilor. #lgbt #DEI 👇

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 6 pm Wilsonville City Hall

#pdx #frogs

#NoKings @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @indivisible.org @georgetakei.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @pdxoregon50501.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @meidastouch.com

Hundreds RSVPd, but well over a thousand lined the street to show how much we love our country, Constitution, fairness and equality. So proud of Wilsonville and the millions of Americans who made it clear — NO KINGS! #NoKings #Wilsonville #Oregon @glaad.bsky.social @hrc.org @indivisible.org

NO (drag) KINGS 97070 This Saturday, October 18 · 1–3 pm SW Wilsonville Rd & Town Center E Wilsonville, Oregon RSVP 👇 www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... #NoKings @indivisible.org @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @50501supporters.bsky.social @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social

They should book Kitara Ravache for their right-wing alt Super Bowl halftime show. She's available again. #superbowl #badbunny

“I’m a big ol’ fan of RuPaul’s drag queens, but we don’t need NO kings…. Save the ICE for my gay coffee, cuz we don't need NO kings.” 👇 youtube.com/shorts/TGlGO... #NoKings @chrishousman.bsky.social

NO KINGS, Yaaas Queens! This Saturday, October 18 · 1–3 pm SW Wilsonville Rd & Town Center E Wilsonville, Oregon RSVP 👇 www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... #NoKings #Oregon

“NO KINGS Day is for Americans that LOVE this country … who HATE racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia…" 👇 bsky.app/profile/koja...

Congratulations to Mayor Hu — Tigard's first openly gay mayor! We appreciate your commitment to equity and inclusion, and we are proud of our Clackamas County neighbors up in the city of Tigard. @yikanghu.bsky.social www.tigard-or.gov/your-governm...

So proud to see the City of Wilsonville's 2025 Pride Mural artist Daren Todd and his Ikea collaboration featured in stores and online! 👇 www.ikea.com/us/en/ideas/... www.artlargerthanme.com @thedailydaren.bsky.social #Ikea #DarenTodd

Happy National Coming Out Day! 🏳️‍🌈 Telling your story is an inspiration for others, and an act of resistance — especially in this moment. Share your story today. 👇 www.hrc.org #lgbt #equality #NationalComingOutDay @hrc.org

Books, not troops! @literary-arts.org @powells.bsky.social @fastcompany.com

@bannedbooksweek.bsky.social is asking everyone to take action to defend books from censorship. Stand up for libraries, educators, writers & bookstores! 👇 bannedbooksweek.org/let-freedom-... @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Celebrate our identities, our stories and our lives as our authentic selves. Coming out is not only a moment of joy, it's an act of defiance. HRC is hosting a Speak OUT video call to kick off National Coming Out Day this weekend. 👇 www.mobilize.us/hrc/event/84... @hrc.org @georgetakei.bsky.social

Wear your ❤️ on your sleeve with this shirt — and add a donation to Planned Parenthood today! 👇 marketplace.plannedparenthood.org/marketplace/... @ppfa.org @ppaawest.bsky.social #trans #lgbt #equality @transequality.bsky.social