WilsonvillePride.org
@wilsonvillepride.bsky.social
Building community to ensure Wilsonville, Oregon remains a place for everyone
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.
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www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
#trans
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
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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
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!
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!
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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!
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!
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www.oregonstatecu.com/checking-acc...
#wilsonville
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!
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www.oregonstatecu.com/checking-acc...
#wilsonville
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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
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
Reposted by WilsonvillePride.org
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.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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.
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www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
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.
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www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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.
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www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
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.
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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.
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youtu.be/kspx8qK2Y0Q
#lgbt #equality @reallyamerican.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social
Oregon still has a constitutional ban. Let's fix this.
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youtu.be/kspx8qK2Y0Q
#lgbt #equality @reallyamerican.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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.
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youtu.be/kspx8qK2Y0Q
#lgbt #equality @reallyamerican.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social
Oregon still has a constitutional ban. Let's fix this.
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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)
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modernmilitary.org/2024/06/hono...
-Colonel Edward Ryan (from his 2024 obituary)
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modernmilitary.org/2024/06/hono...
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"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)
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modernmilitary.org/2024/06/hono...
-Colonel Edward Ryan (from his 2024 obituary)
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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.
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theoutwordsarchive.org/interview/ca...
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.
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theoutwordsarchive.org/interview/ca...
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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.
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theoutwordsarchive.org/interview/ca...
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.
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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."
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www.stripes.com/branches/air...
“There’s still fear...and so we don’t appreciate fully what they can bring to the fight."
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www.stripes.com/branches/air...
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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."
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www.stripes.com/branches/air...
“There’s still fear...and so we don’t appreciate fully what they can bring to the fight."
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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.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bree_Fram
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bree_Fram
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bree_Fram
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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.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_S...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_S...
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_S...
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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
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
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Reposted by WilsonvillePride.org
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.
Same sex marriage is not special rights…just equal rights. Period.
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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.
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
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www.ohs.org/events/we-se...
#oregon #lgbt #queerhistory @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm
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www.ohs.org/events/we-se...
#oregon #lgbt #queerhistory @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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
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www.ohs.org/events/we-se...
#oregon #lgbt #queerhistory @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm
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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"
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youtu.be/E3rdJLr_Dvk
@hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social
#equality #lgbt
"How Anti-Gay Senator Was Caught Sleeping With 94 Men"
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youtu.be/E3rdJLr_Dvk
@hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social
#equality #lgbt
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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"
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youtu.be/E3rdJLr_Dvk
@hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social
#equality #lgbt
"How Anti-Gay Senator Was Caught Sleeping With 94 Men"
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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.
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apnews.com/article/tran...
Transgender troops have served for years and likely don’t own uniforms in the gender assigned at birth.
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apnews.com/article/tran...
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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.
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apnews.com/article/tran...
Transgender troops have served for years and likely don’t own uniforms in the gender assigned at birth.
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apnews.com/article/tran...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
-Pride Subcommittee Meeting
Friday, October 31, 2025 at 10:30 am
Wilsonville City Hall
-Pride Subcommittee Meeting
Friday, October 31, 2025 at 10:30 am
Wilsonville City Hall
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
-Pride Subcommittee Meeting
Friday, October 31, 2025 at 10:30 am
Wilsonville City Hall
-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?
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www.advocate.com/news/texas-j...
#equality #lgbt
Too much to ask that GOP gays help defend marriage equality?
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www.advocate.com/news/texas-j...
#equality #lgbt
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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?
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www.advocate.com/news/texas-j...
#equality #lgbt
Too much to ask that GOP gays help defend marriage equality?
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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.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
October 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Learn about an evil queen — long ago buried in Queens — to understand how he continues to haunt the world to this day.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
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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
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
LGBTQIA2S+ Research Guide
This guide highlights some of the records illustrating the interconnections and interactions between the City and the lesbian, gay, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual or agender, and...
www.portland.gov
October 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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
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.
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youtu.be/Xm2q-F6FdoY
RIP June Lockhart 1925-2025
#lgbt #equality @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @mccdenomination.bsky.social @opentablemcc.ph
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youtu.be/Xm2q-F6FdoY
RIP June Lockhart 1925-2025
#lgbt #equality @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @mccdenomination.bsky.social @opentablemcc.ph
Clips: 1970, June Lockhart gently challenges homophobia on THE VIRGINIA GRAHAM SHOW w/Rev Troy Perry
YouTube video by Steven Capsuto - LGBTQ Images on Television
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October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just one year after Stonewall, June Lockhart publicly challenged homophobia, even while many with LGBT friends kept silent.
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youtu.be/Xm2q-F6FdoY
RIP June Lockhart 1925-2025
#lgbt #equality @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @mccdenomination.bsky.social @opentablemcc.ph
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youtu.be/Xm2q-F6FdoY
RIP June Lockhart 1925-2025
#lgbt #equality @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @mccdenomination.bsky.social @opentablemcc.ph