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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Tags: oregon, discrimination

 

What's going on in the bakery scene in Oregon? Does Gordon Ramsay need to visit each and ever Oregon cakes shop to yell them into shape?

The latest in the state to show its true colors is Fleur Cakes in Mount Hood, which has refused a wedding cake to a lesbian couple.

 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 05 February 2013
Tags: ace of cakes, duff goldman, celebrity chef, offers, bake, wedding cake, oregon, lesbian couple, denied, discrimination, sweet cakes, aaron klein

When did baked goods become so political? Ace of Cakes star Duff Goldman finds it odd that his job as a cake decorator can help right an injustice, but he's happy to help the Oregon lesbian couple we told you about on Monday that was denied service by a bigoted baker. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 04 February 2013
Tags: gresham, oregon, aaron klein, sweet cakes bakery, refuses, denies, bake, wedding cake, lesbian couple, discrimination, same sex, gay, christianity, the bible, religion, dbags

Aaron Klein, owner of Sweet Cakes Bakery in Gresham, Oregon, is being investigated by the state after denying service to a lesbian couple in need of a wedding cake. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 16 November 2012
Tags: tina kotek, oregon, historic, 2012 elections, first, openly, gay, lesbian, house speaker, democrats

Future textbooks documenting the "Historic LGBT Elections of 2012" will have yet another bullet point to address as Rep. Tina Kotek is on the road to becoming Oregon's first openly gay House Speaker. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 15 October 2012
Tags: boy scouts of america, oregon supreme court, gays, child molesters, files, witch hunt

So apparently the Boy Scouts of America are just on a gay witch hunt?

An Oregon Supreme Court case forced the Boy Scouts to release files pertaining to "ineligible volunteers." These ineligibles included volunteers that were accused of molesting Scouts..and a few who actually weren't accused on anything.

Well anything other than being gay.

Check out how the BSA worked to confirm their suspicions after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 20 September 2012
Tags: michael mcshane, federal court judge, nomination, openly gay, president obama, oregon

President Obama continues to wine and dine us--and we love it!

The President has nominated openly gay judge, Michael McShane to fill  an open federal judgeship position in Oregon.

If confirmed, McShane will be one of the few openly gay judges on the federal bunch. 

More after the jump. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 24 May 2012
Tags: gay conversion therapy, reparative therapy, ex-gay movement, oregon, therapis, max hirsh

So we’re doing conversion therapy on adults without their consent now? Looks like it.

An openly gay Oregon male seeking treatment for depression, has accused his therapist of trying to make him straight without his permission.

Sounds promising…

More after the jump.

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Thursday, 23 February 2012
Tags: la grande, oregon, mayor, pokorney, apologizes, anti gay, homophobia, hate speech, facebook, washington, marriage equality, sodom and gomorrah, abomination, gay couples, lgbt

In a slew of Facebook posts that received hundreds of comments, La Grande, Oregon's Mayor Daniel Pokorney blasted Washington for turning into "Sodom and Gomorrah" after adopting marriage equality, and called same-sex couples "an abomination." Days later and he's on an apology tour, attempting to atone and remove the smear he placed on La Grande's reputation. Details follow. 

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Tags: what's your instinct, dan savage, transphobia, glitterbomb, attack, university of oregon, eugene, speech, mtv, welcoming committee, comments, apologize, lgbt, gay, it gets better

LGBT-on-LGBT glitterbombing has arrived and gay activist Dan Savage is its first victim. With cameras for his MTV show Savage U rolling in the background during a visit to the University of Oregon's Eugene campus on Tuesday, trans activists glitterbombed the "It Gets Better" creator for his notorious transphobic history. But was the activism effective?

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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Tags: basic rights oregon, republicans, gop, same-sex marriage, lgbt, election, 2012, civil unions, anti-gay, political platform

Are Oregon Republicans finally realizing that having an anti-gay stance is a lost cause? In their efforts to recruit younger generations and LGBT people, social issues are being dropped from the party's discourse, find out more after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Tags: oregon, portland, hawthorne bridge, anti-gay, hate-crimes, solidarity, basic rights oregon

More than 4,000 people of all ages and identities gathered in the rain Sunday night and symbolically held hands with one another in response to two men being attacked for holding each others' hands last week. Details about this amazing display after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Tags: hate crimes, attacks, portland, holding hands, gay, assault, oregon

Police in Portland, Oregon are investigating a likely hate crime attack concerning two men who were beaten after holding hands while walking.

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