Know Your Rights: Transgender Rights

Oregon has a number of legal protections for trans, nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and intersex people, and those laws remain unchanged.

Generally, you have the right not to be discriminated against based on your gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation in many areas of life — including healthcare, schools, work, social services, and public spaces (such as restaurants, hotels, and shops).

Explore the buttons and links below for key rights, information, and resources to know about and share with your communities.

We strongly encourage you to follow the work of our partner, Basic Rights Oregon (BRO). BRO is one of the longest-standing LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations in the state, and has the most up-to-date information and resources for queer and trans communities.

We need people to speak up. Contact your elected officials in Congress and at the state and local level and demand they push back against the Trump administration’s anti-trans agenda. Let your representatives and senators know that you expect them to stand up and oppose these attacks and that you will hold them accountable if they fail to do so. States and cities should be making clear that trans people belong and still have legal protections, and states should resist cooperating with this administration’s anti-trans agenda.

Because this anti-trans agenda is fueled by lies and misinformation about trans people, everyone has a role to play in educating the people in their lives about the facts. Speak up and out for trans people wherever you encounter the harmful messaging used by the Trump administration that treats trans people as a threat just for existing.