Remember Basic Rights Oregon in Your Estate

Why Remember Us with a Gift?

While we’ve won many landmark victories—such as the passage of the Oregon Equality Act, the freedom to marry, the first standalone transgender justice bill, a ban on youth conversion therapy, and X gender markers on licenses—we know that our advancements need defending, and that legal equality is not the same as an equal lived experience.

It will take determination and resolve to reach our dreams of full equality. A bequest to Basic Rights Oregon in your estate plan, or through beneficiary designation, will help ensure the work we’ve begun together can continue with the same urgency and passion that have led us to the progress and equality we’ve celebrated thus far.

Joining the Julie Davis Legacy Circle

Basic Rights Oregon was founded in 1996 to combat a raft of anti-LGBTQ2SIA+ ballot measures that sought to dehumanize LGBTQ2SIA+ people in our state. It was Julie Davis, an out lesbian, who had the courage to be our first leader in that time of fear and hate.

Julie has never stopped supporting the group she helped found, and she has chosen to make that support a part of her legacy by making a planned gift to Basic Rights Oregon. (Learn more about Julie’s work and her decision to name Basic Rights Oregon in her estate.)

Please join Julie and others like her by passing on a part of your estate to LGBTQ2SIA+ justice. Join the Julie Davis Legacy Circle. Circle members receive a commemorative pin, recognition on our website and at events, and can attend an annual appreciation event.

We are truly grateful to those who remember us with legacy gifts, and are happy to meet with you to answer any questions, and assist in any way we can. For more information, please contact Mikki Gillette, Major Gifts Officer (503) 222-6151 x141 or mikki@basicrights.org.