Portland is seen as a safe-haven destination for many transgender and queer people searching for places that boast safer policies and robust community. Despite its generally welcoming reputation, LGBTQIA2S+ people in the county face care gaps in shelter, eviction support, and other vital resources.
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In some cases, the new shuttle is the only way to access Portland’s city-owned forest without a car.
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One of the oldest racist ideas about Black women is they are men. Enslavers deployed this idea to justify forcing Black women into the same heavy and backbreaking field labor as enslaved Black men. Today, racist theorists have used this idea to degrade prominent Black women, such as Michelle Obama.