![]() ![]() ![]() And Portland's TransActive Gender Center won $10,000 to empower transgender youth and their families. The Oregon Coast area PFLAG won $3,100 to work on making rural communities safer for LGBTQ teens. The grants will be doled out across the state to groups working to address those risks. ![]() Gay marriage may be legal here, but LGBTQ Oregonians still face heightened risks of hate crimes, poverty, homelessness and discrimination. Pride Foundation last week announced it was giving a total of $60,100 to 11 Oregon organizations. The Multnomah County Library is sponsoring "The Residue Years" as its Everybody Reads book 2015. If you haven't read his semi-autobiographical book yet, 2015 is the time. The honor comes with a $10,000 cash prize. Jackson will formally accept the 2014 Ernest J. Jackson's novel "The Residue Years" may take place in one of America's whitest cities, but the Portland-born author last week took home one of the nation's top African-American writing honors. ![]()
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