ROP began as a response to the 1992 Oregon Citizens Alliance’s outrageous Abnormal Behaviors Initiative, which targeted gay and lesbian Oregonians for legalized second-class citizenship. ROP’s challenges to the anti-democratic right have earned us a national reputation for being an effective grassroots organization that takes on the tough issues. 

We began with 30 human dignity groups and three decades later, we have grown to to include 95 groups, multiple community centers, and thousands of local leaders working together to advance democracy in small-town and rural Oregon.

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