OREGON'S LGBTO N EW S M A G A ZIN E
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JU N E 3. 2011
NW News in Brief
“As M ayor, it is im portant to m e that
w e a ttra c t and retain th e best and
brightest e m p lo ye e s to th e C ity of
P ortland . O ffering no n-discrim in atory
The office o f Mayor Sam Adams an
nounced May 31 that the mayor filed an
ordinance for City Council that would add
trans-inclusive health care benefits, in
cluding sexual reassignment surgery, to
one o f the plans offered to City o f Port
land employees.
The mayor’s proposal, if approved by
the City Council June 8, would override a
decision by a city committee that each year
looks at the health benefits the city offers
through its self-insurance fund. For the
second time this year, the 12-member
committee o f union representatives and
city managers couldn’t reach a required
consensus on sexual reassignment surgery.
“As Mayor, it is important to me that
we attract and retain the best and bright
est employees to the City o f Portland. O f
fering non-discriminatory health care
benefits— as leading employers like Nike,
Google, M icrosoft and IBM do— is one
way to accomplish that goal,” Adams said
in a press release. “Covering basic, medi
cally necessary care is a matter o f fairness,
and it’s the right thing to do.”
“We all know someone who has been
denied medically necessary care by an in
surance company,” said Jeana Frazzini, ex
ecutive director o f Basic Rights Oregon,
via press release. “This proposal would en
sure that decisions about health care are
made between doctor and patient.”
City insurance— established for roughly
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two-thirds o f Portland’s 6,500 employees
by the fund CityCore— already covers
hormone therapy and counseling for
transgender employees who transition
from one sex to the other. Under the new
plan, the insurance also would pay for op
erations to “alter a participant’s physical
characteristics to that o f the opposite sex,”
the proposal reads, with a maximum ben
efit o f $50,000.
The additional cost for adding coverage
for sexual reassignment surgery would cost
the city about $32,000, resulting in a .08
percent increase. I f approved, Portland
would become the first city, though not
the first government, in Oregon to offer
coverage for surgery for transgender em
ployees. Multnomah County established a
similar policy last year.
The City Council is expected to approve
the proposal, which would take effect July 1.
Just O ut w ill continue to report on this
story as it develops.
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brating its 30th anniversary all summer
long here in Portland, plans qre in place
south o f the U.S. border for a new incarna
tion o f the popular LGBTQ_ nightclub.
Slaughters’ director o f marketing and en
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Ju st Out that owners John Houston and
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The design, said Pettit, will be similar to
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on the other. The current plan is for the bar
to open in September or October o f this
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