Julie Davis, a successful Portland realtor, has been a community activist in Oregon for over 25 years. She helped found the non profit organization, Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) in 1996 to combat a raft of anti-LGBTQ ballot measures that sought to dehumanize LGBTQ people in Oregon. As an out lesbian, Julie was BRO’s first Executive Director, a position that took great courage in that time of fear and hate. Currently BRO is the largest advocacy, education, and political organization working in Oregon to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Julie’s efforts have helped create a diverse, inclusive, and accepting community of activists to defend everyone’s basic rights.