Remarks by Representative Les AuCoin at the Human Rights Campaign Fund Annual Dinner, held on September 17th, 1988. In the speech, AuCoin discusses his support of gay rights and advocates for greater legal protections. AuCoin frequently spoke at fundraisers for the Human Rights Fund, a major organization for the promotion of LGBT rights. In 1992, AuCoin was honored for his contributions to the fund. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives.
Speech by Sue AuCoin on behalf of her husband, Representative Les AuCoin, at the Campaign for a Hate Free Oregon Kickoff Rally on July 18th, 1992. In the statement, Sue AuCoin calls on Oregonians to vote against the 1992 Oregon Ballot Measure 9. The measure, which was defeated in the 1992 general election, would have added language to the Oregon constitution banning the use of state funds "to promote, encourage or facilitate homosexuality, pedophilia, sadism or masochism". This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 47, Folder 18.
