1992 Oregon Ballot Measure 9

Measure 9
Government Cannot Facilitate, Must Discourage Homosexuality, Other "Behaviors".
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 638,527 43.53%
No 828,290 56.47%
Total votes 1,466,817 100.00%
Results by county
Source: Oregon Blue Book

Oregon Ballot Measure 9 was a 1992 ballot initiative concerning LGBTQ rights in the state of Oregon. Sponsored by the Christian conservative group Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA), the measure sought to amend the Oregon Constitution to prohibit anti-discrimination laws regarding sexual orientation and to declare homosexuality to be "abnormal, wrong, unnatural, and perverse". Listing homosexuality alongside pedophilia and sadism and masochism, it has been described as one of the harshest anti-gay measures presented to voters in American history.

The initiative was defeated by 56 percent to 44 percent in the 1992 general election. The OCA went on to successfully sponsor similar anti-LGBTQ initiatives in municipalities across Oregon. These local measures were later overruled by the state legislature. Opposition to Measure 9 was an early victory for the LGBTQ movement in the United States.

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