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'''Terrence Patrick Bean''' is a disgraced American political fundraiser, a civil rights activist, and a pioneer of the ]. He is known for co-founding several national LGBT rights organizations, including the ] and the ]. {{As of|2012}}, he is the CEO and President of Bean Investment Real Estate and resides in ]. '''Terrence Patrick Bean''' is an ] political fundraiser, a civil rights activist, and ] activist. He is known for co-founding several national LGBT rights organizations, including the ] and the ]. {{As of|2012}}, he is the CEO and President of Bean Investment Real Estate and resides in ]. Since 2014, Bean had been the subject of sexual assault allegations; all charges were dismissed in January 2022.{{r|dismiss}}


==Early life== ==Early life==
Terry Bean is a fifth-generation Oregonian and was born in ].<ref name=F>{{cite news | first=David | last=Steves | title=Amid grins and tears, two gay-rights bills become law| newspaper=The Register Guard | page=D1 | location=Eugene, Oregon| date=10 May 2007 }}</ref> He is the son of Ormond and Jean Bean.<ref name=A>{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Nena|title=Portlander Advances Gay, Lesbian Rights|newspaper=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon | page=C1 | date=14 February 1999}}</ref><ref name=E>{{cite news | first= | last= | title=Executive Profile: Terry Bean | newspaper=Portland Business Journal | page=13 | date=30 January 2004 }}</ref> He graduated from ],<ref name=MR>{{cite news | first=Patrick | last=Collins | title=Mr Fundraiser: Charity-minded man about town Terry Bean is about more than money| page=6| location=Portland, Oregon | newspaper=Just Out |date=16 October 1998 }}</ref> after which he attended the ] on the Chick Evans Golf Scholarship<ref name=MR/> graduating with a ] in political science.<ref name=E/> Terry Bean is a fifth-generation Oregonian and was born in ].<ref name=F>{{cite news | first=David | last=Steves | title=Amid grins and tears, two gay-rights bills become law| newspaper=] | page=D1 | date=10 May 2007 }}</ref> He is the son of Ormond and Jean Bean.<ref name=A>{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Nena|title=Portlander Advances Gay, Lesbian Rights|newspaper=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon | page=C1 | date=14 February 1999}}</ref><ref name=E>{{cite news | title=Executive Profile: Terry Bean | newspaper=] | page=13 | date=30 January 2004 }}</ref> He graduated from ],<ref name=MR>{{cite news | first=Patrick | last=Collins | title=Mr Fundraiser: Charity-minded man about town Terry Bean is about more than money| page=6 | newspaper=] |date=16 October 1998 }}</ref> after which he attended the ] on the Chick Evans Golf Scholarship<ref name=MR/> graduating with a ] in political science.<ref name=E/>


⚫ Bean first became active in politics during college as a member of the ].<ref name=MR/><ref name=H>{{cite news | first=Jaymee R. | last=Cuti | title=Strong Brew: Activist Terry Bean's power is felt in Portland and nationwide| page=14| newspaper=]| date=4 August 2006 }}</ref> In 1971, he began lobbying the ] and the city council of ],<ref name=MR/> and helped work on a gay rights ordinance,<ref name=F/><ref name=MR/> which passed in 1977. City Ordinance No. 18080 produced an anti-gay backlash and was ] in a referendum on May 23, 1978. Bean was a leader in the campaign to defeat the referendum and coordinated efforts with ].<ref name=J>{{cite news | first=Byron | last=Beck |author-link=Byron Beck (blogger)| title= Just Add Milk: Director Gus Van Sant delivers the story of the gay-rights movement's patron saint in his most political film to date | url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9825-just_add_milk.html| newspaper=] | date=12 November 2008 }}</ref><ref name=S>{{cite book |last= Endine |first= Steve|editor-first=Vicki L| editor-last=Eaklor |title= Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights Into the Mainstream: Twenty Years of Progress |newspaper= Harrington Park Press |year= 2006 |pages=80–83|isbn=978-1560235255}}</ref> In 1979, Bean helped to organize the ].<ref name=H/>
==Early political involvement==
Bean first became active in politics during college as a member of the ].<ref name=MR/><ref name=H>{{cite news | first=Jaymee R. | last=Cuti | title=Strong Brew: Activist Terry Bean’s power is felt in Portland and nationwide| page=14| location=Portland, Oregon | newspaper=Just Out | date=4 August 2006 }}</ref> In his senior year at the ], he came out and helped found one of the first LGBT student groups in the country.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

⚫ In 1971, he began lobbying the ] and the city council of ],<ref name=MR/> and helped work on a gay rights ordinance,<ref name=F/><ref name=MR/> which passed in 1977. The ordinance produced an anti-gay backlash and was overturned by voters in a referendum on May 23, 1978. Bean was a leader in the campaign to defeat the referendum and coordinated efforts with ].<ref name=J>{{cite news | first=Byron | last=Beck |authorlink=Byron Beck (blogger)| title= Just Add Milk: Director Gus Van Sant delivers the story of the gay-rights movement’s patron saint in his most political film to date | url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9825-just_add_milk.html| location=Portland, Oregon|newspaper=The Willamette Weekly | date=12 November 2008 }}</ref><ref name=S>{{cite book |last= Endine |first= Steve|editor-first=Vicki L| editor-last=Eaklor |title= Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights Into the Mainstream: Twenty Years of Progress |publisher= Harrington Park Press |location=Binghampton, New York|year= 2006 |pages=80–83|isbn=978-1560235255}}</ref>

In 1979, Bean helped to organize the ].<ref name=H/>

==Business activities==
Terry Bean is a real estate investor and broker. He is the President and CEO of Bean Investment Real Estate, a private company that trades and invests in commercial real estate, as well as large residential complexes.<ref name=A/><ref name=E/><ref name=C>{{cite news | first=Brian K. | last=Miller | title=Equity Residential Sells Apartment Towers to Converters | newspaper=Globe St. | date=22 September 2005 }}</ref> He formed a partnership with Williams & Dame and Reliance Development, Inc to purchase the Portland Center Apartments, a group of three high rises in downtown Portland that they converted to condominiums.<ref name=C/>


==Human Rights Campaign== ==Human Rights Campaign==
The late 1970s saw a rash of successful anti-gay ballot measures around the country. Realizing that their state-by-state efforts were failing, leaders of the gay and lesbian rights movement decided to focus their efforts on the national level. This led to the founding by Terry Bean and others of the Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL) and the Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), two groups which later merged to become the ] (HRC).<ref name=A/><ref name=MR/><ref name=H/><ref name=D>{{cite news | first= | last= | title=The Education of Senator Smith | magazine=The Advocate | pages=31–34 |date=9 October 2001 }}</ref><ref name=X>{{cite news| first=Ryan J| last=Prado| title=Repeal Reaction: Portland advocates sound off on DADT repeal| url=http://blogout.justout.com/?page_id=29717| location=Portland, Oregon| newspaper=Just Out| accessdate=16 April 2011| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174445/http://blogout.justout.com/?page_id=29717| archivedate=21 July 2011| df=}}</ref> The late 1970s saw a rash of successful anti-gay ballot measures around the country. Realizing that their state-by-state efforts were failing, leaders of the LGBT rights movement decided to focus their efforts on the national level. This led to the founding by Bean and others of the Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL) and the Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), two groups which later merged to become the ] (HRC).<ref name=A/><ref name=MR/><ref name=H/><ref name=D>{{cite news | title=The Education of Senator Smith | magazine=] | pages=31–34 |date=9 October 2001 }}</ref><ref name=X>{{cite news| first=Ryan J| last=Prado| title=Repeal Reaction: Portland advocates sound off on DADT repeal| url=http://blogout.justout.com/?page_id=29717| newspaper=]| access-date=16 April 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174445/http://blogout.justout.com/?page_id=29717| archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref>


Bean was the primary fundraiser for GRNL,<ref name=S/> when it was still a new organization, and created the "GRNL 48", a club of top donors who contributed $1,200 or more per year. In its early history, the group found it difficult to find politicians willing to accept campaign contributions from a gay PAC.<ref name=B>{{cite news | first=Mark | last=Zusman | title=Terry Bean, Gay-rights Moneyman | location=Portland, Oregon | newspaper=The Willamette Weekly | page=23 | date=12 January 2005 }}</ref> The GRNL 48 eventually became the HRC's Federal Club.<ref name=A/><ref name=MR/> Bean was the primary fundraiser for GRNL,<ref name=S/> when it was still a new organization, and created the "GRNL 48", a club of top donors who contributed $1,200 or more per year. In its early history, the group found it difficult to find politicians willing to accept campaign contributions from a gay PAC.<ref name=B>{{cite news | first=Mark | last=Zusman | title=Terry Bean, Gay-rights Moneyman | location=Portland, Oregon | newspaper=] | publisher=City of Roses Newspapers|page=23 | date=12 January 2005 }}</ref> The GRNL 48 eventually became the HRC's Federal Club.<ref name=A/><ref name=MR/>


Bean has been on the Human Rights Campaign's Board of Directors since 1980. He is also a member of its Foundation Board and its Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrc.org/about_us/2520.htm |title=The Human Rights Campaign Board Members |accessdate=16 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821091221/http://www.hrc.org/about_us/2520.htm |archivedate=21 August 2009 |df= }}</ref> and takes part in deciding the organization's political endorsements.<ref name=X/> Bean has been on the Human Rights Campaign's Board of Directors since 1980. He is also a member of its Foundation Board and its Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrc.org/about_us/2520.htm |title=The Human Rights Campaign Board Members |access-date=16 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821091221/http://www.hrc.org/about_us/2520.htm |archive-date=21 August 2009 }}</ref> and takes part in deciding the organization's political endorsements.<ref name=X/>


===HRC headquarters building=== ===HRC headquarters building===
In 2000, the HRC launched its Capitol Campaign to raise the funds to purchase a suitable headquarters in the nation's capital. Bean was a co-chair of this campaign. In 2002, the HRC acquired a medium-rise office building in ], from ] to use as its national headquarters. ], the Executive Director of HRC, has said that Terry Bean was instrumental in acquiring the building.<ref name=H/> ], the Executive Director of the organization during the time when the building was purchased, believes that Bean's background in real estate was crucial in the purchase. "All of us had very healthy skepticism. Generally, nonprofits do not buy buildings... But there was only one guy in the crowd who said, 'We have to do this. This is historic...' And it was the guy who knew most about Real Estate and that was Terry."<ref name=N/> In 2000, the HRC launched its Capitol Campaign to raise the funds to purchase a suitable headquarters in the nation's capital. Bean was a co-chair of this campaign. In 2002, the HRC acquired a medium-rise office building in ], from ] to use as its national headquarters. ], the Executive Director of HRC, has said that Terry Bean was instrumental in acquiring the building.<ref name=H/> ], the Executive Director of the organization during the time when the building was purchased, believes that Bean's background in real estate was crucial in the purchase. "All of us had very healthy skepticism. Generally, nonprofits do not buy buildings... But there was only one guy in the crowd who said, 'We have to do this. This is historic...' And it was the guy who knew most about Real Estate and that was Terry."<ref name=N/>


==Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund== ===Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund===
In 1991, Terry Bean and Vic Basile, the first executive director of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, founded the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a Political Action Committee (PAC) to raise money for gay and lesbian candidates.<ref name=MR/><ref name=H/><ref name=VF>{{cite web |url=http://www.victoryfund.org/our_story/history |title= The Victory Fund: A brief history|publisher= The Victory Fund |accessdate=16 April 2011 }}</ref> Bean helped recruit the board members and served on the board himself. When the organization was established, there were only 49 openly LGBT elected officials in the country. By 2007, that number had climbed to over 400. In addition to providing financial support to LGBT candidates, the Victory Fund offers candidate training, holds fundraising events across the U.S. where these candidates can meet potential donors, and provides a "Coming Out Kit".<ref name=VF/> In 1991, Terry Bean and Vic Basile, the first executive director of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, founded the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a Political Action Committee (PAC) to raise money for gay and lesbian candidates.<ref name=MR/><ref name=H/><ref name=VF>{{cite web |url=http://www.victoryfund.org/our_story/history |title= The Victory Fund: A brief history|publisher= The Victory Fund |access-date=16 April 2011 }}</ref>


==Other political and community involvement== ==Other political and community involvement==
⚫ In Oregon, Bean co-founded the Right to Privacy PAC with four others in the early 1980s. The Portland-based group was the first statewide gay rights PAC in Oregon.<ref name=MR/><ref name=H/>
Terry Bean served on the founding board of directors of the ]. (References required to substantiate membership on founding board of directors of gay games.) In 1982, he won two medals for golf in the first games held in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gaygamescom.site.securepod.com/en/participants/results/gg1/results/golf.htm | title=Gay Games 1; Golf Results | accessdate=16 April 2011 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322202400/http://gaygamescom.site.securepod.com/en/participants/results/gg1/results/golf.htm | archivedate=22 March 2012 | df= }}</ref>

⚫ In Oregon, Bean co-founded the Right to Privacy PAC with four others in the early 1980s. The Portland-based group was the first statewide gay-rights PAC in Oregon.<ref name=MR/><ref name=H/>

⚫ In 1989, Terry Bean co-founded the Equity Foundation, a Portland-based philanthropic organization that gives grants to LGBT community groups and programs as well as academic scholarships.<ref name=H/> He is currently a member of the board of advisors, along with Portland Mayor Sam Adams and former Oregon Governor ].<ref name=F/><ref name=E/>

⚫ In 2018, Terry Bean spearheaded a campaign to rename SW Stark, a prominent street in downtown ], to SW Harvey Milk Street after LGBTQ activist ]. On June 14th, 2018, Portland City Council voted unanimously in support of the change.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/harvey-milk-street-portland-stark-rename/|title=Portland Leaders Rename Downtown Section Of Stark Street For Harvey Milk|last=Griffin|first=Anna|website=www.opb.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sdgln.com/news/2018/06/15/portland-becomes-third-city-us-get-harvey-milk-street|title=Portland becomes the third city in U.S. to get a Harvey Milk Street|last=SDGLN|first=Timothy Rawles-Community Editor for|date=2018-06-15|website=San Diego Gay and Lesbian News|language=en|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref>

⚫ == Fundraising ==
⚫ Terry Bean's political involvement is often behind the scenes as a fundraiser,<ref name=A/><ref name=MR/> which has assisted in the initial success of several organizations, including the Gay Rights National Lobby and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

Bean often hosts fundraising events in his Portland home for Democratic politicians including ], ], and ].<ref name=R>{{cite news | first=Byron | last=Beck | title=Making Kings | url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-2817-making_kings.html| location=Portland, Oregon|newspaper=The Willamette Weekly | date=7 January 2004 }}</ref><ref name=Q>{{cite news | first=Mark | last=Zusman | title=The murder of death with dignity: The White House's attack on Oregon's assisted-suicide law shouldn't have surprised anyone | url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-520-the_murder_of_death_with_dignity.html| location=Portland, Oregon|newspaper=The Willamette Weekly | date=14 November 2001 }}</ref>

⚫ In 1992, Bean helped raise over $1,000,000 in the successful campaign to defeat the anti-gay Oregon ],<ref name=U>{{cite news | first=Martin | last=Walker | title=All the President’s Gays | newspaper=The Guardian|location=London | page=2 | date=15 October 1992 }}</ref> which would have amended the state constitution with a provision declaring homosexuality "abnormal, wrong, unnatural, and perverse".{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}


⚫ In 1989, Bean co-founded the Equity Foundation, a Portland-based philanthropic organization that gives grants to LGBT community groups and programs as well as academic scholarships.<ref name=H/> He is currently a member of the board of advisors, along with Portland Mayor Sam Adams and former Oregon Governor ].<ref name=F/><ref name=E/>
Elizabeth Birch, the former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign, says of Bean, "He understood that politics needed to be played with votes and money, even though the much more fun stuff was happening on the street."{{cite quote|date=June 2012}}


], then governor of Oregon, declared August 23, 2008 to be "Terry Bean Equality Day" to recognize Bean's gay rights efforts.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Kate|last1=Willson|first2=Nigel|last2=Jaquiss|authorlink2=Nigel Jaquiss| title=Terry Bean's Problem | website=] | date=August 9, 2018 | url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22648-terry-beans-problem.html | access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref>
⚫ ==Role in the Democratic Party==


⚫ In 2018, Bean spearheaded a campaign to rename SW Stark, a prominent street in downtown ], to SW Harvey Milk Street after LGBTQ activist ]. On June 14, 2018, Portland City Council voted unanimously in support of the change.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/harvey-milk-street-portland-stark-rename/|title=Portland Leaders Rename Downtown Section Of Stark Street For Harvey Milk|last=Griffin|first=Anna|website=]|language=en|date=June 14, 2018|access-date=January 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sdgln.com/news/2018/06/15/portland-becomes-third-city-us-get-harvey-milk-street|title=Portland becomes the third city in U.S. to get a Harvey Milk Street|first=Timothy|last=Rawles|date=June 15, 2018|website=San Diego Gay and Lesbian News|language=en|access-date=January 7, 2019}}</ref>
⚫ Terry Bean has been a lifelong Democrat and has considerable influence in the party as a member of the ]<ref name=A/> since at least 2009.<ref name=WT2014/> Among his contributions are his fundraising for Bill Clinton,<ref name=U/> serving on the DNC's Convention Committee in 2000,<ref name=A/> serving as a co-chair of Howard Dean's 2004 National Finance Committee,<ref name=H/> and being the first LGBT member of Barack Obama's National Finance Committee.<ref name=L>{{cite news | first= | last= | title=Gossip Should Have No Friends: Bean Town | url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9447-gossip_should_have_no_friends.html| location=Portland, Oregon|newspaper=The Willamette Weekly | date=27 August 2008}}</ref> He was the main fundraiser for Oregon Governor Barbara Robert's 1990 campaign.<ref name=VF/>


⚫ === Fundraising ===
⚫ In 2008, Bean launched the LGBT for Obama campaign website, which served as a fundraising tool and a means of outreach to the LGBT community.<ref name=L/> In 2012, Bean raised more than $500 thousand for Obama's re-election campaign, and had visited the White House at least six times since June 2012.<ref name=WT2014>{{cite news |author=Dave Boyer |title=Dem fundraiser charged with child sex abuse met Obama often, flew on Air Force One |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/25/gay-rights-activist-charged-with-sex-abuse-of-boy-/ |newspaper=Washington Times |date=25 November 2014 |accessdate=24 January 2015 }}</ref>
⚫ Terry Bean's political involvement is often behind the scenes as a fundraiser,<ref name=A/><ref name=MR/> which has assisted in the initial success of several organizations, including the Gay Rights National Lobby and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://victoryfund.org/about/history/|title=Our History|website=LGBTQ Victory Fund|language=en-US|access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref>


⚫ In 1992, Bean helped raise over $1,000,000 in the successful campaign to defeat the anti-gay Oregon ],<ref name=U>{{cite news | first=Martin | last=Walker | title=All the President's Gays | newspaper=]| page=2 | date=15 October 1992 }}</ref> which would have amended the state constitution with a provision declaring homosexuality "abnormal, wrong, unnatural, and perverse".<ref name=pioneer>{{Cite news|first=Nigel|last=Jaquiss|author-link=Nigel Jaquiss|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/01/17/terry-bean-the-gay-rights-pioneer-and-leading-democratic-fundraiser-re-indicted-on-sex-abuse-charges/|title=Terry Bean, the Oregon Gay-Rights Pioneer and Leading Democratic Fundraiser, Re-Indicted on Sex Abuse Charges|newspaper=]|language=en-US|date=January 17, 2019|access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref>
⚫ ==Friendship with Senator Gordon Smith==
⚫ Though a staunch Democrat, Terry Bean's influence at the highest levels of government is not confined to his own party. Former Oregon Senator ], a Republican, was elected in 1996 as a social conservative. After the election, Terry Bean, who had campaigned against Smith, had a meeting with the new senator,<ref>{{cite news | first=Tom | last=Detzel | title=Showdown for the Senate: Gordon Smith | newspaper=The Oregonian|location=Portland, OR | page=A1 | date=20 October 2002 }}</ref> in which they reached an unexpected understanding. Smith, a conservative Mormon, was able to relate to Bean's experience as a member of a marginalized demographic because of his own experiences. Referring to his Mormon heritage, Smith said of Bean, "When you grow up as part of a group that has suffered discrimination, it is easier to listen with feeling to the stories of others, like Terry, who have felt the jackboot on the back of their neck. For me, empathy is a call to action."<ref name=D/>


⚫ ===Role in the Democratic Party===
⚫ Senator Smith cited his "unlikely and unexpected" relationship with Terry Bean as a factor in his decision to break with his party and champion several LGBT causes, saying of Bean, "He really played a significant role in opening my heart and opening my mind to the perspective of a gay man in Oregon."<ref name=N>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRBdXHAoVk|title= Terry Bean Basic Rights Oregon Tribute |publisher=Youtube |accessdate=16 April 2011 }}</ref>
⚫ ] at the 2014 Portland Pride Parade]]


⚫ Terry Bean has been a lifelong Democrat and has considerable influence in the party as a member of the ]<ref name=A/> since at least 2009.<ref name=WT2014/> Among his contributions are his fundraising for ],<ref name=U/> serving on the DNC's Convention Committee in 2000,<ref name=A/> serving as a co-chair of ]'s 2004 National Finance Committee,<ref name=H/> and being the first LGBT member of ]'s National Finance Committee.<ref name=L>{{cite news | title=Gossip Should Have No Friends: Bean Town | url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9447-gossip_should_have_no_friends.html| newspaper=] | date=27 August 2008}}</ref> He was the main fundraiser for Oregon Governor ]' 1990 campaign.<ref name=VF/>
⚫ Smith co-sponsored the ] (ENDA), the ], and teamed up with Senator ] to introduce a hate crimes protection bill. Smith regularly read incidents of anti-LGBT hate crimes into the congressional record to raise awareness of this issue.<ref name=D/> In comments on the Senate floor to mark the successful passage of the Ryan White Care Act, Smith referred to Bean as "...a highly valued advisor on issues affecting the gay and lesbian community in Oregon," adding, "I do feel lucky that Terry's advice is dispensed on the golf course – though the only criticism I may have for Terry is that he lacks the political savvy to lose to a United States Senator."<ref>{{USCongRec|2000|S146|date=June 7, 2000}}</ref> Smith's support of LGBT rights won him the endorsement of the ] for his 2002 re-election bid, although Bean did not personally endorse the Senator<ref name=D/>


⚫ In 2008, Bean launched the LGBT for Obama campaign website, which served as a fundraising tool and a means of outreach to the LGBT community.<ref name=L/> In 2012, Bean raised more than $500,000 for Obama's re-election campaign, and visited the White House at least six times between 2012 and 2014.<ref name=WT2014>{{cite news |first=Dave|last=Boyer |title=Dem fundraiser charged with child sex abuse met Obama often, flew on Air Force One |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/25/gay-rights-activist-charged-with-sex-abuse-of-boy-/ |newspaper=] |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=9 May 2021 }}</ref>
==Motivations behind political involvement==
⚫ ] at Portland Pride 2014]]
Terry Bean regularly shares the story of his childhood to develop understanding for the LGBT community, stating that he felt isolated and alienated from society and experienced constant fear and anxiety.<ref name=A/><ref name=MR/><ref name=H/><ref name=B/> He believes that if the political climate had not been so hostile when he was growing up, he would have felt differently about himself.<ref name=H/> In 2008, he was presented with an award by the HRC. In his acceptance speech he said, "In a way, I'm actually grateful for the fact that I've never been able to forget how I felt as a child – that someone would find out my dark secret. That painful memory actually drove me to activism, and that activism gave me a front-row seat, watching our movement grow from near infancy."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F9Ljs6uKUY|title= Terry Bean on the Importance of the 2008 Election |publisher=Youtube |accessdate=16 April 2011 }}</ref>


⚫ ===Friendship with Senator Gordon Smith===
The ] impacted Terry Bean's life in a very personal way. He lost many friends and two partners to the disease.<ref name=A/><ref name=MR/><ref name=H/> Bean decried the failure of the ] and ] administrations to respond to the crisis and threw his fundraising muscle behind Bill Clinton's candidacy in 1992, because of his promise to address the AIDS crisis. He said, "I have way too many friends who have just too few ] in their blood to be able to survive four more years of George Bush. This is the politics of survival."<ref name=U/>
⚫ Former Oregon Senator ], a Republican, was elected in 1996 as a ]. After the election, Bean, who had campaigned against Smith, had a meeting with the new senator,<ref>{{cite news | first=Tom | last=Detzel | title=Showdown for the Senate: Gordon Smith | newspaper=]| page=A1 | date=20 October 2002 }}</ref> in which they reached an unexpected understanding. Smith, a conservative ], was able to relate to Bean's experience as a member of a marginalized demographic because of his own experiences. Referring to his Mormon heritage, Smith said of Bean, "When you grow up as part of a group that has suffered discrimination, it is easier to listen with feeling to the stories of others, like Terry, who have felt the jackboot on the back of their neck. For me, empathy is a call to action."<ref name=D/>


⚫ Smith cited his "unlikely and unexpected" friendship with Bean as a factor in his decision to break with his party and champion several LGBT causes, saying of Bean, "He really played a significant role in opening my heart and opening my mind to the perspective of a gay man in Oregon."<ref name=N>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRBdXHAoVk|title= Terry Bean Basic Rights Oregon Tribute |website=] |access-date=16 April 2011 }}</ref>
Bill Dickey, an Oregon business owner and gay rights activist, said of Bean, "He's on a different plane than most of us, but I've seen him standing on the Morrison Bridge holding a sign at eight o'clock in the morning saying 'Vote NO on 9', And he is in the trenches, and he's working with the President, and everything in-between."<ref name=N/>


⚫ Smith co-sponsored the ] (ENDA), the ], and teamed up with Senator ] to introduce a ] protection bill. Smith regularly read incidents of anti-LGBT hate crimes into the congressional record to raise awareness of this issue.<ref name=D/> In comments on the Senate floor to mark the successful passage of the Ryan White Care Act, Smith referred to Bean as "...a highly valued advisor on issues affecting the gay and lesbian community in Oregon".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2000-pt7/pdf/CRECB-2000-pt7-Pg9706.pdf |title=Congressional Record - Senate |work=] |date=June 7, 2000 |page=9707}}</ref> Smith's support of LGBT rights won him the endorsement of the ] for his 2002 re-election bid, although Bean did not personally endorse him.<ref name=D/>
==Recognition and awards==
Terry Bean has received many awards for his political activism over the years, including from the Equity Foundation, the ], the ], and ].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} Oregon Governor ] declared August 23, 2008, to be "Terry Bean Equality Day" in Oregon, in recognition for the work he has done on LGBT rights causes since the 1970s.<ref name=L/><ref>{{cite web|title=Terry Bean Gay Rights|url=http://terrybeangayrights.com/|accessdate=Jan 4, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219033528/http://terrybeangayrights.com/|archivedate=December 19, 2012|df=}}</ref>


==Sex abuse accusation== ==Sex abuse accusation==
On November 19, 2014, Terry Bean was arrested on charges of ] and ] in a case involving a 15-year-old boy, in what Bean's lawyer Kristen Winemiller characterized as an extortion attempt by an ex-lover.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Maxine|last=Bernstein|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/11/terrence_bean_indicted_a_lane.html|title=Lane County grand jury indicts prominent gay rights activist Terrence Bean in 2013 case involving a 15-year-old boy|work=]|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=November 7, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Law enforcement sources said Bean was charged with "two counts of sodomy in the third degree, a felony, and sex abuse in the third degree, a misdemeanor." He was arraigned in ], where the crimes allegedly occurred in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Terry Bean Arrested on Charges of Sex Abuse of a Minor|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-32476-terry_bean_arrested_on_charges_of_sex_abuse_of_a_minor.html|author=Jaquiss, Nigel |work=] |date=November 19, 2014}}</ref> On November 19, 2014, Terry Bean was arrested on charges of ] and ] in a case involving a 15-year-old boy, in what Bean's lawyer Kristen Winemiller characterized as an ] attempt by an ex-lover.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Maxine|last=Bernstein|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/11/terrence_bean_indicted_a_lane.html|title=Lane County grand jury indicts prominent gay rights activist Terrence Bean in 2013 case involving a 15-year-old boy|work=]|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=November 7, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Law enforcement sources said Bean was charged with "two counts of sodomy in the third degree, a felony, and sex abuse in the third degree, a misdemeanor." He was arraigned in ], where the crimes allegedly occurred in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Terry Bean Arrested on Charges of Sex Abuse of a Minor|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-32476-terry_bean_arrested_on_charges_of_sex_abuse_of_a_minor.html|first=Nigel|last=Jaquiss|author-link=Nigel Jaquiss|work=] |date=November 19, 2014}}</ref>


After the case continued for over a year, lawyers for Bean & the youth reached a ]<ref>{{cite news|title=Gay rights activist Terry Bean hails dismissal of sex abuse case; prosecutor decries $225,000 settlement offer|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/articles/16855734/225000_offer_by_gay_rights_act.amp|author=Mayes, Steve |work=] |date=September 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/09/02/sex-with-minor-charges-dropped-against-terry-bean/|title=Sex with minor charges dropped against Terry Bean|date=2015-09-02|website=Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> which the judge ultimately rejected.<ref>{{cite news|title=Previously Unreleased Police Interview Transcripts Suggest Terry Bean Knew His Alleged Sex Partner Was Under 18|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/2015/11/04/previously-unreleased-police-interview-transcripts-suggest-terry-bean-knew-his-alleged-sex-partner-was-under-18/|author=Jaquiss, Nigel |work=] |date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> The alleged victim declined to testify, his attorney Lori Deveny stating that “he did not seek out this prosecution and made his unwillingness to testify known at every step of the process”.<ref name=":0" /> The judge dismissed the case on September 1, 2015 without prejudice.<ref>{{cite news|title=With star witness absent, sex crimes case against Terry Bean and ex-boyfriend will be dismissed|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/articles/16826864/with_star_witness_absent_sex_c.amp|author=Mayes, Steve |work=] |date=August 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name=AP>{{cite news |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/34b0e3788d5148feabeac04687148c21/judge-drops-case-against-prominent-gay-rights-activist/ |work=] |title=Judge drops case against prominent gay-rights activist |date=September 1, 2015 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306213236/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/34b0e3788d5148feabeac04687148c21/judge-drops-case-against-prominent-gay-rights-activist/ |archivedate=March 6, 2016 |df= }}</ref> In a statement, Bean wrote "I take some measure of comfort that the world now knows what I have always known — that I was falsely accused and completely innocent of every accusation that was made."<ref name=AP /> After the case continued for over a year, lawyers for Bean and the youth reached a ],<ref>{{cite news|title=Gay rights activist Terry Bean hails dismissal of sex abuse case; prosecutor decries $225,000 settlement offer|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/articles/16855734/225000_offer_by_gay_rights_act.amp|first=Steve|last=Mayes|work=]|date=September 2, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/09/02/sex-with-minor-charges-dropped-against-terry-bean/|title=Sex with minor charges dropped against Terry Bean|date=September 2, 2015|website=]|language=en-US|access-date=January 7, 2019}}</ref> which the judge ultimately rejected.<ref>{{cite news|title=Previously Unreleased Police Interview Transcripts Suggest Terry Bean Knew His Alleged Sex Partner Was Under 18|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/2015/11/04/previously-unreleased-police-interview-transcripts-suggest-terry-bean-knew-his-alleged-sex-partner-was-under-18/|first=Nigel|last=Jaquiss|author-link=Nigel Jaquiss|work=] |date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> The alleged victim declined to testify, his attorney Lori Deveny stating that "he did not seek out this prosecution and made his unwillingness to testify known at every step of the process".<ref name=":0" /> The judge dismissed the case on September 1, 2015 without prejudice.<ref>{{cite news|title=With star witness absent, sex crimes case against Terry Bean and ex-boyfriend will be dismissed|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/articles/16826864/with_star_witness_absent_sex_c.amp|author=Mayes, Steve |work=] |date=August 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name=AP>{{cite news |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/34b0e3788d5148feabeac04687148c21/judge-drops-case-against-prominent-gay-rights-activist/ |agency=] |title=Judge drops case against prominent gay-rights activist |date=September 1, 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306213236/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/34b0e3788d5148feabeac04687148c21/judge-drops-case-against-prominent-gay-rights-activist/ |archive-date=March 6, 2016 }}</ref> In a statement, Bean wrote "I take some measure of comfort that the world now knows what I have always known – that I was falsely accused and completely innocent of every accusation that was made."<ref name=AP /> On January 4, 2019, Bean was re-indicted on the same charges.<ref name=pioneer/> In March 2019, the alleged victim filed a civil lawsuit against Bean.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Terry Bean in Multnomah County Circuit Court | website=] | date=March 4, 2019 | url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/03/04/new-civil-lawsuit-filed-against-terry-bean-in-multnomah-county-circuit-court/ | access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref> In September 2019, Bean's former partner was found guilty of third-degree sodomy and third-degree sexual abuse, which '']'' reported as "a blow" to Bean's claims of innocence.<ref name="oregonian">{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/09/explosive-new-allegations-surface-in-terry-bean-sex-abuse-case.html|title=Explosive new allegations surface in Terry Bean sex abuse case|work=]|last=Green|first=Aimee|date=September 13, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref> Bean was originally to be put on trial for similar charges in November of that year, but the trial was postponed.<ref name="registerguard">{{cite web|url=https://www.registerguard.com/news/20191029/sex-abuse-trial-for-terry-bean-postponed-until-spring|title=Sex abuse trial for Terry Bean postponed until spring|work=]|last=Deffenbacher|first=Chelsea|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref>


On January 14, 2022, all criminal charges against Bean were dismissed because the alleged victim declined to participate in prosecution.<ref name=dismiss>{{cite web |first=Nigel|last=Jaquiss|authorlink=Nigel Jaquiss| title=State Dismisses Criminal Sex Abuse Charges Against Terry Bean | website=] | date=January 14, 2022 | url=https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/01/14/state-will-dismiss-criminal-sex-abuse-charges-against-terry-bean/ | access-date=2022-01-15}}</ref>
On January 4, 2019, Bean was re-indicted on the same charges.<ref>{{cite news|title=Terry Bean, the Oregon Gay-Rights Pioneer and Leading Democratic Fundraiser, Re-Indicted on Sex Abuse Charges|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/01/17/terry-bean-the-gay-rights-pioneer-and-leading-democratic-fundraiser-re-indicted-on-sex-abuse-charges|author=Jaquiss, Nigel|work=]|date=January 17, 2019|access-date=January 18, 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> His attorney stated that Bean continued to claim he is innocent of the charges.


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== References == == References ==
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== External links == == External links ==
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American activist

For the American blues harmonicist, see Terry "Harmonica" Bean.
Terry Bean
Terry Bean at a Human Rights Campaign event
Alma materUniversity of Oregon
Occupation(s)Bean Investment Real Estate, President and CEO

Terrence Patrick Bean is an American political fundraiser, a civil rights activist, and LGBT rights movement activist. He is known for co-founding several national LGBT rights organizations, including the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. As of 2012, he is the CEO and President of Bean Investment Real Estate and resides in Portland, Oregon. Since 2014, Bean had been the subject of sexual assault allegations; all charges were dismissed in January 2022.

Early life

Terry Bean is a fifth-generation Oregonian and was born in Portland, Oregon. He is the son of Ormond and Jean Bean. He graduated from Lake Oswego High School, after which he attended the University of Oregon on the Chick Evans Golf Scholarship graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science.

Bean first became active in politics during college as a member of the anti-Vietnam War movement. In 1971, he began lobbying the Oregon State Legislature and the city council of Eugene, Oregon, and helped work on a gay rights ordinance, which passed in 1977. City Ordinance No. 18080 produced an anti-gay backlash and was overturned by voters in Eugene in a referendum on May 23, 1978. Bean was a leader in the campaign to defeat the referendum and coordinated efforts with Harvey Milk. In 1979, Bean helped to organize the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

Human Rights Campaign

The late 1970s saw a rash of successful anti-gay ballot measures around the country. Realizing that their state-by-state efforts were failing, leaders of the LGBT rights movement decided to focus their efforts on the national level. This led to the founding by Bean and others of the Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL) and the Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), two groups which later merged to become the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).

Bean was the primary fundraiser for GRNL, when it was still a new organization, and created the "GRNL 48", a club of top donors who contributed $1,200 or more per year. In its early history, the group found it difficult to find politicians willing to accept campaign contributions from a gay PAC. The GRNL 48 eventually became the HRC's Federal Club.

Bean has been on the Human Rights Campaign's Board of Directors since 1980. He is also a member of its Foundation Board and its Public Policy Committee. and takes part in deciding the organization's political endorsements.

HRC headquarters building

In 2000, the HRC launched its Capitol Campaign to raise the funds to purchase a suitable headquarters in the nation's capital. Bean was a co-chair of this campaign. In 2002, the HRC acquired a medium-rise office building in Washington, DC, from B'nai B'rith International to use as its national headquarters. Joe Solmonese, the Executive Director of HRC, has said that Terry Bean was instrumental in acquiring the building. Elizabeth Birch, the Executive Director of the organization during the time when the building was purchased, believes that Bean's background in real estate was crucial in the purchase. "All of us had very healthy skepticism. Generally, nonprofits do not buy buildings... But there was only one guy in the crowd who said, 'We have to do this. This is historic...' And it was the guy who knew most about Real Estate and that was Terry."

Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund

In 1991, Terry Bean and Vic Basile, the first executive director of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, founded the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a Political Action Committee (PAC) to raise money for gay and lesbian candidates.

Other political and community involvement

In Oregon, Bean co-founded the Right to Privacy PAC with four others in the early 1980s. The Portland-based group was the first statewide gay rights PAC in Oregon.

In 1989, Bean co-founded the Equity Foundation, a Portland-based philanthropic organization that gives grants to LGBT community groups and programs as well as academic scholarships. He is currently a member of the board of advisors, along with Portland Mayor Sam Adams and former Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts.

Ted Kulongoski, then governor of Oregon, declared August 23, 2008 to be "Terry Bean Equality Day" to recognize Bean's gay rights efforts.

In 2018, Bean spearheaded a campaign to rename SW Stark, a prominent street in downtown Portland, Oregon, to SW Harvey Milk Street after LGBTQ activist Harvey Milk. On June 14, 2018, Portland City Council voted unanimously in support of the change.

Fundraising

Terry Bean's political involvement is often behind the scenes as a fundraiser, which has assisted in the initial success of several organizations, including the Gay Rights National Lobby and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

In 1992, Bean helped raise over $1,000,000 in the successful campaign to defeat the anti-gay Oregon Measure 9, which would have amended the state constitution with a provision declaring homosexuality "abnormal, wrong, unnatural, and perverse".

Role in the Democratic Party

Bean and former Governor Barbara Roberts at the 2014 Portland Pride Parade

Terry Bean has been a lifelong Democrat and has considerable influence in the party as a member of the Democratic National Committee since at least 2009. Among his contributions are his fundraising for Bill Clinton, serving on the DNC's Convention Committee in 2000, serving as a co-chair of Howard Dean's 2004 National Finance Committee, and being the first LGBT member of Barack Obama's National Finance Committee. He was the main fundraiser for Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts' 1990 campaign.

In 2008, Bean launched the LGBT for Obama campaign website, which served as a fundraising tool and a means of outreach to the LGBT community. In 2012, Bean raised more than $500,000 for Obama's re-election campaign, and visited the White House at least six times between 2012 and 2014.

Friendship with Senator Gordon Smith

Former Oregon Senator Gordon H. Smith, a Republican, was elected in 1996 as a social conservative. After the election, Bean, who had campaigned against Smith, had a meeting with the new senator, in which they reached an unexpected understanding. Smith, a conservative Mormon, was able to relate to Bean's experience as a member of a marginalized demographic because of his own experiences. Referring to his Mormon heritage, Smith said of Bean, "When you grow up as part of a group that has suffered discrimination, it is easier to listen with feeling to the stories of others, like Terry, who have felt the jackboot on the back of their neck. For me, empathy is a call to action."

Smith cited his "unlikely and unexpected" friendship with Bean as a factor in his decision to break with his party and champion several LGBT causes, saying of Bean, "He really played a significant role in opening my heart and opening my mind to the perspective of a gay man in Oregon."

Smith co-sponsored the Employment Non-discrimination Act (ENDA), the Ryan White Care Act, and teamed up with Senator Ted Kennedy to introduce a hate crimes protection bill. Smith regularly read incidents of anti-LGBT hate crimes into the congressional record to raise awareness of this issue. In comments on the Senate floor to mark the successful passage of the Ryan White Care Act, Smith referred to Bean as "...a highly valued advisor on issues affecting the gay and lesbian community in Oregon". Smith's support of LGBT rights won him the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign for his 2002 re-election bid, although Bean did not personally endorse him.

Sex abuse accusation

On November 19, 2014, Terry Bean was arrested on charges of sodomy and sex abuse in a case involving a 15-year-old boy, in what Bean's lawyer Kristen Winemiller characterized as an extortion attempt by an ex-lover. Law enforcement sources said Bean was charged with "two counts of sodomy in the third degree, a felony, and sex abuse in the third degree, a misdemeanor." He was arraigned in Lane County, Oregon, where the crimes allegedly occurred in 2013.

After the case continued for over a year, lawyers for Bean and the youth reached a civil agreement, which the judge ultimately rejected. The alleged victim declined to testify, his attorney Lori Deveny stating that "he did not seek out this prosecution and made his unwillingness to testify known at every step of the process". The judge dismissed the case on September 1, 2015 without prejudice. In a statement, Bean wrote "I take some measure of comfort that the world now knows what I have always known – that I was falsely accused and completely innocent of every accusation that was made." On January 4, 2019, Bean was re-indicted on the same charges. In March 2019, the alleged victim filed a civil lawsuit against Bean. In September 2019, Bean's former partner was found guilty of third-degree sodomy and third-degree sexual abuse, which The Oregonian reported as "a blow" to Bean's claims of innocence. Bean was originally to be put on trial for similar charges in November of that year, but the trial was postponed.

On January 14, 2022, all criminal charges against Bean were dismissed because the alleged victim declined to participate in prosecution.

See also

References

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