By Jen Jay

As Eugene’s current SLUG queen, you’d think I’d be used to slippery situations.

Nothing felt slimier than being asked to promote a radio station featuring Sean Hannity and Mark Levin. There are many things a SLUG queen can gracefully glide over — puddles, moss, the occasional gnome — but bigotry is not one of them.

So, I quit my job at Cumulus Media.

Not dramatically. No microphone drop, no slime-trail exit from the building. Just a simple truth: I could not, as a queer person, represent programming that routinely attacks my community. I couldn’t hand out swag for people who’d debate whether I deserve the same rights as everyone else. Not to mention, their hate speech toward queer and trans University of Oregon students.

Some people will say I’m being too sensitive. That it

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