Portland Tribune. “I wish I could get those four hours of my life back. It was absolutely disgusting and I was heartbroken. I grew up in Sandy, which is a very similar town in terms of demographics and skewing conservative, and that was a time where a lot of hateful, bigoted, anti-gay movements were happening in Oregon.“I have gay family members and I myself identify as bisexual, so I was hurt by that back then and this moment brought back all of those feelings,” she added.