5 things to know today, including how businesses are helping an LGBTQ group go beyond the basics

Just because it's the longest day of the year doesn't mean there's a lot of time to kill this fine Tuesday, Portland.Indeed, we're pretty busy at our shop, what with an array of ongoing and pending vacations and business trips and non-emergency family matters thinning our ranks the next few days. An extra few minutes of sunshine will do us plenty of good.As will these Five Things worth knowing as we head into the grind.Start up the bandThe Slants have now become part of the U.S. law vernacular.W