We’re so excited to announce a new event from Transcend. We want to celebrate our community with a community care fair aimed at providing a space where we can spend time in a relaxed, welcoming environment learning about all the amazing makers, artists and service providers in our community. We’re hoping to make this happen […]
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Survey: We need your opinion and feedback!
Quick summaryPlease help us expand our offerings for the community by taking this short survey! It is completely anonymous. Please feel free to share it out to your trans and queer social groups and friends. The more people who respond, the better idea we’ll have of what will be most enjoyable and helpful for our […]
The revolutionary potential of a quarterly trans and queer clothing swap
We recently held our seventh quarterly PDX Trans & Queer Clothing Swap and I am inspired to write about the revolutionary potential of what our community is doing with this. In June 2017, a friend tagged me in a local queer exchange group where there was a discussion about holding a clothing swap. I was […]
You can’t be a passive ally
If you live in Portland, Oregon, you’re used to seeing the “In Our America” flag around town: yard signs, window decals, t-shirts and more. Right after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, any sign of hope was welcome and it felt good to see so many people willing to openly display their rejection of the racist, […]
Are you really a trans ally?
The best first step you can take toward true trans allyship—or frankly, just reducing the harm you’re doing to trans people—is to stop assuming gender. Ever. The single biggest bummer I face on a day-to-day basis is moving through the world and being regularly misgendered. And the sad fact is, it is almost invariably by […]