Black & Beyond the Binary Collective event raises funds and awareness for ongoing housing instability crisis Revered Portland drag queen Marla Darling pretended everything was okay. She wasn’t telling her coworkers, but she was living in a garage. Dar ...
26 Jul 2023 - Ellen Clarke
Name and gender changes take months to complete and cost over $500 For transgender people, carrying outdated identification with an incorrect name or gender marker can be emotionally taxing and put them in danger of discrimination. In Oregon, a series of ...
5 Jul 2023 - Miles Silvey
Activists marched through downtown Portland on March 31 to bring attention to issues impacting the transgender community while celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility More than 100 supporters of trans rights filled Shemanski Park in the South Park Block ...
6 Apr 2022 - Elayna Yussen
Quinn Amacher illustrates Lee's story in the comic "Street Lights" The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on the experiences of PSU ...
19 Jan 2022 - Sarah Hansell
The data will be used to advocate for accessible, inclusive services under the Oregon Health Plan A new survey conducted in part by an OHSU professor will for the first time evaluate medical coverage for transgender and gender-diverse people in Oregon w ...
28 Jul 2021 - K. Rambo
Even as LGBTQ+-focused youth programs and housing assistance grow nationally, transgender and non-binary adults are often left behind W hile LGBTQ+-focused youth programs and housing assistance are growing across the U.S. and in Washington, D.C., transgen ...
16 Jun 2021 - Kaela Roeder
For Raven Drake, the road to happiness was long Raven Drake is Street Roots’ Ambassador Program manager. On the grassy field and adjacent hill of Irving Park, a little more than 200 people sat in the hot sun supporting the March for Trans Lives, an event ...
19 May 2021 - Raven Drake
These are the 26 transgender and gender nonconforming people who have lost their lives to violence this year The Human Rights Campaign tracks the killing of transgender and gender nonconforming people each year. In the first 20 weeks of 2021, there have a ...
19 May 2021 - Street Roots
She came to Portland inspired to help the houseless community, and the Red House propelled her into activism Raven Ellaine came out West in an effort to provide mutual aid, which, as she describes it, is a way people come together using their resources or ...
19 May 2021 - Ellena Rosenthal
The health and equity advocate also shares her thoughts on the wave of anti-transgender legislation and violence F or more than 40 years, the Human Rights Campaign has been fighting for LGBTQ+ equality in the United States. Based in Washington, D.C., the ...
19 May 2021 - Emily Green