TransPonder

WHO WE ARE

TransPonder is a trans-founded and trans-led nonprofit that provides services, support, resources, and education for the trans and gender diverse community and our allies throughout Oregon.

WHO WE SERVE

We are committed to serving trans and gender diverse folks from all walks of life. We know that trans and gender diverse people exist across race, ethnicity, ability, age, religion, immigration status, profession, economic status, languages, politics and every other facet of identity. As such, we are committed to creating a space of intersectional transgender justice and our work often crosses over to support the work of other organizations who seek intersectional justice.

"Intersectionality is basically a lens, a prism, for seeing the way in which various forms of inequality often operate together and exacerbate each other. We tend to talk about race inequality as separate from inequality based on gender, class, sexuality or immigrant status. What’s often missing is how some people are subject to all of these, and the experience is not just the sum of its parts". 

- Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an American lawyer, and a leading scholar of critical race theory who developed the theory of intersectionality.

WHAT WE DO

TransPonder offers a variety of services and support for the trans and gender diverse community - individually, in groups, and institutionally. Click HERE to visit our website for a full breakdown of programs and services.

GROUPS & GATHERINGS | CLASSES & CLUBS
We offer regular support groups for trans/gender diverse folks (and allies) to connect, support, and be in community with one another, including: 

• Trans & Allies Social Hour
• Queer, Trans, and Disabled Group
• QTBIPOC Group (on Hiatus)
• TransParent Group
• Trans Community Support Group
• Trans Femme Social Hour
• Book Club
• We/Us/Ours Social Hour (on Hiatus)
• Shift Happens: Cars and Coffee Club
• Job Skills Social Hour
• Gender Diverse Yoga

EVENTS

• Trans Day of Visibility (March)
• TransWild Forest Frolic (April)
• Trans Day of Remembrance (November)
• Cozy Sweater Party (December)

PROGRAMS & SERVICES

• Resource Navigation...provides access to mental and physical health resources
• Gender Affirming Product Program...provides free or low cost access to gender affirming products
• Injection Supply Program...free pickup or delivery of sterile injection supplies and sharps containers
• Legal ID Change Program...provides administrative and financial support for changing markers and/or names on legal identifications
• Wellness Program...support for emotional health, wellness, and self-management of social and health challenges
• Food Program...provides weekly access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and dairy products, as well as shelf-stable foods
• Job Skills Program...provides employment navigation, job skill training, and paid internship opportunities
• Youth Empowerment Project...provides youth ages 14-24 learning opportunities for leadership training, advocacy, engagement, equity, and inclusion

RESOURCE DIRECTORY (Click HERE for access)
We provide a dynamic Resource Directory for everything from gyms to surgeons. Each listing has been vetted by our team and has the most up-to-date information possible. We believe that everyone should know where our transgender-inclusive, educated, and experienced care providers are!  

THE LAVENDER NETWORK
Created by a group of organizations serving the LGBTQIA2S+ community in and around Eugene - TransPonder, HIV Alliance, Queer Eugene, Eugene PRIDE, and Authentic Movement Project - The Lavender Network is a community resource center for the queer and trans community and allies. 

In addition to the founding partners, The Lavender Network is also home to several tenant partners, including Transition Health, Canda Unterseher-Lodge (Pelvic Health Physical Therapist), and Open Adoption & Family Services.

TransPonder's office at The Lavender Network provides:

• Behavioral Health Services (Peer Support, Mental Health Therapy)
• Resource Navigation
• Sylvia's Closet (Free Gender-Affirming Products)

The Lavender Network is located at 1590 Willamette St. in Eugene, OR.