Help Nina Raise $$ for TransPonder

ABOUT ME

I am a juvenile law attorney in Eugene, Oregon. I am a Leo Sun, Pisces Moon, and Leo Rising, so you know I like to get things done! In my spare time I read sci-fi books, spend time at my community garden plot, and hang out with my wife and pets.

WHY TRANSPONDER IS IMPORTANT TO ME

I am always so grateful of the work that TransPonder to serve the most vulnerable in our community. The staff, facilitators, and volunteers always go above and beyond to ensure that our trans and nonbinary community members are supported, celebrated, safe, and loved. 

HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP SUPPORT TRANSPONDER?
The number one way to support the crucial work that TransPonder does is to donate financially! 

TransPonder benefits greatly from the support of volunteers, the advocacy of the community, and various sponsorships from other organizations and businesses, but the reality is that - like most nonprofits - the majority of their funding comes from individual donors like you. Donors are what allow TransPonder to continue to provide programming, resource navigation, food, ID Changes, free gender-affirming products, and more.

The second best way to support TransPonder is to share the work they do and encourage others to donate. Not everyone is in the position to give monetarily, but we can all be advocates for the causes in which we believe. Share this fundraiser on your social media accounts and encourage your community to give!

WHO IS TRANSPONDER?

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.

TransPonder is committed to serving trans and gender diverse folks from all walks of life. 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, TransPonder is committed to creating a space of intersectional transgender justice and their 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
(American lawyer, and a leading scholar of critical race theory who developed the theory of intersectionality)

WHAT DOES TRANSPONDER DO?

TransPonder supports the community individually, in groups, and institutionally through a wide range of programs:

Community & Connection

• Ongoing support groups, social hours, clubs, and classes
• Identity-centered spaces including QTBIPOC, trans parents, disabled, queer & trans groups, book club, yoga, and more
• Community gatherings and annual events like Trans Day of Visibility, TransWild Forest Frolic, and Trans Day of Remembrance

Health, Wellness, & Basic Needs

• Resource Navigation for mental and physical health care
• Peer support for emotional wellness and life challenges
• Gender-affirming products such as binders, makeup, bras, and more
• Food access, harm reduction supplies, injection supplies, and STI testing

Economic, Practical Support, & Community Infrastructure

• Job skills training and employment navigation
• A vetted Resource Directory connecting people to allied providers from gyms to surgeons and more
• Co-founded The Lavender Network in partnership with other organizations serving the LGBTQIA3+ community in and around Eugene, offering a central location to access resources and support

Click HERE to Learn More About TransPonder