Queer Eugene News

08/21/2026

📚 TransPonder Book Club meets every Tuesday @ 5p PT. We’re a social club that (sometimes) chats about books. Every month, we select a discussion book for, by, and/or about trans and gender-diverse people. Our club is open to cis allies, LGBTQIA folks, and gender-diverse people of all ages. FREE.⁠
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✨ See our website for our monthly discussion book--we'll discuss it on the last Tuesday of the month. Reading the discussion book isn't required.
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Please email [email protected] for the Google Meet link. ⁠

For the safety of our participants, anyone interested in attending a virtual group for the first time must meet with a TransPonder team member to verify that they are not a troll. This is only required for folks who have never attended before.
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Click the link below for details:
https://www.transponderoregon.org/bookclub

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08/21/2026

Volunteers Needed⁠
🫜🥑🥕🍅🫐🍎🥭🥝⁠
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Looking for a way to give back? ⁠
We need your help at our weekly Food Program! ⁠
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There are open spots for the Thursday distribution and the Wednesday food pick up. ⁠
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Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/TPFPVolunteer
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🔊 Calling all drivers 🔊⁠
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We especially need help picking up food from the Food For Lane County Warehouse on Wednesdays. ⁠
This is a 1.5 hour, high-intensity shift that requires heavy lifting and a car or truck to haul food.⁠
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If you're interested in the warehouse, please email [email protected] to set up a training.

08/21/2026

LGBTQ+ identification has reached a record high across the U.S. according to HRC, even as support for some issues has slipped.

07/28/2026

Remember that there is no public transit service to this event location. Contact TransPonder for help with transportation

📢✨️Shout out to our amazing Health Fair Sponsors!!

SILVER SPONSORS:

⭐Empowerfit⭐

⭐Transition Health⭐

⭐Free to Be Pediatrics⭐

⭐Core Healing Professionals⭐

Thank you for supporting TransPonder's 10th Anniversary Health Fair!

Scan QR code for info and RSVP.

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07/28/2026

TSN is launching a q***r and gender expansive hiking group! Join us for our inaugural hike Thursday, July 9th at 6:00. We will be meeting outside of the Oak Creek Biology building at 5:50 and head into the Oak Creek Trail Loop at 6.

Oak Creek trail is non-paved trail and has lots of shade. There are some areas where there are short inclines/declines but is overall accessible to beginner hikers. Bring water and whatever else you need to hike comfortably.

06/28/2026

The 2026 Eugene Pride Festival event focused on both celebration and community-building for LGBTQ+ attendees, including spaces like Veteran Village for people to connect around multiple identities.

06/28/2026

Please come join us tomorrow for our Trans Femme focused social night to create safety, promote unity, and build pro-social behavior. This event aims to encourage community building with safety and judgment free discussions. Nobody will be turned away because of gender identity, but the focus is on Trans Femme identifying people being able to make friends with a shared lived experience!⁠
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Please email [email protected] ⁠for the location!

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A social night for trans femme folks to gather, share experiences, and build community in a supportive, judgment-free environment.⁠
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WHEN⁠
2nd & 4th Mondays
5:30 – 6:30 PM⁠
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WHERE⁠
Contact us for the location: [email protected]

WHO⁠
Open to trans femme–identifying people and anyone comfortable in a trans-centered space.⁠
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COST⁠
Free!⁠
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06/23/2026

Trans Masc Support Group
Every first Thursday of the month, starting 7/2/26, from 6-7:30 p.m. at 1590 Willamette St.

The Trans Masc Support Group is a monthly, discussion-based, volunteer-facilitated group for trans masculine and questioning folks aged 18 and older, where they can support one another in a facilitated environment.

06/23/2026

Organizers of this year's Pride March in Eugene say the event is now canceled, partly due to safety concerns.Eugene Pride had planned a rally and march this Sat