Pops, a Street Roots staffer and former vendor, has faced harassment in public restrooms, as have so many other trans and gender non-conforming people James “Pops” Duby, Street Roots’ vendor program assistant, was visiting the Lloyd Center with his wife o ...
19 May 2021 - Kat Wasula
‘Black queer femmes need to be the center of everyone’s advocacy,’ says Ben Louis, an organizer of PDXQueerFront Ben Louis is a 17-year-old non-binary individual living in Portland. They are passionate about advocacy and journalism, often blending both to ...
19 May 2021 - Ben Louis
The last time columnist Ga lo Vann saw her, it was on the news: The Black trans woman had been found hanging from a noose in a tree Ga lo Vann is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Eastern Oklahoma and a prisoner at Oregon State Correctional Ins ...
19 May 2021 - Ga lo Vann
Portland has been a refuge for transgender people fleeing atrocities elsewhere, but we must recognize where we are still failing these members of our community Many transgender people face a difficult choice. The choice is not about which gender to identi ...
19 May 2021 - SR editorial board