Sassafras Lowrey, a formerly homeless queer youth who grew up at the Sexual Minorities Youth Recreation Center (SMYRC) after being kicked out of hir semi-rural Clackamas County home, has done amazing work for queer youth in Portland and everywhere. Ze got hir start writing as a punk zinester in Portland, is an internationally award-winning storyteller,.. read more →
This morning Q Center was part of making history with Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogan as he signed a gender neutral restroom executive order for the county! Read more about the signing in The Oregonian HERE, and read the testimony of Q Center’s Addie Jones in full just below! We encourage businesses, health providers, schools,.. read more →
by Logan Lynn. I had the chance to catch up with queer author, columnist, and provocateur Dan Savage this week for QBlog in advance of his new book “American Savage”, which comes out on Tuesday! We chatted about sex, marriage equality, community pushback, transphobia, biphobia, bullying, the new book and more. Read my interview.. read more →
Q Center’s Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC) is featured on Community Hotline this week! Q Center staffer (and SMYRC drop-in coordinator) Sarah Freeman joins SMYRC young adult Giovanni McKenzie for a conversation about this vital community resource! Community Hotline is MetroEast’s weekly showcase for non-profit organizations. This studio talk show provides an.. read more →
Q Center is pleased to announce that we are the fiscal sponsors of Project Believe In Me! Project Believe in Me is a completely youth-led initiative dedicated to ending bullying. In 2011, the rise in bully-related suicide empowered the founding of this organization. Our two missions are daunting, but simple: To end bullying, and to.. read more →
Dear Friends, Please share this message with everyone you know. Nominations for Oregon’s Queer Heroes will close on March 15th, 2013. Portland’s Q Center and GLAPN (Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest) are once again asking for your help identifying 30 heroes in our LGBTQ community. That’s a hero for every day of.. read more →