The Living Room for LGBTQ Youth

05/22/2025

05/22/2025

05/08/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ Join us for this week’s Trans Pantry! 🏳️‍⚧️⁠
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📅 Friday, May 9th
⏰ 2 PM - 5 PM⁠
📍 10202 SE 32nd Ave, Suite 601, Milwaukie, OR 97222⁠
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We're creating a secure and welcoming space, see you there!

04/25/2025

When we finalized this event I literally YELPED out loud in excitement.

Aubrey Gordon's work in public health generally, and in fat acceptance specifically has been life changing for so many people. She cohosts the podcast Maintenance Phase with journalist Michael Hobbes. Together, the two debunk and decode wellness and weight loss trends.

Join us at the Milwaukie High Auditorium on Saturday at 2:00pm for a free event with Aubrey! Signed copies of her books, "What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat" and "You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People" will be available for purchase.

See you there!

04/22/2025

The Milwaukie Ledding Library and Spoke and Word Books are holding a FREE author talk with local q***r, fat activist Aubrey Gordon. The event is being held this Satuday 4/26 at 2 pm in the Milwaukie High School auditorium. Aubrey Gordon's work focuses on breaking down anti-fatness, uplifting fat liberation, and taking down systems of diet culture. If you would like to go with TLR staff Bee, send us a message!

03/20/2025

Portland Youth and Elders Council meets this Saturday. March 22! Join us for an essential Know Your Rights training with the ACLU of Oregon, where we’ll discuss the impact of recent Executive Orders on our community. In collaboration with the Future Generations Collaborative, we aim to create a supportive space, ensuring our PYEC community leaves feeling empowered and balanced in these uncertain times.

Enjoy lunch as we connect, share knowledge, and access valuable resources—and end the session with an engaging activity!

Register here: https://ow.ly/xf2N50ViLXC

03/12/2025

Celebrate International Day of Forests with Sandy's Bee City USA Action Group and the River Basin Council!

Dakota from the Clackamas River Basin Council will be leading a guided hike through Tickle Creek Trail on Sunday, March 23rd from 10:00am-12:00pm. She will be speaking about the different plants we commonly see in our area, their role on our ecosystem (like water quality!), and how they interact with pollinators and other insects.

Scan the QR code on the poster or call (503) 668 5569 to register.

The International Day of Forests, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, is a day to celebrate and raise awareness about the critical role forests play in our world. Forests are essential for supporting our agriculture and ecosystems by providing homes for pollinators, maintaining healthy soils, retaining water, and regulating temperatures.

03/12/2025

03/07/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ Join us for this week’s Trans Pantry! 🏳️‍⚧️⁠
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📅 Friday, March 14⁠th
⏰ 2 PM - 5 PM⁠
📍 10202 SE 32nd Ave, Suite 601, Milwaukie, OR 97222⁠
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We're creating a secure and welcoming space, see you there!

03/05/2025

Join us the week leading up to April 4th for Day of NO Silence, a national demonstration where students and allies protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.

To register and learn more about ways to participate, visit glsen.org/DayOfNoSilence

Image description: A red square on a black background reads "DAY OF SILENCE". The "silence: has a red line through it. Beneath the a tag line reads "Rise Up, Take Action!".

03/04/2025

Join us and Local Author Fern Wexler to celebrate their debut picture book, Families of a Feather.

Discover the diverse family lives of a variety of bird species and the many different ways they work together to care for their young in this gorgeous book that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

Did you know:

🪶 Emu fathers and Ruby-Throated Hummingbird mothers raise their chicks all by themselves.
🪶Laysan albatross chicks can have two moms who take turns sitting on their eggs.
🪶Acorn Woodpeckers raise babies in huge family groups with many moms, dads, and siblings helping out.
🪶Black Swans can grow up with two dads.

Families of a Feather illustrates the diverse nature of family structures with a message of love and acceptance that no matter what a family looks like they express their love for each other, and everyone deserves to be loved.

Books will be available for purchase and signing!

03/04/2025

Dream Big is a simple invitation for the Portland and Pacific Northwest LGBTQIA2S+ community to see a future with no limits. This aligns with the Portland community being a hub of activism, celebration of artistic expression, and identity. We want people to pursue their dreams unapologetically and utilize the PRIDE CELEBRATION as the engine to kickstart an idea or cross the finish line on a community goal. A strong underscore of this theme is the need for solidarity, collaboration, and the idea that big dreams can lead to a significant societal change.

Check out our website www.portlandpride.org for more information.