Trans Town PDX 2026

Trans Town is Portland's biggest Trans Day of Visibility celebration - a full day of trans joy, trans talent, and trans economic power.

🛍️ 2PM–5PM: Marketplace + resource & mutual aid fair with FREE haircuts, food demo with Mis Tacones, adaptive Narcan training with No More Dead Friends, build your own beaded bouquet with jeweler Ally Lea and MORE

🎉 5PM–9PM: Ticketed fundraiser with food, drinks, comedy & live music. Co-hosted by funny people Mx. Dahlia Belle and Ally J Ward.

One day. All of us. Let's Bloom.

📅 Sunday, March 29, 2026
📍 The Redd on Salmon Street

2pm – 5pm | Free Admission

Shop from 20+ trans and queer vendors. Connect with community organizations and trans-affirming service providers. Find resources for healthcare, housing, legal support, and more.

This is what trans economic power looks like: our vendors earning income, our community getting connected, our people taking up space.

Free to attend. Donations at the door help us make more events like this happen.

5pm – 9pm | Tickets: Sliding Scale, Suggested $50

When the sun goes down, the real party starts.

Join us for an evening of food, drinks, comedy, live music, and storytelling celebrating our community. This is the main event - a night to dress up, show out, and raise funds for trans community care.

Your ticket directly supports WERQ TOGETHER's year-round programs: peer support services, relocation assistance for folks fleeing hostile states, and the big dream - trans-owned affordable housing.

Sliding scale tickets available, including free options.

Score amazing prizes while supporting the cause. Raffle tickets available throughout the day—winners announced at the evening fundraiser.

Bid on experiences, local art and other cool stuff while supporting the cause. Silent auction will be open throughout the day—winners announced at the evening fundraiser.

Purchase a ticket and select a wrapped bottle of wine - with some fancy bottles mixed in, you never know which one you'll get!

We're bringing together ASL interpreters, fresh air ventilation, accessible seating, gender-free restrooms, and free masks for anyone who wants one - because celebrating Trans Day of Visibility and connecting with community should be possible for everyone.

WERQ TOGETHER is a trans-led nonprofit in Portland, Oregon, building practical, creative, and affirming systems of care for trans communities. We started by delivering brownies to people having hard weeks. Now we're looking to bill insurance for professional peer support and planning a housing development. Still delivering the occasional brownie though.

Our core work is Peer Support Services. Free, trauma-informed, one-on-one support from people who actually get it because they've lived it. Our peer specialists help community members navigate healthcare systems, find stable housing, process the hard stuff, and build the kind of life that feels worth living.

We also run TRFAN (Trans Relocation Fund & Aid Network) for folks relocating from hostile states - microgrants, peer navigation, housing support, and a growing network of volunteers who help people get grounded in a new city. Moving is hard. Moving as a trans person navigating systemic discrimination, financial insecurity, or zero family support is harder. We make sure nobody has to do it alone.

Bloom House 2.0 is our transitional housing program currently providing safe, affirming housing for trans community members. And we're dreaming bigger: Bloom Housing is a future affordable housing development in partnership with local developers.

Trans Town is our annual celebration and fundraiser. Part marketplace, resource fair, live music, and full of community joy. It's also how we fund all of the above without begging foundations to believe we're worth it. (We totally are.)

Our team is trans and queer community organizers, system builders, artists, and nerds who believe in doing the work without waiting for permission. We collaborate with local orgs, shelters, food programs, healthcare providers, and a whole lot of volunteers to create care that centers safety, dignity, and joy.

At the heart of everything is a simple belief: trans people deserve not just to survive, but to thrive. We exist to make that feel possible, powerful, and just a little more human.

Learn more or get involved at werqt.org. Let's WERQ TOGETHER.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

the Redd, 831 Southeast Salmon Street, Portland, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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