Peer Support Group

You don't have to figure out Portland alone. A free monthly room for trans and gender-expansive adults who are new here, run by trans people who've been where you are.

Second Tuesdays · 7:00 to 8:30pm Pacific · Free · Online

Next group: Tuesday, December 8. RSVP on Partiful

Two ways in

1. Come to the group. RSVP on Partiful and you'll get the link to join. You don't need to book anything else first. RSVP for December 8 · Follow all our events on Partiful

2. Want time one on one? Book a time with a peer navigator. Navigators are trans volunteers with lived experience who help with the practical stuff: housing, OHP, documents, work and getting settled. Book a time with a peer navigator

What the group is

Moving somewhere new is a hundred small unfamiliar things at once. Which bus. Which doctor. Where people actually go. Our support group is a monthly room for people working that out at the same time.

When: second Tuesday of every month, 7:00 to 8:30pm Pacific
Where: online
Cost: free
Cameras: optional

A short check-in, one ten-minute topic, then the rest is the room. Mostly people ask each other things and somebody knows the answer.

It's peer support: run by someone with lived experience, not a clinician. It isn't therapy and it isn't case management. Nobody takes notes and nothing is recorded. There's no form and no eligibility check to come.

Topics through the year: getting around, finding a doctor and getting on OHP, holidays away from family, winter here, food and groceries, making friends as an adult, name change and ID in Oregon, parks and free things to do, work and money, neighborhoods, and the one-year mark.

What to expect

At your first group

You can show up for the first time any month. No one expects you to have been before.
You can listen the whole time. Talking is never required, and chat works too.
You share as much or as little as you want.

At your first one-on-one

You pick a time that works for you in Jane, our booking system.
Jane emails you a confirmation and a reminder.
You meet a navigator by video. They'll ask what you need, help you figure out next steps, and take it from there. No judgment, no pressure.

Who it's for

Trans, nonbinary, Two-Spirit and gender-expansive adults (18+) who've been in Portland about a year or less. If you've been here longer and still feel new, come anyway. That's more common than people admit.

Privacy and access

Please don't email us health details. After you book, use messaging inside Jane. That's where we keep anything private.
Access needs or an interpreter? Email peers@werqt.org at least two weeks before the group so we can set it up.
Live captions are available to anyone who asks. Just tell us when you RSVP. The group is capped at 12 people.
Your RSVP stays private. The guest list is hidden.