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TransActive Gender Project

Last updated Jun 2026

About

Founded in 2007 as TransActive Gender Center, this was one of the first nonprofits focused on transgender and gender-diverse children, youth, and their families. In 2018 its programs transferred to the Center for Community Engagement at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling and it was renamed the TransActive Gender Project. Today it partners with the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center to offer gender-affirming counseling for youth ages 10+, plus professional development and education. Reach it through the Lewis & Clark program page.

Communities centered

Trans & nonbinaryYouth

Services offered

Mental healthPeer support

Who it's for

Youth under 18Families

Location

TransActive Gender Project

615 S Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR 97219

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