Chattanooga Queer Empowerment Collective

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The Chattanooga Q***r Empowerment Collective creates vibrant q***r community spaces through mutual aid, weekly meet-ups, and workshops.

Together, we foster care, connection, and liberation for all. Join us to build equity and joy in Chattanooga! 🌈

04/18/2026

CQEC community care meet up — soup swap

tuesday, april 21
6:30 pm
1673 s holtzclaw ave

bring a soup, snack, drink, or just yourself 🍲❣️
BYOB (bring your own bowl)

there’s a sign up for food + supplies (and yes, power cords) — link in bio / qr on the flyer

organizers meeting at 5:30

04/13/2026

COMMUNITY CARE MEETUP: Zine Night 🔥

Bring supplies if you want, we will have plenty to share.

a zine is a DIY, self-published booklet used to share art, stories, and ideas within community 💕

April 14
6:30
Clearstory Arts

Organizers will meet at 5:30 🫡

04/09/2026

TDOV 2026 - the gift that keeps on GIVIN’ ❤️‍🔥

TDOV wasn’t just an event. It was a protest, a promise, and a reminder that we are still here no matter what they pass, say, or try to take. It was community powered, driven, and centered and you could feel it.

In a time when they are trying to legislate us out of existence we showed up loud visible and full of LOVE! and yall showed out! 🔥

thank you to team of organizers from CQEC and CTLC who carried this on their backs, to our sponsors who helped make it happen, to the volunteers who held it down, to the performers who gave us everything, to the vendors and orgs who poured into the space and to every single person who came out, showed up, danced, cried, connected, & protected each other.

This day was community care, it was resistance, it was what it looks like when community refuses to fold! The fight is right here in our backyard and we are not backing down.

We are going to keep showing up for each other, keep building, keep fighting for each other’s lives, dignity, and joy.

Trans lives are not up for debate. Trans people are beautiful and sacred and inspiring.

THANK YOUUUU!!!

photography/videography by

Sponsored by: .bar

04/04/2026

community care meet up this week is a special one

we’re gathering to appreciate our volunteers and community, share food, and take a breath together after tdov

whether you showed up, helped behind the scenes, or just want to be in community you are welcome to join us!

earlier in the evening we’ll be holding an organizers meeting with an after action review to discuss what went well, lessons learned, and more

we’ve also put together feedback surveys for volunteers and the community and we would really love to hear from everyone, they are shared here and will also be on our website.

C u on Tuesday ✨

tuesday april 8
- org meeting/after action review at 5:30
- cookout ccm at 7
1673 s holtzclaw ave

03/31/2026

in spite of legislation being passed in tennessee
in spite of the noise, the hate & the fear

We are still here 🏳️‍⚧️

this is trans day of visibility

🏳️‍⚧️

03/30/2026

Community Care Meetup:
Tomorrow, March 31, on TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY we are hosting Karaoke! Come through and sing your favorite tune or just watch. A guaranteed good time for all. 🎤💕✨

1673 S Holtzclaw Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404
Clearstory Arts, 6:30

Organizers will meet at 5:30 in Studio 23. 💪

03/27/2026

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY WITH EVERYBODY AND THEIR MAMA!!! 🔥💕🔥💕🔥💕✨✨✨✨

Slide through for some details and our entertainment schedule!! ✨🔥✨🔥✨🔥💪👑🍾🍻

🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

03/26/2026

no kings, but trans kings

trans day of visibility has never just been a celebration it is a protest a refusal to disappear a commitment to show up for each other loudly and without apology
stand up for trans lives

trans day of visibility
saturday march 28 12–5 pm stove works chattanooga tn

03/24/2026

visibility doesn’t end when the sun goes down 😈

see yall for the after at the boneyard
doors at 8
set starts at 9
tdov volunteers get in free
NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS

poster by &

03/21/2026

COMMUNITY CARE MEETUP:
tdov kickoff pizza party 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍕

pizza on us
bring dessert if you want, tastiest one wins a TDOV tee

✨ TDOV merch pop up
✨ dessert competition

come hang 🖤

1673 s holtzclaw ave
tuesday, march 24 at 6:30

no org meeting this week 🫡

03/20/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Chattanooga, TN — Chattanooga Q***r Empowerment Collective and Chattanooga Trans Liberation Collective, are hosting Trans Day of Visibility 2026 on March 28 at Stove Works. Sponsored by Chattanooga Pride.

From 12–5 PM, this gathering will bring together over 60 vendors, artists, organizers, and community partners for a day centered on trans life, care, and community. The program includes keynote speaker Imara Jones, along with performances, resources, and space to be together.

This is not just a gathering, this is a deliberate act of presence, joy, and visibility.
At a time when trans people are being targeted, legislated against, and pushed out of public life, this event stands as a refusal. But it’s not just about visibility, it is also an open invitation. To our city and our region. A call to choose care, community, joy and belonging.

This day is a love letter — to ourselves, to each other, to this city, and to the region we call home.

Chattanooga, TN
March 28
12–5 PM
Stove Works
Tickets at www.chattq***rempowerment.org/tdov

The event is sliding scale, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

03/16/2026

Community Care Meetup this week is a craft swap! 💕

Bring any extra supplies you’ve got laying around - beads, yarn, fabric scraps, paints, paper, whatever you want! We’ll lay everything out, share and CRAFT!
We’ll also be making bracelets together and working on our pride flag collage. We will have plenty of supplies to share as well!

Organizers will meet in Studio 23 at 5:30.
Tuesday, March 17
6:30pm at ClearStory Arts
1673 S Holtzclaw Ave
See y’all there 💛🎨

Address

1673 South Holtzclaw Avenue
Chattanooga, TN
37404

Website

http://www.chattqueerempowerment.org/

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