Ingersoll Gender Center

03/31/2024

We celebrate you today.

Today we see and celebrate you as part of an amazing collective of humans who choose to live each day in fullness and with sincerity. We see the communal power that exists and arises through your being and in partnership with others like you.

Today we celebrate you as an individual. We acknowledge your uniqueness - every aspect of it - your qualities, sensitivities, and perspectives that only you offer to us. And we appreciate what you bring to the world around you.

On Transgender Visibility Day, Ingersoll Gender Center encourages each of us to remain strong in our own truths and worth. Today we wish you much empowerment, joy, and calm - as “The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.” [Robert Green Ingersoll].

12/13/2021

This year, guides are coming to you! They are on the road right now to help people find coverage for every step of their journeys through life. The Adventure van will be stopping in our community on December 18, 10am - 4pm, at the Children’s Home Society in Kent (King County Public Health) 215 5th Ave., S, Kent, WA. Visit their base camp to speak to someone who can guide you through the sign-up process and find health care for your path forward.

Check out the complete Adventure tour stops here: https://bit.ly/3pE6rLd

11/10/2021

Looking for ways to plug in during Trans Week of Awareness? Check out United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance - WA’s events and programming happening throughout next week 💜💜

Trans Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance 2021 events - https://mailchi.mp/utopiawa/trans-awareness-week-and-tdor-2021

11/10/2021

Trans Awareness Week (TAW) is coming November 13th-20th! We'll be using this week to amplify and highlight Black Trans Women and femmes that haven't gotten the flowers they deserve. All will be leading up to our virtual Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil (TDOR) on Nov. 20th from 4pm-5pm PST. Stay tuned to our social media channels to learn more, and special thanks to our friends at Traction for sponoring this project!

11/02/2021

We're excited to assist with applications for the $1000-$3000 in aid available through the Seattle Relief Fund! Gay City is here to help you with any part of the application process. ⁠
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Learn more at gaycity.org/Relief, call us at (206) 323-LGBT (5428), email us at [email protected], stop by in person at 517 E. Pike Street, or reach out in the way most accessible to you. ⁠

10/26/2021

The Seattle Relief Fund reopens for new applications on Monday. This fund is open to all eligible applicants, including undocumented immigrants.

Learn more and apply here: https://www.seattlerelief.com/

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Las solicitudes para el Fondo de Asistencia de Seattle abren de nuevo el lunes.

Se puede solicitar este fondo sin importar su estatus migratorio. Se puede enviar una solicitud con este enlace: https://www.seattlerelief.com/

03/17/2021

"The Ingersoll Gender Center Board of Directors is aware of the accusations of misconduct that have been made regarding the organization. We take these issues very seriously and have authorized a complete professional investigation into all matters. The investment the community has made in Ingersoll and the liberation of all trans people, especially and including Black trans people, is central to our work—and we remain committed to holding ourselves and the organization accountable to the highest standards of service.

Ingersoll, founded in 1977, is a community-based support organization for the transgender community. We have grown from our very humble beginnings as a local peer support group to now including services for health care and policy advocacy. We value the over four decades of work that has been put in by our volunteers, staff, and donors. We are committed to honoring their legacy by ensuring we live up to our vision of “a world that nurtures healthy communities free from violence, centers self-determination for all people, and celebrates all gender identities and expressions”.

We thank the community for its 44 years of investment in Ingersoll Gender Center. We stand on the shoulders of giants in this work and are committed to accountability at every level of the organization."

This statement is also available on our website at http://bit.ly/317statement

03/02/2021

Check out this event happening Friday from 12-1pm! ✨ Learn more about SB5313: The Gender Affirming Care Act

RSVP here: https://seattleu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/6935877

Please join Seattle U's OutLaws and the NGNCA this Friday, March 5th at 12pm to discuss SB 5313 and access to gender-affirming care. Our community legal resources manager will be a panelist!

RSVP here: https://seattleu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/6935877

02/27/2021

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen 🎉🎉

We’ll be posting about next steps as soon as we have them!

Great news, y'all!

The Gender Affirming Care Act (SB5313) has passed the WA Senate. Thank you to Sen. Marko Liias for your leadership on this critical issue!

Now we turn our focus to the House. Stay tuned for next steps!

02/26/2021

02/25/2021

In need of legal assistance? Each month we partner with QLaw Foundation of Washington to offer a free legal clinic to trans and gender diverse community members at our first-Wednesday Trans Peer Support Group!

Register at https://bit.ly/psgregister for access to support group (and the free the legal clinic!) on March 3rd from 7-9pm.

02/22/2021

Looking at health insurance plans but unsure about some of the language used? Check out our Insurance Explainer guide for definitions and examples of how deductibles, co-pays, and other insurance processes work! View our guide at http://bit.ly/IE-guide

Special Enrollment is happening now through May 15th. Enroll in a health insurance plan today through WA Healthplanfinder at http://bit.ly/enroll2021hi