Focus Areas:
  • Arts Culture & Media
  • Community Building & Visibility
  • Gender Justice & Reproductive Justice

Gender Portraits

Gender Portraits advocates for transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people through art using painted portraits and written stories of trans and gender-nonconforming people. We also organize affirming community events like the Gender Unbound Art Fest, which showcases trans and intersex creators.

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YEPP uses leadership development, artistic expression and community advocacy to work with LGBTQ youth throughout the city of Chicago who are or have experienced homelessness or housing instability, with a focus on Transgender and gender non-conforming youth of color.