RESTOCK SYLVIA’S CLOSET!

How can I help restock Sylvia’s Closet?

1. Donate anytime between November 14th and November 28th, 2023. Click HERE for our #GivingTuesday donation page. We thank you in advance (and we’ll thank you again after, too)!
2. Help by becoming a peer-to-peer fundraiser. Start up your own fundraiser to raise money for Sylvia’s Closet, and connect your community directly to our work.
3. Share this site with your social circles. You can also find TransPonder on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Discord.
4. Tell your friends and families about TransPonder. Come see us – and Sylvia’s Closet – in person at 1185 Arthur St., Eugene, OR 97402, between 9am and 5pm every Monday to Thursday, and on Fridays by appointment.

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What are TransPonder’s prizes for donating during #GivingTuesday this year?

$25 donation:

• You’ll be listed in a December 2023 edition of our weekly newsletter, TransPonder Happenings.
• You’ll receive a virtual thank-you letter from the TransPonder team.

$50 donation:

• You’ll receive a handwritten thank you card featuring exclusive art from an Oregon-based trans and BIPOC artist.
• You’ll be featured in a group TransPonder social media shoutout on Instagram and Facebook.
• Also includes the $25 prizes.

$100 donation:

• You’ll receive a thank-you phone call directly from the TransPonder team.
• You’ll be featured in a solo TransPonder social media shoutout on Instagram and Facebook.
• Also includes the $25 and $50 prizes.

$250 donation:

• You’ll be featured in a December 2023 edition of our weekly newsletter, TransPonder Happenings.
• You’ll receive a limited-edition TransPonder sticker pack.
• Also includes the $25, $50, and $100 prizes.

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The reviews are in for Sylvia’s Closet!

“Thank you so much! This is a wonderful resource for the community!” – Indigenous nonbinary high school student

“My first comfy binder, and I actually know how to put it on now! Thank you! ❤️” – Anon

“Literally jumped up and down with joy trying on my new binder!” – Anon

“😍 Amazing! Thank you for all you do for our community. ❤️🏳️‍🌈” – Instagram comment

“So impressed, and I’ll be sending people your way! – Instagram comment

“I love you. This place is fantastic!” – Anon 

So, what is Sylvia’s Closet?

Sylvia’s Closet is a completely free gender-affirming resource room in Eugene, Oregon, provided by TransPonder. We offer every gender-affirming product we can think of in every size and shade we can find, for free.

Including (but not limited to):

• Affirming notes from community members,
• binders (half-length, full-length, and swimming-specific),
• binder safety handouts,
• breast forms,
• bras (and bras with pockets for breast forms),
• bra extenders,
• GoodCleanLove products,
• gaffs,
• injection supplies,
• lube,
• makeup (lashes, mascara, nail care, and skin care),
• packers,
• packing underwear,
• period underwear,
• sizing station for bras and binders,
• sports bras,
• STP devices,
• tucking underwear,
• wigs

How did Sylvia’s Closet start?

June 2023

TransPonder received a $25,000 grant through RHEC (Regional Health Equity Coalition) funding to buy gender-affirming products to distribute for free through our Queer Resource Center.

We researched and purchased the products most commonly requested by our community members.

We shopped at Janet’s Closet, New York Toy Collective, Shapeshifters, Tomboy X, Trans Essentials, Transthetics, Trans Tool Shed, and Tuck Buddies.

July 2023

The grand opening of our ‘Resource Room’ was held on July 29th, 2023 at our Arthur St. location in Eugene, during our quarterly Queer Community Day!

Here’s what Sylvia’s Closet looked like at the very beginning of July.

August 2023

TransPonder’s Executive Director, Kyle Rodriguez-Hudson, announced that the ‘Resource Room’ had been given a new name.

In the hopes of it serving as a ‘sister closet’ to Marsha’s Closet in NYC, Rodriguez-Hudson and the current Executive Director of STARR, Mariah Lopez, renamed it Sylvia’s Closet after Sylvia Rivera who co-founded STARR with Marsha P. Johnson in 1970.

September 2023 – now

In just a few months, we’ve given out more than 700 gender-affirming products for free to Oregon’s trans and gender-diverse community, and now we’re running pretty low on stock.

So, we’re using this year’s #GivingTuesday to focus our efforts on restocking Sylvia’s Closet. We’re aiming to raise $2,000 to be able to continue filling the access gap for trans and gender-diverse Oregonians, providing every gender-affirming product we can think of in every size and shade we can find.

“Organizing Sylvia’s Closet was my first big project when I got hired!..I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a restock in the near future, it’s been such a great resource to offer the community!” – Jack Flukinger (he/him), TransPonder Office Manager