START - Springfield Transgender and Ally Resource Team

Celebrate this year’s Trans Day of Visibility with START! We’ll have food, resources, artists, and a wide variety of local vendors to shop with and support.

We are doing a call for vendors! We are looking for trans-owned businesses, ally-owned businesses, and non-profit organizations!

Deadline to sign up is March 22!

Event is March 28th from 1 pm to 5 pm at The Fairbanks (1126 N. Broadway Ave.)

This event is FREE to the community. Interested trans creatives can sign up, and vendors can purchase table space at:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/trans-day-of-visibility-vendor-sign-up

Celebrate this year’s Trans Day of Visibility with START! We’ll have food, resources, artists, and a wide variety of local vendors to shop with and support.

We encourage our transgender community and allies alike to attend, share this day of growth and celebration with one another, and show that our community is stronger together.

This event is FREE to the community. Interested trans artists can sign up, and vendors can purchase table space at:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/trans-day-of-visibility-vendor-sign-up

Here is a link to the beautiful Obituary for our dearly missed friend Sabrina Lindaman . The details for her service are also listed there. Her family would like anyone and everyone to come, and they have assured us that the funeral home is very welcoming and affirming.

Obituary for Sabrina Catharine Lindaman at Willow Springs Chapel Sabrina Catharine Lindaman, born March 4, 1979, in Creston, Iowa, passed away on December 24, 2025. She graduated from Willow Springs High School in 1997 and went on to study Computer Science at the Missouri University of Science and Technology formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. While in sch...

On Sunday we honor our friend, and Co-chair Sabrina Lindaman, who sadly passed away over the Christmas holiday.

Sabrina was simply incomparable. Her quick wit, special brand of humor, whimsy goth fashion sense and enormous heart will not be forgotten. She loved her community and was a fierce advocate for trans rights. She was just beginning her work. Let us all be inspired by her passion and fury, as well as her love first ask questions later demeanor.

Rest in power our beautiful friend. Until we meet again

Join us at The Glo Center on Sunday from 3-5 pm for a vigil.

Thank you to everyone who made it out for our TDOR ceremony last night. It was a very sad and somber night, as usual, but seeing our community come together and comfort one another was a light in the darkness.

It cannot be overstated how many of the victims we lose each year are trans women of color. The intersectionality of racism, transphobia and misogyny continues to be a deadly mix for far too many humans whose lives are taken for simply living authentically. Very often, those folks are huge champions for their community, compounding the grief of their loss with the drop in support for the people they served.

Join us at The Fairbanks on Wednesday to honor our lost siblings. Thanks to for the beautiful art.

Please join us on Wednesday at The Drew Lewis Foundation to honor our lost siblings. Thanks to for the beautiful art

Hey everyone, due to circumstances beyond our control we will need to push today's panel back till 315 pm! Thanks for being patient!

** We will be in the large auditorium in the Library Center on South Campbell!**

We are so excited for our panel tomorrow! Come join us. Bring your friends and family who want to learn how to be a better ally!