Erie Trans Picnics is a loose organization of trans and nonbinary people in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Our goal is to create a stronger trans community and build our own care networks that we can rely on as the political and social landscapes become increasingly hostile. We believe that the atom of queer family is and always has been friendship, and that community is formed through direct connection with other individuals. The picnics are as much about building a larger network of queers as they are an opportunity to experience and spread trans joy in a time when sorrow is abundant.