Our Team
Osgood, Director (they/them)
Osgood is a white, working-class, queer and trans organizer who has called Portland, Maine home for the better part of the last ten years. Their introduction to youth organizing was through the New Hampshire Teen Institute Summer Leadership Program, first as a participant then as a volunteer from 2006-2014. There, Osgood developed skills and organized alongside other young people in NH at the intersections of poverty, criminalization, and health disparities.
Osgood was hired as the director of Outright in 2013, as part of transition towards becoming member-led and mobilizing LGBTQ+ youth in Maine around gender, racial, and economic justice. They do this work because of a political commitment that starts with choosing to love and take care of one another and the knowledge that the worlds within the world queer and trans young people build for each other will ripple out and change everything.
osgood@portlandoutright.org
Osgood, Director (they/Them)
osgood@portlandoutright.org
Julia (she/her)
I was born and raised in Southern California. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. Planning to teach high school English, I earned my combined Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 2020 and 2021, respectively. In fall of 2020, I escaped the politically-charged stress of D.C. and moved to Portland to join my partner and finish writing my thesis. In the process, I fell in love with the food and the strong grassroots culture of the city. I served as an AmeriCorps VISTA for the Ending Hunger in Maine program, but I missed working directly with the community. I had finished my AmeriCorps year and was teaching part time for an elementary after school program when I saw the job opening with Outright! I am so excited to support queer youth in our city in shaping our political future.
Julia Smith, Program Coordinator (She/Her)
julia@portlandoutright.org
nick louisos-daniels, Intern 2023 (He/Him)
Former Interns
Sophie (they/them) grew up in a single parent home around Brunswick, Maine. Most of their organizing foundation comes from a queer and working class perspective, especially as they have watched
their loved ones navigate a system that was not built for them. Their favorite thing to do with Outright is researching campaigns and other organizations that we can learn from.
Fun fact about them, they enjoy learning about folklore and mythology. They have a very large amount of mythology stuck in their head. They also really enjoy anime, and have proudly gotten past the time skip episode in One Piece!
Hi, I am Sasha (they/them) I have been a member of Outright for a few years and I am currently the Outright intern during my school's winter break! I am very excited to be involved in more Outright shenanigans and actions. I am currently working on a zine about safe binding to give out to folks who get a binder from us.
The zine has some general tips/facts as well as resources about stretches and sizing guides to make sure folks are binding as safely as possible. I am also starting to organize the Outright library so all of the cool books we have are easily accessible to members. I am really grateful to be let into more Outright space and very excited to be around organizing geniuses like Osgood and Julia.
Sophie Creamer, Organizing Intern (They/Them)
Sasha Saedan, Organizing Intern Winter 2023 (they/them)
Jena (they/them) I have lived in Portland my whole life and been involved in Outright for the past two and a half years. I have been involved in political activism for years before finding Portland Outright. I love building community and family during our weekly dinners and learning how to be a community organizer. My absolute favorite time of year is Pride month and all the events that happen! That is why I am so excited to be more involved with Outright as the programming intern. I love being able to help with events like the Outright prom and Pride March that I attended when I was younger. Outside of Outright I am passionate about knitting and taking care of animals, especially my chickens and cats.
“Real cool guy.” - Julia, 2023
“No really, such a cool guy.” –Osgood, 2023
