RainboWelcome map
The RainboWelcome map shows LGBTIQ+ shelters and places in Europe where good practices have been put in place to better answer LGBTIQ+ refugees’ needs.
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Acathi Barcelona
The Nausica programme provides temporary housing and specialised intervention services for individuals or families (in the case of ACATHI, SOGI) who have applied for or benefited from international protection and who are in a situation of vulnerability and social exclusion.
Aids-Hilfe Schwäbisch Gmünd e. V. – Rainbow Ref
AIDS-Hilfe Schwäbisch Gmünd was founded on 18 July 1995. The team assists with housing searches, visits from the authorities, problems of discrimination and is an emotional support for the refugees. Together they work to enable these people to start a new life in safety.
Athens Housing Collective
The project houses LGBT+ refugees and facilitates connections with other organizations and resources in Athens to help its beneficiaries access food, healthcare, psychosocial support, job training, language training and employment. Housing and community-based project which aims to address the basic needs of LGBTQI+ individuals and provide a holistic range of support services throughout the various stages of social integration + provides housing for up to 1 year, with the aim of facilitating information transfer within a supportive context and enabling its members to gradually integrate into Greek society.
BASILIADE
Created in 1993, BASILIADE is an association resulting from the fight against HIV, whose main mission is to welcome and accompany the most vulnerable people in precarious social and health situations
Café Kuchus
Café Kuchus provides you with a pleasant and safe place to meet other LGBTI refugees, ask the social workers about whatever you need, or just to have some tea and access our WIFI network.
Casa Arcobaleno (Spazio Aperto Servizi)
Social enterprise established in Milan in 1993, with the aim of taking care of people living in situations of fragility, through a network of social, health, welfare, educational and housing services.
Casa Marcella (Consultorio Transgenere / Nelumbo)
A temporary shelter for people who do not identify with their assigned gender at birth and are therefore victims of discrimination and violence.
Casa Refuge LGBT
Refuge LGBT is the first shelter and protection facility in Italy for young people who have suffered discrimination or violence due to their sexual identity.
Cavaria
Cavaria is an umbrella organization, gathering LGBTQI+ organsations in Flandre. Volunteers work for the rights and well-being of LGBTIQ+ people
Centre Lgbtiq+ Cigale
CIGALE is a professional office which offers advice and support to every person having questions regarding sexual orientation, coming-out and gender identity.
DENH
Le DENH est une structure projetée vers l’accès à l’autonomie et l’insertion des personnes LGBT+ réfugiées ou en demande d’asile.
Die Vila Turkis Rosa Vila
Die Vila Turkis Rosa Vila is the queer community centre for lesbian, gay, bi, pan, inter* and trans people in Vienna.
Fondation Le Refuge – Alfortville
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Angers
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Avignon
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Besançon
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Bordeaux
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Grenoble
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Le Havre
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Lille
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Lyon
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Marseille
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Montpellier
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Nice
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Paris
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Perpignan
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Rennes
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Strasbourg
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fondation Le Refuge – Toulouse
Le Refuge is the only organisation in France, recognised as being of public utility, to offer temporary accommodation and social, medical, psychological and legal support to young adults who are victims of homophobia or transphobia and who are experiencing family breakdown.
Fundación Eddy-G
Shelter home in Spain for young people from the LGTBI group who are victims of family violence, bullying or any other form of LGTBfobia.
Genres pluriels
Genres Pluriels is an association working to support, visible, enhance, improve rights and combat discrimination against transgender/fluid genders (transition people, drag kings/drag queens, transvestites, butchs, androgynous, queer,…) and intersex.
HOM’UP
Hom’Up offers young men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 who have been excluded from their families because of their affective and sexual orientation, shelter and psychosocial support.
INSIGHT
Insight is a Ukrainian human rights public organization, which brings together lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people and queers. Our values are equality, feminism, freedom, inclusiveness, diversity for all social groups.
Irish Refugee Coucil
We provide direct support to people at every stage of the international protection process from a variety of backgrounds, each with complex issues and particular needs. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people seeking international protection face a significant gap in the protection and fulfilment of their basic needs, both throughout the international protection decision-making process and in the context of reception conditions.
Kifkif
Kifkif is an association of LGTBI+ migrants and refugees. With 18 years of experience in demanding the rights and freedoms of our people, we have managed to transform the paradigm in the approach to our reality, making us protagonists and leaders of our process without tutelage or paternalism.
La communauté du Christ libérateur
The Community of Liberating Christ is a group of gay Christians who wanted to create a friendly and welcoming space for all those who wish their homosexuality to be a “plus” in their lives.
Lambda Warsawa
Lambda Warszawa has been active in supporting and creating a space necessary to create a positive identity of the LGBTQI+ community in Poland since 1997. Our mission is to offer independent, professional and expert support in crisis.
Le CHEFF (Fédération des jeunes LGBTQIA+)
The mission of the CHEFF is to enable LGBTQIA youth to meet, express themselves, learn and interact on the topics that affect them, through activities that are sometimes recurrent, sometimes ad hoc.
Le Refuge Bruxelles – Het opvanghuis Brussels
The Refuge Bruxelles-Het opvanghuis Brussels is a shelter and support structure for young LGBTIQ+ in a situation of family exclusion due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. We also welcome and accompany young LGBTIQ+ applicants for international protection who are suffering in Fedasil or Red Cross collective centers or in a situation of homelessness.
Lgbt Asylum
LGBT Asylium is a group of LGBT+ asylum seekers, refugees, Danish citizens and people residing in Denmark. LGBT Asylum works for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Danish asylum system and for the rights of LGBT+ refugees in Denmark.
LGBT Asylum Support
LGBT Asylum Support is a NO-Government Organization. We support asylum seekers who are just in the Netherlands. We are a link between LGBT- men and -women and other Dutch organizations seeking to help asylum seekers. We work mainly in the North of the Netherlands.
Maison arc en ciel
Arc-en-Ciel Houses (MAEC) are places of welcome, support and activities for homosexuals, bisexuals and trans-communities (LGBT – Lesbians, Gays, Bi, Trans) as well as for their families and loved ones.
MERHABA
Merhaba (“Welcome” in Arabic and Turkish) is a movement created by LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex) people and/or those questioning their sexual orientation and/or gender identity as a result of immigration.
MGRM
MGRM was established in 2001 by a small group of volunteers determined to make a difference. They committed themselves to setting up a helpline and to starting to raise awareness and fight against the stigmatisation of the LGBTIQ community.
Plateforme citoyenne pour les réfugiés
Informal network of volunteering citizens (with a staff team growing) providing for first line services for refugees in Belgium (located in Brussels)
Pour la solidarité – PLS
POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ-PLS is an independent European think & do tank committed to promote solidarity and sustainability in Europe.
Rainbow House
Rainbowhouse Brussels shelter to different French and Dutch LGBTQI associations (Lesbians, Gay, Bisexuals, Transgender, Queer, Intersexes) from the Brussels region.
Refuge Genève
The Geneva Refuge is a springboard to autonomy and self-affirmation. It is open to those whose sexual orientation or gender identity, whether real or in question, creates difficulties at school, in society or within the family. The Refuge Geneva is also open to those around them and to professionals in the field.
RFSL
RFSL, the National Association for Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Rights, is a swedish non-profit organisation founded in 1950. RFSL’s goal is that the same rights, opportunities and obligations apply to LGBTQI people as to everyone else in society.
Schwulenberatung Berlin
The new LGBTQ-only shelter run by Schwulenberatung Berlin will house 120 asylum seekers in 29 one-to-four-bedroom apartments. Some flats will have their own kitchens, but the building will also have a cafeteria where refugees who aren’t yet receiving welfare payments can get meals. The building will be gated and will have round-the-clock in-person gay- and trans-friendly security protection. Schwulenberatung Berlin will also provide assistance so that the LGBTQ refugees in its care will be able to find housing in the private sector as soon as possible
STREHA
“STREHA” shelter is the first residential center in Albania that helps the LGBTI community in emergencies in terms of housing. This is a joint project of the organizations: “Alliance Against LGBT Discrimination” and “ProLGBT” (United Pro Cause LGBT).
Tels Quels
Tels Quels is a pluralistic association that focuses on gay information and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people through continuing education, through collective actions to welcome and meet, through an individual approach to the problems of homosexuality, comprehensive social action for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
To Housing (Quore / Babel)
TO HOUSING is the new social co-housing in Turin that welcomes LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people in condition of extreme vulnerability
Villa Carrà (Oikos)
A space where to find shelter and welcome but also where it’s possible to rebuild and restart life independently
Voice of Heart fondation / Głos Serca
Krakow has become the first city in Poland to finance an LGBT support shelter. The shelter has been run by a charitable foundation, “Glos Serca” (“The Voice of the Heart”) since 2016, but has been struggling financially. The organisation offers temporary accommodation and psychological counselling for up to 12 homeless LGBT people at the facility.
Why me
The objective of “Why Me” is to bringing together LGBTI activists residing in Europe. In order to be able to study together new strategies to implement our activities in the host countries that have offered us asylum.
