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RFSL, the National Association for Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Rights, is a 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. RFSL has a supportive reception, education and certification activity, the Newcomers Activity (a support group and meeting place for newcomers to Sweden) and a unit that works specifically with HIV and health. RFSL’s international work is also extensive and we collaborate with LGBTQI organisations, for example in South Africa and Indonesia.

Stockholm, Sweden

www.rfsl.se

English, Swedish

forbund@rfsl.se

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CASA+ (Croce Rossa Italiana)

A temporary and protection shelter for LGBT youth
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Cavaria

Cavaria is an umbrella organization, gathering LGBTQI+ organsations in Flandre. Volunteers work for the rights and well-being of LGBTIQ+ people 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fliederlich

Shelter especially devoted to the reception of LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The #RainboWelcome project is co-financed by the REC programme of the European Union, and will be implemented from September 2020 to August 2022. 

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Rainbow Welcome! visual universe

Rainbow Welcome! visual identity has been developed by Alison Roger France, in collaboration with PLS and all the partners. 

She studied the complexity of sexuality, sexual orientations, genders, gender expressions, identities, sexual characteristics, fluidity between the various spectrums, etc. She also adopted a reflective creation process including refugees’ journey in life and on earth to finally come with those organic forms whose nasting, movements and textures aim at illustrating the multiplicity and complexity of each and all individuals. Of course, the colours of the LGBTIQ+ flag have been used. The whole is wanted to be dynamic, intriguing and … positive. Our message is the one of reception and inclusion, as stated in our motto “Rainbow refugees, WELCOME!”.