Le Refuge Opvanghuis is a Belgian organisation providing safe housing and tailored support to LGBTQIA+ young people facing family breakdown, homelessness, or vulnerability. Supported by a team of social workers and volunteers, it offers a secure and inclusive environment fostering autonomy and stability. The organisation runs two programmes: the Alan Turing House in Brussels for LGBTQIA+ youth aged 18–25, and CADAL, a reception centre for particularly vulnerable adult LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers, operated in coordination with the federal agency FEDASIL.
Learn moreFondation Le Refuge, recognized as a Public Interest Foundation, provides housing and support to LGBTQ+ young people aged 18–25 who have been rejected by their families or face identity-related challenges. With 280 places across France and a network of 500 volunteers, the Foundation operates through dedicated social work teams and volunteers nationwide. Its work is organised through three types of delegations: local delegations offering housing and social support, preventive delegations focusing on awareness and education mainly in rural areas, and regional delegations coordinating local branches and volunteer training.
Learn moreAHORA DÓNDE is a Spanish nonprofit supporting young LGBTIQ+ people rejected by their families. We provide emotional support, listening, and family mediation services. We help secure safe environments, including fostering and guidance toward independence. Our goal is to restore confidence, inclusion, and wellbeing for young people facing discrimination.
Learn moreDialogai, an LGBTIQ+ association that has been active for over 42 years and is recognized as a public utility, prevents violence and discrimination based on emotional and sexual orientation and gender identity, promotes health, offers listening and social support, and organizes community activities. Dialogai has services based in separate premises: Checkpoint Genève, a community health center for LGBTIQ+ people and their partners, and Le Refuge Genève, a drop-in center offering accommodation and socio-educational accompaniement for young LGBTIQ+ people in difficulty and their families and friends.
Learn moreGay Center is the community home for all LGBT+ people, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans individuals. It is a welcoming space that promotes services, initiatives and culture to support the wellbeing and rights of LGBT+ people. Through its activities, Gay Center helps individuals and groups reach their full potential and live openly and safely. Gay Help Line is one of its key services, offering free, confidential support and guidance to those who need to talk or seek information. Among its main projects, Refuge LGBT provides safe accommodation and support for young people who experience rejection, violence or discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Learn moreCasa Qui is a Portuguese non-profit social solidarity organization founded in 2012 to support LGBTQI+ individuals facing discrimination, violence, and social exclusion. The organization provides psychological, social, and educational support, with a particular focus on young people affected by family- or school-based violence related to their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Casa Qui also supports victims of domestic and intimate partner violence, offers guidance to families, and works with public and private institutions through training and awareness-raising activities. Its mission is to promote equal opportunities, mental well-being, and a more inclusive society for LGBTQI+ people.
Learn moreQuore Association is a social promotion organization supporting activities aimed at LGBTQI people. It was founded in 2007 in Torino and carries out its activities in the region and territory of Torino through initiatives, awareness campaigns and long-term projects with the aim of achieving an inclusive society that respects the individual rights of people TO HOUSING is the new social co-housing project in Turin that welcomes LGBTQI people in difficulty and those in conditions of extreme vulnerability. The project was created in response to the housing emergency but also in order to activate social reintegration pathways, starting from a primary and fundamental need such as housing. Young people who have been removed from their families of origin due to sexual orientation or gender identity will be welcomed, as well as homosexual migrants and refugees, LGBTIQ elderly in conditions of loneliness or poverty, transexual and transgender people.
Learn moreSateenkaari-ikkuna ry is an LGBTQ+ organization founded in 2022 that works with LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless. Their mission is to raise awareness of the specific risks of homelessness faced by LGBTQ+ individuals and to support them during periods of homelessness, in their transition out of homelessness, and through preventive measures aimed at reducing the risk of homelessness.
Learn moreOpus Diversidades is a non-profit Private Institution of Social Solidarity (IPSS) and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). Founded in 1997, it works to promote and protect the rights of LGBTQI+ people through concrete actions aimed at combating all forms of discrimination and harassment in the areas of healthcare, employment, family life, and education. The work of Opus Diversidades is directed toward the LGBTQI+ community as a whole and, in particular, toward older LGBTQI+ people, trans and intersex individuals, lesbians, migrants, and asylum seekers.
Learn moreFounded in 2017, The Outside Project is an LGBTIQ+ Community Shelter, Centre and Domestic Abuse Refuge in response to those within the LGBTIQ+ community who feel endangered, who are homeless, ‘hidden’ homeless and feel that they are on the outside of services due to historical and present prejudice in society and in their homes.
Learn moreThe Warsaw House Foundation’s mission is to protect LGBTQ+ youth in Poland from the harms of homelessness and refugeehood, social and economic exclusion, and empower them with tools needed for a safe and independent future.
Learn moreSince its founding in 2001, MGRM has worked on various issues affecting the LGBTIQ community; anti-discrimination, education, inclusion, sexual health, asylum seekers and migrant rights, reproductive rights, gender affirming care, sports, intersections with other identities, hate crime and hate speech amongst many others.
Learn moreDignity Humanitarian NGO (DIGNITY) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1998 in Armenia.The NGO mission is to contribute to the development of an inclusive and equitable society through the protection of human rights, accessible healthcare services, capacity building and social support.
Learn moreSTOP Homophobie is a victim support association recognized as being of general interest since 2013, working actively against discrimination based on SOGIESC, family status, health status—particularly HIV status—and the protection of privacy. It provides immediate legal, social, and psychological support to victims of LGBT+phobia. The association is also one of the first French LGBT+ media outlets, acting as a whistleblower to expose LGBT+phobic violence and discrimination. Drawing on its legal expertise, STOP Homophobie systematically brings legal action to secure convictions against perpetrators of LGBT+phobic and serophobic remarks, violence, and discrimination. Internationally, STOP Homophobie supports several sexual and gender minority (SGM) advocacy organizations, notably in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, helping them strengthen their administrative, digital, and legal capacities. It is also a member of the Egides and ILGA networks. Since January 2025, STOP Homophobie has operated a housing facility that welcomes LGBTQIA+ people facing violence, family breakdown, exile, or precarity. It offers comprehensive support combining psychosocial assistance, access to rights, legal support, and referral to healthcare. Sponsored by artist and activist Allanah Starr, the house welcomed 20 people during its first year of operation.
Learn moreLjubljana Pride Association's mission is to create a non-discriminatory and inclusive society, promoting human rights for LGBTIQ+ individuals regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other personal circumstance. The Association works in 7 thematic programmes: LGBTIQ+ Volunteering, Safe and Inclusive Schools, Transformation of Hate Speech, Inclusive Organizations, Youth programme, Culture and Pride Parade Festival, and SQVOT - programme for minority stress relief. Through its SQVOT programme, the association addresses systemic gaps, as well as direct support to LGBTIQ+ people facing minority stress and social exclusion, with a special emphasis on homelessness and housing exclusion, on asylum seekers and refugees, and on persons who are targets of hate speech and hateful acts.
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