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LGBTIQ Helpline
Do you have questions about coming out, meeting other bi men, rainbow families or gay dating in the countryside? Whatever’s on your mind, the LGBTIQ Helpline is the first port of call for all questions about queer life.
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Information for LGBTIQ asylum seekers
> Queeramnesty: Information for refugees outside of Switzerland
Pink Cross does not have the knowledge to support individual asylum cases. Unfortunately we cannot offer personal consultation or financial support.
The following organizations can help with specific questions:
- Amnesty: Praxisleitfaden für geflüchtete LGBTIQ-Menschen.pdf (in German)
- App Sui from the SRK for refugees in Switzerland. It is multilingual, free of charge, and combines self-help with support and information.
- Swiss Refugee Aid: Frequently asked questions about the asylum system in Switzerland and the rights associated with each status.
- Asylex: legal advice to people seeking protection in Switzerland.
- HEKS: Legal advice for asylum seekers
- Counseling network for victims of racism: Counseling centers
- LGBTIQ Helpline for questions about sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersexuality
- TGNS provides information about trans and gender identity as a reason for fleeing.
- ILGA world map with an overview of laws on sexual orientation
- INAYA is a structure supporting refugee women and (gender)queer people.
- QUEERAMNESTY supports LGBT asylum seekers in Switzerland.
LGBTIQ+ spaces for refugees in Switzerland:
- Bern: Safer Space Bern, https://mycheckpoint.ch/de/standorte/bern/angebot/safe-space/
- Fribourg: ARQ Freiburg, https://arq-fribourg.ch/
- Genf: Asile LGBTIQ+, https://asile-lgbt.ch/, info@asile-lgbt.ch, +41 76 663 78 29
- Lausanne: Rainbow Spot, https://rainbowspot.ch/
- Neuchâtel: Safe(r) Space Neuchâtel, saferspaceneuchatel@gmail.com,
- Zürich: Rainbow Lounge, https://www.hiv-aidsseelsorge.ch/agenda/regelmaessige/copy4_of_mittags-treff