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Local support for LGBT+ people and their families.

Project Promoter: Kultura Równości
Proposal: 1st thematic call
Co-financed from the program: 101 764,29 EUR
Partners: None
Duration time: 1.12.2021-31.03.2023

The project is aimed at LGBT+ people who are in crisis because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In particular we will support people who, as a result of threats or experiences of violence, have been forced to leave their place of residence, and people experiencing discrimination in the workplace. Another group of beneficiaries are the families of LGBT+ people, who are in a state of emotional crisis and are looking for support from specialists. The project is implemented in Lower Silesia and neighbouring provinces. The exclusion of LGBT+ people is a big social problem in Poland. Research conducted in 2015 by the Lambda Warsaw Association and the Campaign Against Homophobia shows that one in three LGBT+ people have experienced hate-motivated violence. Sexual orientation and gender identity other than heterosexual are usually not accepted by family members. More than 70% of LGBT+ youth and young adults think about suicide. The situation has worsened due to the pandemic (and the isolation caused by the pandemic), and also due to the homophobic campaign in 2020 related to the creation of so-called ‘LGBT ideology free zones’. As part of the project, we will run an emergency apartment and provide free psychological support for LGBT+ people. We will create a database of professionals helping LGBT+ people in the region, i.e. recommended psychologists, psychotherapists, sexologists and psychiatrists. We will offer free help to LGBT+ people and their relatives in emotional crisis (stationary and online). In collaboration with the local government of the city of Wroclaw, we will develop changes to the city’s policy on supporting LGBT+ people in difficult life situations and equalising their opportunities. We will conduct an information campaign to raise awareness of the situation of LGBT+ people in the region.