About LGBTQ+ Roma:

 

We are the only non-profit organization in Europe dedicated to Roma members of the LGBTQ+ minority and the issue of their multiple discrimination. Not only does the majority society often discriminate against members of this minority because of their ethnicity or sexual orientation, but Roma society also discriminates against them because Roma society is usually very traditionally oriented and usually perceives queer identity as something unacceptable. An entire Roma community or family can go so far as to excommunicate an LGBTQ+ person, who then ends up alone and homeless, without family and friends.

 

What we do:

 

We are responding to the critical situation of the Roma LGBTQ+ minority who, as objects of various forms of disadvantage and multiple discrimination, are being excluded from inclusive and integration policies and measures. The peripheral position of this community deepens their vulnerability and reinforces the risk of hate speech, stigmatisation, homophobia and general social non-acceptance.

 

Concealing their different sexual orientation and gender identity is the only salvation from social isolation or excommunication. It is therefore necessary to step up efforts to remove the barriers that are publicly known and to strengthen intervention in the area of advocacy and the application of their rights at national and European level.

 

 

Ara Art has created an interactive map where you can seek help. You can click on the map or search for a specific organisation to find the contacts closest to your area. All organisations in Europe work with LGBTQ+ people of Roma origin - https://www.araart.cz/cs/roma-lgbt

 

If you are a non-profit organisation (NGO) in Europe working with LGBTQ+ people of Roma origin and you are not on the map or know of an NGO, please contact us.

 
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