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SUPPORT FOR TRANS ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEESForms of Support

Name of group Country – City Website Email Phone number legal psychological health housing community

TransX Austria – Vienna www.transx.at transx@transgender.at 0043 680 241 4748 x x

Queer Base Austria – Vienna www.queerbase.at/ 0043 6646 5941 71 x x

Genres Pluriels Belgium – Brussels www.genrespluriels.be/ contact@genrespluriels.be 0032 (0) 487 63 23 43 x x x x

Merhaba Belgium – Brussels www.merhaba.be info@merhaba.be 0032 (0)487 55 69 38 x x x x

Together Finland – Helsinki www.heseta.fi/together aaro@heseta.fi 0035 845 121 0026 x

Acceptess-T France – Paris www.accepptess-t.fr veryniceaum@gmail.com, giovanar91@hotmail.com 0033 142292367 x x x

Ardhis France – Paris www.ardhis.org/WP3/ contact@ardhis.org 0033 619 6403 91 x

Kuchus - Berlin Day Center for LGBTI refugees Germany – Berlin www.schwulenberatungberlin.de/startseite refugees@schwulenberatungberlin.de; refugees@sbberlin.info 0049 30 44 66 88 0 x x

Quarteera Germany – Berlin www.quarteera.de asyl@quarteera.de - x x x

Rainbow*Refugees Munich LGBTIQ+ supporters Germany – Munich www.rainbowrefugeesmunich.de info@rainbowrefugeesmunich.de 0049 163 8433040 x x x

Greek Transgender Support Association Greece – Athens www.transgender-association.gr/ transgender.support.association@gmail.com 0030 6944820441 x x x

Transvanilla Transgender Association Hungary – Budapest www.transvanilla.hu szervezet@transvanilla.hu - x x

Háttér Society Hungary – Budapest www.en.hatter.hu psychological support: jogsegely@hatter.hu, legal support: lelkisegely@hatter.hu 0036 1 6333 454 x x

Intersex & Transgender Luxembourg Luxembourg - tgluxembourg@gmail.com 00352 691 14 10 72 x x x x x

Malta LGBTIQ Rights Movement (MGRM) - Rainbow Support Service Malta – Mosta www.maltagayrights.org and twitter.com/

MGRM_Malta mgrm@maltagayrights.org 00356 9925 5559 x x

Cocktail (COC Netherlands)Netherlands – Almere, Amsterdam, Deventer, Eindhoven, Groningen & Drenthe, Leiden, Maastricht, Arnhem, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Tilburg – Breda, Zwolle

www.cocktailonline.nl/social/, www.cocktailonline.nl/social/buddy-projects/ info@cocamsterdam.nl (for other cities see website) 0031 206263087 x

Uganda Gay on Move (UGOM) Netherlands – Amsterdam www.ugandagayonmove.nl/ ugandagayonmove@gmail.com 0031 687717530; 0031 685836397 x x x x x

Queer World (Skeiv Verden) Norway – Oslo www.skeivverden.no post@skeivverden.no 0047 95093293 x x x x

GRIT - Grupo de Reflexão e Intervenção em Transexualidade (ILGA Portugal) Portugal – Lisbon www.ilga-portugal.pt grit@ilga-portugal.pt; ilga@ilga-portugal.pt 00351 218873918; 00351 929367005 x x x x

Lambda Valencia Spain – Valencia www.lambdavalencia.org/es/ info@lambdavalencia.org 0034 96 334 21 91 x x x x

Fundación Daniela Spain – Madrid www.fundaciondaniela.org info@fundaciondaniela.org 0034 645819009 x

EnTrans Sweden – Stockholm www.ingenillegal.org/imai-stockholm (look for LGBTQI Group) lgbtqistockholm@ingenillegal.org 0046 736120738 x x x x

RFSL NewcomersSweden – Borås, Dalarna, Göteborg, Halland, Kronoberg, Linköping, Luleå/Boden, Malmö, Örebro, Östersund, Piteå, Skellefteå, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Umeå.

www.rfsl.se/verksamhet/asyl/ newcomers@rfsl.se (for other cities see website) 0046 (0)73-509 17 27 x x x x

Transgender Network Switzerland Switzerland – Zurich www.tgns.ch legal@tgns.ch - x

Groupe Trans 360 (Association 360) Switzerland – Geneva www.association360.ch/trans trans@360.chGroupe Trans 360 : 0041 22 732 03 60 (Tuesday and Wednesday, 3pm - 7pm) Association 360 : 0041 22 741 00 70 (Monday to Friday, 10am - 7pm)

x x x x x

SPoD Tea and Talk Refugee Group Turkey – Istanbul - - 00 90 212 292 4802 x x

UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG) United Kingdom – London www.uklgig.org.uk/ admin@uklgig.org.uk 0044 (0) 20 7922 7811 x x

ORAM - Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration Global www.oramrefugee.org info@oraminternational.org x

KEY RESOURCES

Resources on community support• ‘Rainbow Bridges’ is a booklet about how communities can better support

LGBTI refugees. http://bit.ly/2bFp1uy (ORAM)• The Irish BeLonG To collected important principles for working with

LGBT asylum seekers and refugees. http://bit.ly/2bRoTeM (BeLonG To)• ‘Inclusivity’ is a guide for LGBTQ and trans communities to improve their

work with Black, Asian and minority ethnic trans people. (Sabah Choudrey & GIRES) http://bit.ly/1XrRIxg

• This is an intersectionality toolkit for LGBTQI young people’s organizations on including many different groups in their work, such as people with disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, or women. http://bit.ly/2bJCtwY (IGLYO)

• ‘Safety’ and ‘Solidarity’ are practical tools for communities supporting LGBTI asylum seekers and for those seeking to build links with other organizations and communities involved in trans asylum work http://bit.ly/2bBgmw9 and http://bit.ly/2caSOg2 (Equality Network)

Resources on legal standards• TGEU has two booklets about trans rights in the European Union,

which have sections on the rights of trans asylum seekers and refugees. This is the shorter version: http://bit.ly/2cFzyZt. This is the longer version: http://bit.ly/2bQdbyr. (TGEU)

• The UN refugee agency’s (UNHCR) guidelines explain how governments need to treat LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees. You can use this resource in your advocacy work. http://www.unhcr.org/50ae466f9.pdf (UNHCR)

• This is a detailed report about LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees worldwide. • http://www.refworld.org/docid/566140454.html (UNHCR)• This legal guide on sexual orientation and gender identity based refugee claims

is a useful resource if you want to support a trans asylum seeker’s case as lawyers or activists. http://bit.ly/2bAbUjU (International Commission of Jurists)

• The CREDO manual is about how authorities can make sure that an asylum claim is credible. There is a chapter about LGBTI asylum cases. If someone you know is treated badly in their asylum procedure, this is a useful resource for you to intervene. http://bit.ly/2bB8I1B (CREDO project)

• ‘Sanctuary’ is a brief guide you can use if you are advising trans asylum seekers about asylum applications. http://bit.ly/2bAh5R9 ( Equality Network)

• This factsheet explains rules about asylum cases that all EU governments must respect. http://bit.ly/162mAiW (European Commission)

• These are recommendations by the Council of Europe about how European countries should treat LGBTI people. One section is about asylum seekers and refugees. http://bit.ly/2bUfBhD (Council of Europe)

• This guidebook is for lawyers who are helping LGBTQI asylum seekers get refugee status. It will soon be published here: http://bit.ly/2cPWSCP. (Council of Europe, UNHCR)

For more information about how you can find these groups and how they can support you, go to tgeu.org/asylum

This publication has been produced with financial support from the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Transgender Europe, and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission.