Support for Ukraine: LGBTIQ+

This document is an ongoing work in progress / updated as much and as fast as possible.

If you like to add/support:

  • comment and info will be added to sheet asap
  • direct contact: Mail: Kai.hermann.x@gmail.com, IG: @ost.gayze / @_x_kai

Overview/ Quick jump:

Ukraine

→ accommodation platforms for Europe

→ direct support in Lviv

→ BEWARE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT BORDERS

→ Current info for trans*people

→ general information on passing borders

→ LGBTQ+ shelters in Ukraine

→ Fundraisers

→ Organizations

→ LGBTIQ shelters

→ Africans leaving Ukraine

→ BIPOC & LGBTQ accommodation

→ BIPOC and Non-U Support

→ currents facts about the situation in Ukraine (telegram)

→ platforms with jobs for Ukrainian refugees in EU

Germany

→ Fundraisers

→ Organizations

→ registration information

→ support group for trans*people from Ukraine

→ Help for deaf/hard of hearing refugees

→ Free trauma therapy (Berlin)

→ queer-friendly medical centers

→ Counseling support (Berlin)

→ LGBTQ refugee centers

→ queer-friendly rooms/accomodation

→ support for HIV and hormone medication

→ support for trans*people: contact to German Foreign Office

→ Guide to German Bureaucracy

→ Free language courses (German and Ukrainian)

→ German Language Courses

Poland

→ Support for trans*people regarding hormone medication

→ Organizations

→ queer-friendly rooms/accommodation

→ Transport from Poland to Sweden

Hungary

→ Organizations

→ Transportation

→ queer-friendly rooms/accommodation

Latvia

→ Organizations

Lithuania

→ Information on human trafficking

→ Organizations

Moldova

→ Organizations

Slovakia

→ Organizations

→ For queer people coming from Slovak-Ukrainian border

Czech Republic

→ Organizations

Estonia

→ Information for LGBT+ refugees coming to Estonia

→ Organizations

Romania

→ Organizations

→ general information for refugees coming to Romania

Denmark

→ Refugee support groups

Sweden

→ Transport from Poland to Sweden

Canada
→ Organizations

Information for Jewish refugees from Ukraine

Links to other support groups/docs

Russian-version of Doc (in progress):

Помощь_Украине_ ЛГБТИК+

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vf7A6NwyZ3BMhUbQgvxH-FTj9zrNxCBys7jcnvEi9Ag/edit?usp=sharing 

Ukraine

General accommodation platforms for EUROPE:

Telegram Bot to connect LGBTQI+ refugees with supporting groups: https://t.me/lgbtukrainebot 

SAFEBOW (grassroots organization supporting evacuation from Ukraine):

Website: https://safebow.org 

Direct support for LGBTQ+ and allies based in Lviv: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuGqTkqoo5aL9tylknJ4vrZnc4rIyb_oMhktGRwrx8lW9tZw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0myWT66Y-0OycveYM5IiNqRK7GA1oQowWOGKROJM3GtE2mgYAIQXBmZ1E 

Telegram Chat for Shelter in Lviv: https://t.me/shelterlviv 

BEWARE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: reminder for (especially) women crossing borders:

Contact from Poland for human trafficking awareness: +48 664 974 934

Contact from Germany for human trafficking awareness:
Ge-STAC / Sandra Norak
Phone: + 49 80000 116 016
Mobile: +49 152 54194133
Mail: ukraine@ge-stac.com
Web: https://ge-stac.com/help/ 

A lot of people at the borders are offering rides and offering shelter but not everyone is who they say they are. Nothing is 100% foolproof but these things can help:

1) Never give a passport or identity documents to anyone other than a border guard. I recommend carrying it in your bra. Take a picture of it with your phone so if you lose it but still have your phone, you have a copy. Send that copy to friends/family/email to yourself.

2) If you're traveling in taxis/buses/whatever transport, update a family or friend of your location along the way. If something seems suspicious then get out immediately. BEFORE YOU GET IN TAKE A PICTURE OF THE LICENSE AND THE DRIVER'S ID AND SEND IT TO FRIENDS/FAMILY. If any driver doesn't allow this then don't get in.

3) Carry cash somewhere hidden on you, maybe even in multiple places. Assume any bag or luggage with you may have to be left behind at some point. Memorize your credit card/debit card number.

4) Memorize phone numbers for multiple trustworthy people who would wire you money/help you if you really need it and you lose your phone.

5) Develop a code word with your friends and family so that if you are in danger and cannot say that, they know what it means. They should already have the license plate and driver ID of who you are with and current location.

6) If you get to a place to stay and you do not feel safe, then don't stay.

If you are trying to help someone leaving Ukraine, get yourself prepped on how Western Union/Venmo/whatever money transfer service you need to use works before you actually need it. Setting up those accounts take time you don't want to be messing with that when they desperately need $50.

Information on human trafficking from Lithuania (pdf):

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cYTTGvY4KqUB95kCYbWlMYdTqjffzgN-?usp=sharing 

IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING TRANS*WOMEN WITH ‘M’ (MALE GENDER) IN PASSPORT:

For trans people with "male" in their papers, there is currently - officially - no way to leave Ukraine unless they have a medical certificate proving that they are non-eligible for the army (or the so called beliy bilet). However, there have been known cases of people still managing to cross the border. If anyone hears of more such cases, please send the info to Anna Anna.kirey@rfsl.se.

Gender Stream (support for trans*people crossing borders):
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gender_stream/ 

Information for trans*people crossing borders:

  1. try to get to the Polish border, massive trans*violence is reported from the Slovakian border!
  2. Update March 8: all checkpoints are open at night, with less people in the queues and less waiting time.
  3. wear a face-mask (covid-mask), show other identification documents than your passport (like student ID) where female gender is listed (this goes out especially to trans*women)
  4. Direct contact for help at the border:
    Anna (lawyer NGO Insight): +380 (68) 246 88 77 or +380 (68) 246 88 78

Telegram channel with updates on borders: https://t.me/kordon_help 

March 12:

By Анастасия Чернова

Information for transgender, gender-non-compliant and queer people from Ukraine:

Анастасия Чернова can help with the following information:
- how to evacuate to EU countries and obtain refugee status
- where to find hormones in Ukraine and ARV therapy
- where to find psychological support
- Evacuation flights inside Ukraine to border cities

For any questions, please contact Анастасия on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aosoth96 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_aosoth_/ (@_aosoth_)
Telegram: @aosott

Link to Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/aosoth96/posts/1175121549905470 
Post with current info: https://www.facebook.com/aosoth96/posts/1175527643198194 

March 3, 2022:

🏳️‍🌈IMPORANT UPDATE FROM MEETING OF CZ/SK LGBTQIA+ NGOs:🏳️‍🌈

1) 🏳️‍⚧️Trans*parent, Prague Pride and Prizma (Slovakia)🏳️‍⚧️ can together offer: Transport, living spaces (60 beds only in Slovakia, many more in CZ), medical care (currently also have 4 sexuologists), social, psychological and legal help. For queer people in CZ or SK - DM me, will forward you.

2) On the Ukrainian side of the UA/SK border 💎RSFL💎 is doing work to help queer people. But they are extremely busy and have low capacity. Tonight I will have more info of what and who they need. So I might be asking for volunteers later.

3) 🇸🇮SK/UA🇺🇦 border has been successfully crossed so far by only trans* men with f64, we dont know of any trans* women. If you know any trans* people who want to cross there, please, DM me.

4) Reports of trans* women being able to cross the Polish border by "loosing" their passports and passing as cis women without documents are ♥️confirmed 100%♥️. Mask,heavy makeup, "feminine" clothing, hat, etc. They provided border officers with false name of mom, aunt, etc. In Ukraine there is no internet centralized system, so they have no way of checking it. Yet, this is still very dangerous. Please advise any trans* people to go to queer friendly shelters in Ukraine. From there we can make some organised large scale help/transport.

5) We are in contact and communicating with: Vice chairman of 🇪🇺European Parliament Michal Šimečka🇪🇺, members of European Parliament, head of immigration office in Slovakia and other European organisations. Pressuring them to do something. Pride/Trans*parent/Prizma will be present at the big NGO meeting tomorrow.

6) VERY IMPORTANT: Trans*parent/Prague Pride/Prizma and other organisations are planning larger 🚅trans* people transports🚅. I cant disclose more right now and it will take some time to organise (think weeks, rather than days) But please, if you would know of any women trying to flee, who do not have a concrete plan yet, DM ME! We need to shelter them in queer friendly spaces.

X) 📣📣📣We are still very much looking for any queer friendly people, who could provide transport INSIDE Ukraine from cities to queer shelters in Lvov and other cities.📣📣📣

Contact: https://t.me/Max_Vajt 

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Doc with updates on people waiting/ queues at borders: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTmKNAxZn2cPpBqPHnRx9Hc_GPzfi7U92h05hkNuES6pA8l7IcbfdRELMkTBWGcBFoRkUdwlnfX889X/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true 

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General information on passing borders:

FAQ for crossing Ukrainian border: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cn-P1cM3KVGhsAzb11Jy9rT6g7QTDHC0CCgULqsSG2c/mobilebasic 

Update from March 8, 2022:

1) There is a paper you get at the commisariat/voyenkomat, if they deem you unfit for duty (ie. when you show them your f64)

2) You cannot get through the border with just f64. Or you might, but its risky. You need to go to the comisariat first.

3) The document you get for f64 diagnosis issued by the City Army commisariat has 2 possible options on it:

(a) completely exempt from duty

or

(b) partially exempt

The option the doctor chooses is underlined. It has to be (a) for the person to be able to leave the country.

There is the possibility of getting drafted, when you go to the voyenkomat/commisarat. There's conflicting info about it. When you can manage, maybe don't go alone.

There supposed to be LGBTIQ Shelters in Uschhorod, Tscherniwzy or Lwiw. Contact to the shelters via Insight NGO: https://t.me/ngoinsight_bot

Information regarding documents (info from Insight (Lviv and Chernivtsi shelter)

1) They also have the info that nobody is checking people for documents. So they say that the best option is to hide your passport and ID somewhere on the body.

2) If somebody does not feel comfortable with that or is too afraid, they can leave the documents with coordinators in the shelters. Im now waiting for names of the passport guardians in each shelter.

Application for psychological help provided by Cohort NGO/Когорта ГО: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUYS6eEVqozRFSXqcbSwf4CcKvi2mq8T5p0idroDqmYezwMw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2669agv8pRzAqgkGqgkb15ggpDneHtLrbpzNYDt0DNhgp87tHvVC0juRM 

Application for psychological help provided by Trans*Generation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XWyiq0P9Qy3TbdRUDQtIjMg97rXFunA-IUIKMw85khU/viewform?fbclid=IwAR290qzPHdDA26qw-H56mu3SitkPWFe3A5XCDnIQoh8Aw8ullJ2e8lmFJU0&edit_requested=true

Fundraisers:

  • UKRAINE.PRIDE (Community Organization)

Link to Donations: https://www.ukrainepride.org/donate 

Main channel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ukraine.pride/ 

Post on Fundraiser: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXrGxVNKkW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

Donating Information:
PAYPAL 

BASIKANNNDRUH@ICLOUD.COM
+14152799995

MONOBANK

4441 1144 5311 1369

IBAN UA123220010000026205315732562

SOFIIA LAPINA

BTC

BC1QST3W3ADX2HLS7XU6ZTKUUGYPHQHEC56YL9SN87

ETH

0X451CFD3FD63CE31B3B97FF7BCC7F34FF03CB47DC

  • #ArmedInLove: Ukrainian Pride x Taimi App:

https://taimi.com/blog/taimi-ukrainepride-unite-in-fundraising-campaign-armedinlove 

How to donate: https://www.ukrainepride.org/donate 

Post on fundraiser: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cacny6nNnic/ 

Donating information:

https://www.liqpay.ua/en/checkout/card/checkout_1646065924516352_3918290_s8jEDEUv3D9e1DCccvhL 

Telegram Chat/Channel: https://t.me/ngo_insight 

Post on fundraiser with bank account: https://www.facebook.com/spherewa/posts/2986821788246010 

  • Kyiv Pride: ALL OUT Fundraiser for LGBTQ+ in Ukraine:

→ Link for Donations: http://a.allout.org/s/P94e6/ 

      Or donate directly to Kyiv Pride: https://kyivpride.org/en/donate/ 

  • Support for trans*people in Ukraine:

Paypal:

reina_antispe@systemli.org

Title: trans solidarity

Bank account with IBAN on request.

Organizations:

Application for psychological help provided by Cohort NGO/Когорта ГО: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUYS6eEVqozRFSXqcbSwf4CcKvi2mq8T5p0idroDqmYezwMw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2669agv8pRzAqgkGqgkb15ggpDneHtLrbpzNYDt0DNhgp87tHvVC0juRM 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tergo_ukraine/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tergouk/ 
Mail: info@tergo.org.ua 

LGBTIQ shelters:

  • Menspace (support organization for LGBTQ+ refugees):

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/menspace_dp/ 
Formular for accommodation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeH1VuANAqlf5cdSAn40RiiMEUNoZ-CL1G1qXk3KQ9XTv7hA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2AkumPGrTLFF1Yh6nEG0Fhyo0hmu5Eg7sForSsI_Sf1JU2OrpxQkdDxqI 

Africans Leaving Ukraine Support
(not primarily LGBTQIA focused)

Mail: Africansinukraine2@gmail.com

Twitter audio meeting: https://t.co/QRMHIosG3y

Website: https://t.co/QRMHIosG3y

BIPOC & LGBTQ+ ACCOMODATION:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiU0Y3k-6IBCAduwDJte_CbqK6XZ8kqYvvEPTYRQzzRR0Mvg/viewform 

BIPOC and Non-U Support:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19zo8AbuysWrBVN6uD0UYOVt358ZZULIw9A4oYEUxz0c/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR0XBFNCgM9Gp3CIFXFCGZ221AS1m2I4zSjJA5myyt7HgGa8Cw66R05kauw 

Currents facts on the situation in Ukraine (telegram):
A team of Ukrainian translators does 24/7 their best to disseminate true facts and live news about Ukraine.

The main verified source of information about the events in Ukraine Ukraine NOW is in English. Only up-to-date and verified information about events in Ukraine. Please, share the links

Main link:https://lnkd.in/dXNpRzN2 

There are channels in other languages:
Французька: https://lnkd.in/d4s3K_Wj 

German: https://lnkd.in/dwgjgEXb 

Polish: https://lnkd.in/dHViYqH2

Italian: https://lnkd.in/dWpEGYUc 
Spanish: https://lnkd.in/dG4rBCdm

Platforms with jobs for Ukrainian refugees in EU:
https://www.jobaidukraine.com/uk  
https://hireforukraine.org  
https://www.uatalents.com/jobsuche 

Germany

Contact from Germany for human trafficking awareness:
Ge-STAC / Sandra Norak
Phone: + 49 80000 116 016
Mobile: +49 152 54194133
Mail: ukraine@ge-stac.com
Web: https://ge-stac.com/help/ 

Information for people fleeing Ukraine who are not Ukrainians:

https://www.queer-refugees.de/important-information-for-people-fleeing-ukraine-who-are-not-ukrainians/ 

General info on right of residence and social benefits for people from Ukraine: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15jeTqeTzfre1X_I2FRk_WQXfhaenQN-_/view?usp=sharing 

🏳️‍🌈🐻🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 BERLIN: Doc for LGBTQ+ Support 🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🐻🏳️‍🌈

Fundraisers:

  • Munich Kyiv Queer (Non-profit / twin-City support between LGBTQs in Munich & Kyiv):

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/munichkyivqueer/ 

→ Link for Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ConradBreyer 

  • Quarteera: Fundraiser for LGBTQ+ refugees from Ukraine

→ Link for Donations: https://www.facebook.com/donate/3218836088350465/ 

  • ‘Queere Nothilfe Ukraine’:

→ Link for Donations: https://altruja.de/nothilfe-ukraine/danke/fktgzyuhaqwccjqb 

  • Supplies for trans* people in Ukraine:

→ Donation specifics:

Bank account:

F. Müller

IBAN: DE24860555921633191008

BIC: WELADE8LXXX

Betreff: trans solidarity

Paypal:

reina_antispe@systemli.org

Organizations:

Accommodation offers to EOTO ONLY via mail: help@tubman.network
Include:
- phone number
- address
- time frame for accommodation
- how many people you can host
- beds and type
- other important info from your side   

  • WostoQ-Rainbow:
    Group of queer people with post-sovjet background

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WQRegenbogen/ 
Mail: wostoq.regenbogen@gmail.com 

List with nationwide support groups and organizations (in German):

https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=41456 

Registration information for people fleeing from Ukraine:

https://quarteera.de/files/registration_info_ukraine.pdf 

Support Group for trans*refugees in Ukraine (arrange rides, accomodations and other things): https://www.facebook.com/groups/532834168172957/?ref=share 

Help for deaf/ hard of hearing Refugees: https://www.deafrefugees.de 

Free Trauma Therapy (Berlin)

Phone: 030 / 209 69 04 – 0

Mail: transver@charite.de 

→ trauma therapy in Berlin for queer & trans*people. Appointments free from April on
→ FREE: no health insurance needed, no passport needed, no valid residency card needed, translators available

Queer-friendly medical centers:

Queer-Med Deutschland (searching page for queer-friendly doctors): https://queermed-deutschland.de/nach-empfehlungen-suchen/ 

Counseling support (Berlin):

  • Gladt:
    Organization of black and PoC lesbians, gays, bisexuals, Trans*, Inter* and queers in Berlin
    Address: Lützowstraße 28, 10785 Berlin
    Phone: +49 30 5876849300
  • E-Mail: info@gladt.de 
  • LesMigraS
    Anti-discrimination and anti-violence section of the Lesbian Counselling Centre Berlin e.V.
    Address:     Kulmer Str. 20a 10783 Berlin, Germany
    Website:     https://lesmigras.de/de/ 
    Mail:     info@lesmigras.de  
    Phone: +493021915090

BERLIN: OVERVIEW OF LGBTQ+ SERVICE POINTS: https://www.berlin.de/ukraine/ankommen/anlaufstellen-fuer-lsbti-gefluechtete-1183213.php 

LGBTQ refugee centers:

  • LSVD/ Queer Refugees Deutschland:

Website: https://www.lsvd.de/de/ct/4820-Unser-Projekt-Queer-Refugees-Deutschland-kann-weitergehen 

Cologne:

Tel: +49 221 / 92 59 61 0

E-Mail: lsvd@lsvd.de 

  • Queer Refugees.de:

Map with supporting centers in Germany
Website: https://www.queer-refugees.de/5812-2/wpbdp_category/alle-anlaufstellen/ 

  • Queer Refugees Welcome:

Map with supporting centers in Germany

Website: https://www.queerrefugeeswelcome.de/de 

  • Queer Amnesty Germany:

Website: https://www.queeramnesty.de 

Mail: info@queeramnesty.de 

  • Quarteera vermittelt nun auch queer freundliche Unterkünfte(Russian-speaking LGBTQs in Germany)

Website: http://www.quarteera.de 

Mail: help@quarteera.de 
Phone: +49 30 243 566 29

Berlin

  • Schwulenberatung Berlin / Queer Refugees:

Website: https://schwulenberatungberlin.de/queer-refugees-en/ 

Mail: info@schwulenberatungberlin.de 

Location Charlottenburg

Niebuhrstraße 59/60, 10629 Berlin

Telefon: +49 (030) 446 688-111

Location Wilhelmstraße

Wilhelmstraße 115, 10963 Berlin
Telefon: +49 (030) 446 688-115

LGBTQ+ refugee shelter: refugees@sbberlin.info 

Opening hours: Tuesdays & Fridays 2:00-6:00 pm

→ more info at Café Kuchus (also at Wilhelmstraße 115)

Location Hermannplatz

Hermannstraße 256-258, 12049 Berlin

Telefon: +49 (030) 446 688-114

Nürnberg:

Mail: rosa-asyl@gmx.de

Address: Fliederlich e.V., Sandstr. 1, 90443 Nürnberg

Phone: 0049 163 271 33 17

Thüringen:

Telegram Group for Queer Ukrainians and volunteers: https://t.me/QueerUkrainiansThuringia

  • refugio Thüringen

(The Psychosocial Centre for Refugees “REFUGIO Thüringen” helps those who have had to flee their homes because of war, political persecution, violence (e.g. gender specific) or other traumatic experiences.

There is help for Ukrainians in special: ukraine@refugio-thueringen.de 

and for queer refugees in special: protectionagainstviolence@refugio-thueringen.de

Infopage: https://neu.refugio-thueringen.de/

Adresses:

Jena: Lassallestraße 8, 07743 Jena

Erfurt: Schillerstraße 44, 99096 Erfurt, 0361/ 60 26 80 79

Queer-friendly rooms/accommodation (Germany, without Berlin):

If you can host refugee(s) in need of accommodation, please fill out the following form by Quarteera: https://forms.monday.com/forms/3a804d649a50f8f3d31cb63c533f8d16?r=use1 

Thuringia, Saxony or Saxony-Anhalt: 

If you need accomodation or can host please fill the following form from Lambda Mitteldeutschland: https://lambda-mdl.de/blog/sichere-unterkunft/ 

trans*refugees ukraine:
Facebook Group for trans* people in need for accomodation and for hosts: https://www.facebook.com/groups/532834168172957
Supported by dgti e.V. (german association for trans identity and intersexuality)

Support for HIV and hormone medication:

Information, Help, counseling centers, and more for persons with HIV/Aids by the Deutsche Aidshilfe (German Aids Help): https://www.aidshilfe.de/ukraine-hilfen-gefluechtete#medizinische-versorgung

If you happen to have contacts regarding HIV or hormone meds which can be donated to those in need of them, please contact Mine Pleasure Bouvar Wenzel via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mine_pleasure_bouvar/ (@mine_pleasue_bouvar)

Support for trans*people: contact to German Foreign Office:

Jürgen Lenders (Spokesperson for LGBTI / FDP-Bundestagsfraktion)

Tel: +49 (0) 30 227 74312

Mail: juergen.lenders@bundestag.de 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/LendersFDP/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/juergenlenders/

Guide to German Bureaucracy in German & English https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/+nDetn8q3dll6kbRc0gYw7H5nyjHt1gbmgiReP5quJw/ 

Free language courses (German and Ukrainian)
http://www.jicki.de/deutsch-ukrainisch/ 

German Language Courses:

GERMAN CLASSES:
Netzwerk Deutschkusre für alle/ Network German Courses For Everybody: https://www.netzwerk-deutschkurse-fuer-alle.de/german-courses/

Kub Berlin: https://kub-berlin.org/de/angebote/deutschkurse/sprach-tandem/

Overview Integration German Courses in Berlin: https://www.berlin.de/vhs/kurse/deutsch-integration/kurse-fuer-gefluechtete/

Wipa Berlin: German Courses for Refugees: https://www.wipa.berlin/deutschkurse-fuer-gefluechtete-ubinz/

MIQ: https://miq-bildung.de/index.php

Poland

Support for trans*people regarding hormone medication:

IG Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Caj1gYArTO7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

Contact for support:
Justyna Habas
Mail: magistra.pigularka@gmail.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/magistra.pigularka/ 

Organizations:

General information for LGBTQ refugees coming to Poland: https://ukraina.paradarownosci.eu 

  • Fundacja Trans-Fuzja
    (central organization in Poland with focus on trans* people):

https://www.transfuzja.org/kontakt 

Main contact: kontakt@transfuzja.org 

Psychological Support: psycholog@transfuzja.org 

  • Tranzycja.pl (support and information group for trans* people)

Website: https://tranzycja.pl 

Mail: kontakt@tranzycja.pl 

  • Fundacja Ocalenie
    (How-To-Guide for people fleeing their country:

https://ocalenie.org.pl/zalatwto/ewakuacja-z-ukrainy-o-czym-pamietac-uciekajac-przed-wojna 

  • Fundacja Edukacji Społecznej:

support for people living with HIV

Basic information: https://www.fes.edu.pl/about-5-2?fbclid=IwAR13Qxb0D_OFRM376nwhqaLa9ZLGOW0Mz_76arHPMupyYbRHZUot0FWdrI0 

Mail: sekretariat@fes.edu.pl 

Phone: +48 22 646 48 86

If you need or know anyone who needs HIV peer support or help with getting ARV, contact Paweł Świerczek (Polish and English): +48 694085857

  • Fundusz dla odmiany (support with crossing border and accommodation):

Website: https://dlaodmiany.org.pl

Mail: Kontakt@dlaodmiany.org.pl

Phone: +48 505 023 804

  • Lambda Warszawa (support council)

http://lambdawarszawa.org/pomoc/?starttabid=3 

Psychological Support: poradnictwo@lambdawarszawa.org  
Phone (general): +48 22 415 83 38

  • Pozqueer (information on upcoming protests and supporting actions)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pozqueer/?hl=de 

  • General overview LGBTQ organizations in Poland:

https://gayplaces.pl/type/organization/Organizacje-przyjazne%20LGBT,%20gay%20friendly 

Queer-friendly rooms/accommodation

  • Grupa Stonewall:

Registration for room/ offering room:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHWgVtkyzGiX8f-qhTBdwlUB5MqNDt60jO7Rj0wvSMiviiHA/viewform 

Direct contact:

mateusz.sulwinski@grupa-stonewall.pl 

  • Fundusz dla odmiany (support with crossing border and accommodation):

Website: https://dlaodmiany.org.pl

Mail: Kontakt@dlaodmiany.org.pl

Phone: +48 505 023 804

  • KPH (Kampania Przeciw Homofobii):

Registration for room/ offering room:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSennecjpIUrd1YWhq73IwwhaCj-TFZDYkdgWfyIk4u3Lf2O2g/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0 

Mail: info@kph.org.pl 

Transport from Poland to Sweden:

If you have an Ukrainian document, you are allowed to get a free ticket for Polferries.

Write to rezerwacje@polferries.pl and add

  • Picture of your document
  • Full name
  • Birthdate

Date and route: http://polferries.com/ 
You will receive a ticket, in case of any problems call +48 22 230 2222

If you don’t have any documents call Amanda Waliszewska: +46 76 550 97 84

Details on IG Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbh3XqSokgY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

Hungary

Organizations:

Budapest Pride:
Info for LGBTQ refugees coming to Hungary 

https://budapestpride.com/news/info-for-lgbtq-refugees-coming-to-hungary 

Transportation from Hungarian border:
HOMAN TRANSPORT offers free transportation with microbuses from the Hungarian border. Phone, Whatsapp, Viber: +36706200424

Queer-friendly rooms/accommodation:

- Szallas.hu (Hungarian booking.com) offers accommodation for refugees in Hungary, Romania and Poland. Their operators speak English, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian, German, Slovenian and Slovakian.
Phone: +36-30/344-2000 (9:00-18:00)
Email: szallas@szallas.hu 
If you cannot find accommodation, please write to help@budapestpride.hu

Latvia

Latvian Borders are open to Ukrainian refugees. More info: https://ukraine-latvia.com 

Organizations:

  • MOZAIKA (Association of LGBT & their friends)

https://www.instagram.com/mozaikalv/ 
Mail: office@mozaika.lv 

  • Skapis.eu (Space and place for LGBTQIA people, with a focus on youth)

Phone: +3714589575412

Mail: skapis.latvia@gmail.com 

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Skapis 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skapis.eu/ 

Lithuania

Information on human trafficking (pdf):

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cYTTGvY4KqUB95kCYbWlMYdTqjffzgN-?usp=sharing 

Organizations:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/tolerantyouthassociation/ 

Direct contacts:

Artūras Rudomanskis: +370 612 01192 (RU/EN)

Simona Padegimaitė: +370 624 81476 (EN)

Support for:
→ housing in Lithuania (also helping from UK)

→ help with basics orientation in some cities (Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, and some others)

→ initial legal advice

→ Safe space for meetings

→ initiatives for activities for Ukrainian LGBT+ community

Registration for primary emotional and psychological help: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0KnoTIpx-ImjRMqk2Xv1GwlN_s8AzFeZo5dfzmb8oFke5Mg/viewform 

  • Association "Lygiai"

Mail: info@lygiai.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LygiaiAsociacija/ 

→ support for people who suffered from sexual abuse during the war
→ pregnancy tests, medications, psychological help

→ period products and more    

Moldova

Organizations:

  • Centrul GDM (Information centre for LGBTQ+)

Website: www.gdm.md

Mail: info@gdm.md 

Phone: +373 22 288 861

Slovakia

Organizations:

Address: Alžbetina 26 04001 Kosice, Slovakia
Mail: help@pridekosice.sk 

For queer people coming from Slovak-Ukrainian border and going further :

◾ Provide transport by car from the Slovak-Ukrainian border “Vyšné Nemecké – Užhorod” to Košice and its surroundings (if necessary, we can facilitate queer-friendly transport to other parts of Slovakia and other countries)

◾ Connect queer people heading to other countries with other LGBT + organizations that provide support (Prague, Budapest, etc.)

◾ Provide assistance with temporary queer-friendly accommodation in Košice (if necessary - help provide such accommodation elsewhere)

🚩 For queer people who are interested in staying in Slovakia - specifically in Košice and its surroundings, we also offer :

◾ Free psychological counseling

◾ Support on the needs of LGB people

◾ Support on the needs of transgender people

◾ A safe environment for meeting other LGBT + people

🚩 For queer people who do not have Ukrainian citizenship and cannot return to their home countries due to the threat of persecution, we offer support and can provide contacts and connections to the relevant organizations which can assist in the asylum application process.

📧 For requests of help and support, please contact: help@pridekosice.sk

Czech Republic

Organizations:

→ General orientation and consultation for LGBTIQ+ people

→ Transportation to Slovakia and Czechia and assistance at your location

→ Hormones and follow-up medical care for trans*/non-binary people in need

→ Emergency accommodation for trans/queer people in safe housing

Post on support for Ukrainian trans*person: https://www.facebook.com/transparentCZ/posts/2826612867634187 

  • Queer Space Network (Prague based LGBTQ+ organization):
    Helping people to contact the Dave Shelters in West Ukraine and to cross the border. Especially providing logistical support to people who have made the border crossing.

Website: https://www.queerspaces.net/refugee-help 
Instagram: http://instagram.com/queerspacesnetwork 
Mail: contact@queerspaces.net 

Estonia

Information for LGBT+ refugees coming to Estonia:

In English: https://www.lgbt.ee/ukraine-en 

In Ukrainian: https://www.lgbt.ee/ukraine-ua 

Organizations:


- Estonian Refugee Council https://www.pagulasabi.ee/ 

Transport to Estonia:  ukraina@pagulasabi.ee 

Evacuation hotline: +372 56782288

Necessities in Estonia: info@pagulasabi.ee 

Phone number: +372 5665 9118

- Estonian Human Rights Center https://humanrights.ee/en/  

Legal aid: info@humanrights.ee  

Phone: +372 644 5148

- Estonian LGBT Association https://www.lgbt.ee/ukraine-en  

LGBT-specific services, psychological aid, community support

Email: info@lgbt.ee  

Phone: +372 55515817

Romania

Organizations:

  • Asociatia Accept (in support of Ukrainian LGBTQ+ refugees):

City: Bucharest
Website: http://www.acceptromania.ro/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asociatia.accept?fref=ts 

Mail: accept@acceptromania.ro 

Phone: +40 21 252 5620

General information for Ukrainian refugees coming to Romania: https://dopomoha.ro/uk 

Denmark

Refugee support groups:

not primarily LGBTQIA focused, more groups hopefully soon

Facebook group where private people offer their homes to the Ukrainian refugees. It’s in Danish, but perhaps a translation filter can be put over it.
Bevar Ukraine (Preserve/Protect Ukraine): https://www.facebook.com/groups/552964428174386

Facebook Group helping refugees: Sydhavsøerne hjælper Ukraine (The southern islands helps Ukraine): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1193035551433480

Sweden

Transport from Poland to Sweden:

If you have an Ukrainian document, you are allowed to get a free ticket for Polferries.

Write to rezerwacje@polferries.pl and add

  • Picture of your document
  • Full name
  • Birthdate

Date and route: http://polferries.com/ 
You will receive a ticket, in case of any problems call +48 22 230 2222

If you don’t have any documents call Amanda Waliszewska: +46 76 550 97 84

Details on IG Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbh3XqSokgY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

Canada:

General information on refugee citizenship

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2022/03/canada-to-welcome-those-fleeing-the-war-in-ukraine.html

Organizations:

  • Rainbow Refugee Society:

https://www.rainbowrefugee.com/contact

Information for Jewish refugees from Ukraine

Telegram Group: opon request (Telegram

Important information for Jewish refugees from Ukraine!!!

 There is information that the Central Council of Jews negotiated with the federal government that Jews from Ukraine can apply to Germany as "Jewish immigrants"! Normally, this application can only be made in the country of origin and there are certain conditions (integration prognosis, language skills, etc.) that must be met.  Due to the current crisis, these conditions are suspended.

 1. Jews from Ukraine and their direct family members can apply for Jewish immigration in Germany.

 2. Original papers must be presented that prove the Jewish origin (paternal side is also sufficient).

 3. No conditions have to be met in relation to language skills or the like.

 4. After the documents have been checked, you will receive a permanent residence permit, which goes hand in hand with a work permit and entitlement to financial benefits (basic security, health insurance, etc.). You can choose your place of residence within Germany.

 5. An application as an expellee according to Section 24 of the Residence Act (like all expellees from the Ukraine) is harmless for the “Jewish procedure”. This way you get a work permit, health insurance and social benefits etc.

 All formalities are currently being prepared by the Central Council of Jews and the authorities, so that an application can be submitted in the next few weeks! The regulation probably also applies to people who have already submitted an application in Urkaine and are now here!  Where and how the applications are to be submitted will probably be clarified in the next few days!

Links to other support groups/docs:

  • FAQ for crossing Ukrainian border (by Amanda Waliszewska):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cn-P1cM3KVGhsAzb11Jy9rT6g7QTDHC0CCgULqsSG2c/mobilebasic 

  • Africans Leaving Ukraine Support

Mail: Africansinukraine2@gmail.com

Twitter audio meeting: https://t.co/QRMHIosG3y

Website: https://t.co/QRMHIosG3y

  • How to help Ukraine:

https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site