Support Groups
UKLGIG GROUPS
OTHER SUPPORT GROUPS
Stop Hate UK
A charity providing independent and confidential reporting
services for people affected by Hate Crime including those motivated
by hostility towards your disability; race, ethnicity or
nationality; religion, faith or belief; sexual orientation or gender
identity.
You can report 24 hours a day by phone 0800 138 1625, SMS 07717
989 025, or on the website
www.stophateuk.org The services cover several areas of the
UK including some London Boroughs. The full list can be found on the
website.
Art Angel
Art Angel have set up and funded a UKLGIG women's group using art
and performance. Through seven meetings and workshops the group,
consisting of 15 UKLGIG participants, is lead by artist Oreet Ashery
to facilitate therapeutic art and performance storytelling
activities.
The space allows women to express themselves freely around issues of
immigration, flight, gender, sexuality, religion and politics. The
women will develop characters, real or imagined, humorous, or alter
egos for photo shooting. The end result will be an exhibition
sponsored by Art Angel entitled 'Every alter ego has a different
memory.'
Lesbian Community Project
49-51 Sidney Street, Manchester M1 7HB
www.lesbiancommunityproject.co.uk
Kerry Maskell, Project Co-ordinator
mail@lesbiancommunityproject.co.uk
Tel: 0161 273 7128
The Lesbian Community Project aims to address the imbalance in society
that causes lesbians and bisexual women to suffer prejudice and inequality.
Homophobia coupled with sexism is experienced by lesbians and bisexual
women in various ways, including discrimination, isolation, harassment and
low self-esteem.
LCP aims to tackle this through provision of a range of services which:
- Break down isolation of individual lesbians and bisexual women
- Address and serve the specific needs of this group
- Work with mainstream services to be more lesbian-aware and
lesbian-friendly
- provide specific and relevant services for those who are
particularly isolated, including those with children, from black and
ethnic minority communities, with disabilities and bisexual women
Groups: Lesbian Immigration Support Group (a support group working
in partnership with the LCP), 35+ Group, Drop In Group, Discussion Group,
Reading Group, Married Women’s Group, Mental Health Awareness Project,
L.I.L.A.C (Lesbians Inspiring Life After Cancer), Disabled Lesbians Group,
Basic Literacy Classes, Beginner’s Computer Classes.
Refugee Women's Resource Project, Asylum Aid
Club Union House,
253-254 Upper Street,
London N1 1RY
Tel: 020 7354 9631 Fax: 020 7354 5620
Debora Singer, Coordinator
Women seeking asylum face many discriminatory barriers throughout the
process. The new Charter of rights of women seeking asylum seeks to create a
gender-sensitive culture within the UK Border Agency, promoting a holistic
approach to the treatment of women asylum seekers. It does this by covering all
aspects of the end-to-end asylum process: the asylum determination system,
accommodation, welfare, detention and removal. In providing a framework of
principles on the treatment of women asylum seekers it promotes strategic
thinking and encourages the UK Border Agency to close the gap between policy and
operational implementation of standards.
The advice line is open on Mondays 2.00 pm – 4:30pm and Thursdays 10.00 am
–12:30pm.
If you wish to refer a case to Asylum Aid, please read our referral
procedure on our website.
Somali Gay Community
http://www.somaligaycommunity.org
info@somaligaycommunity.org
Somali Gay Community was established in 2005 by a small group of Somalian
guys who, apart from sharing the same culture and background, acknowledge
the fact that we are homosexuals living in the UK.
The aim of starting this group is to create a space and medium for Somalian
gay and lesbians to access information, share experiences and develop
support networks. This group’s main focus is for those living in the UK.
Main objectives are:
- To provide and share information regarding homosexuality in general
and more specifically in relation to Somalian culture and religion.
- To create an accepting support network within the Somalian gay
community.
- To provide a space for Somalian gay men & lesbians to meet, share
experiences and socialise.
- Initiate an honest and open discussion about homosexuality within
the Somali community.
- Promote positive images of Somalian gay men and lesbians in Somali
communities.
- To liaise with agencies that can provide professional help and
support for gays & lesbians living in the UK.
Kairos in Soho
Unit 10-11 Archer Street, London W1D 7AZ
http://www.kairosinsoho.org.uk/about.asp
Jane Standing Chief Executive Officer
jane.standing@kairosinsoho.org.uk
Tel: 020 7437 6063
Kairos in Soho's mission is to provide space and opportunity with and for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and friends to gain support,
grow, and affect wider social and strategic change.
KiS aims to achieve this through four strands of work which are:
- To provide a range of services and activities that promote and
support the health and well-being of LGBT people and provide
opportunities to develop as a community
- To establish a Social Action Centre for LGBT people, families and
friends
- To bring about wider social reform in relation to LGBT equality,
working in partnership with the LGBT community, LGBT organisations and
others
Regular Kairos in Soho activities take place in:
The Meeting Room, 9 Archer Street, Soho, London W1D 7AX
Iraqi LGBT
http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com/
Ali Hili iraqilgbt@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 07981 9594 53
Iraqi LGBT is an underground network of LGBT activists established inside
Iraq.
Iraqi LGBT is coordinated by Ali Hili from the safety of London UK.
All the group’s members in London are Iraqi refugees seeking asylum.
Gay in the UK
23-37 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HW
Call Mateo Allen on 07952 459160 for more details
or e-mail
lgbtisocial@yahoo.co.uk
Social Group for LGBT Asylum Seekers and Refugees. Meets on the
first Tuesday of every month at 6 - 9 pm at Refugee Action (address
above).
Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement (LGCM)
Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London E2 6HG
www.lgcm.org.uk
Richard Kirker, Chief Executive
lgcm@lgcm.org.uk
Tel & Fax: 020 7739 1249
Christian Homophobia HOTLINE 020 7613 1095
Aims of LGCM
- To encourage fellowship, friendship, and support among individual
lesbian and gay Christians through prayer, study and action, wherever
possible in local groups, and especially to support those lesbian and
gay Christians subjected to discrimination.
- To help the whole Church re-examine its understanding of human
sexuality, and to work for a positive acceptance of lesbian and gay
relationships within the framework outlined in the Statement of
Conviction below, so that all homosexuals may be able to live without
fear of rejection or recrimination, and that lesbian and gay Christians
may be able to contribute fully to the life and ministry of the Church.
- To encourage members to witness to their Christian faith and
experience within the lesbian and gay community, and to witness to their
convictions about human sexuality within the Church.
- To maintain and strengthen links with other lesbian and gay Christian
groups, both in Britain and elsewhere.
Statement of Conviction
It is the conviction of members of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement
that human sexuality in all its richness is a gift of God, gladly to be
accepted, enjoyed and honoured as a way of both expressing and growing in
love, in accordance with the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. Therefore it
is their conviction that it is entirely compatible with the Christian faith
not only to love another person of the same sex but also to express that
love fully in a personal sexual relationship.
Love Exiles Foundation
Supports GLBT couples who
have chosen or are considering exile in order to be together.
The Foundation was set up by Americans
who have had to immigrate to Europe to be with their same sex partners,
due to the US not recognizing same sex immigration. "We aim to be a
social and support group and to see if there are ways we can help to
push for the passing of the Permanent Partners Immigration Act in the
US".
Europe -
www.loveexiles.org
Martha McDevitt-Pugh, Founder and Chair, Love Exiles
Foundation
UK -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/loveexilesUK/
Thomas Ferrell 01895 847731 thomas.ferrell@blueyonder.co.uk
Tim Heymans 020 7833 1739 heymans69@hotmail.com
"We intend to have a pot luck every other month or so. A
way for us to know that we're not alone, to help get to know one
another, share stories, brainstorm, or just offer support."
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