Supporting and Empowering LGBTIQ+ community
Providing support, informing and empowering the LGBTIQ+ community is one of the main LORI goals. We have recognised the importance of working in this field since our foundation and have organised multiple activities, projects and campaigns serving that cause.
Programme consists of two areas:
- Organising social events
- Providing psychosocial support
We regularly organise various social gatherings, aimed to empower and connect the community in a safe and supportive environment: Queer-UP! Party, Queer walks, Queer karaoke, film screenings, educative and creative workshops, etc.
Psychosocial support
The goal is to ensure psychosocial services for LGBTIQ+ persons, to increase their empowerment and to better their mental health. The support includes free legal aid, as well as free and anonymous testing for HIV and syphilis during European Testing Week. Additionally, psychosocial support is aimed towards informing and sensitising professionals about specific aspects of providing services to LGBTIQ+ persons in the field of mental health.
Psychosocial support includes:
- Psychological counselling
- Peer counselling
- Psychological workshops
- List of LGBTIQ+ friendly and informed mental health professionals from entire Croatia
- Education of mental health professionals on specifics of working with LGBTIQ+ persons
- Free legal aid for LGBTIQ+ persons
- European Testing Week
- Publishing literature