RAINBOW TO REFUGE: SUPPORTING LGBTIQ+ ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLES
Rainbow to Refuge supports LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people in Australia and internationally. Working with community partners and networks in a number of countries, Rainbow to Refuge aims to support LGBTIQ+ people who have been forced to flee their homes, families, communities and countries as a result of state-sanctioned violence, persecution and other threats to their lives and wellbeing.
As with all of Many Coloured Sky’s work, Rainbow to Refuge resources and enables communities and organisations of LGBTIQ+ people living as refugees and asylum seekers to address their own challenges, meet their own needs and achieve their own ambitions for their communities. We do this via capacity building and technical support, advocacy, funding and other material support, promotion, networking, supported referrals and the creation of safe spaces.
In Australia we provide comprehensive and direct support to a large and growing LGBTIQ+ refugee and asylum seeker community in Melbourne, and where possible across the country. In East Africa we resource a growing coalition of LGBTIQ+ refugee organisations and allies who remain anonymous to protect their own safety. We’re also networking and coalition building and developing active partnerships across South East and South Asia to support refugees there.
PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately Many Coloured Sky is not able to help individuals who are living outside Australia, and we cannot assist people to travel to Australia. If you have fled your home and country due to fear of persecution, you can register as a refugee with UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. This link will tell you how to do so depending on the country that you are in - https://help.unhcr.org/faq/how-can-we-help-you/seeking-help-with-unhcr
Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organisation that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide. Based in the United States and Canada, they’re an organisation that helps LGBTQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/request-help