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About Rainbow Foundation

The purpose of the Rainbow Foundation is to work with funding to support qualified organizations and projects in countries where rainbow people are discriminated against, persecuted and killed. The Rainbow Foundation also works with impact projects in collaboration with other organizations.

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IraQueer provides LGBTQI training to key individuals in Iraq

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focusArea Advocacy work

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IraQueer is the first organization in Iraq working for LGBTQI rights. They educate, carry out advocacy work and offer direct support, such as safe accommodation. A major threat to LGBTQI people in Iraq is discrimination and harassment from government officials and other social functions. The Rainbow Fund has granted support to IraQueer to train government officials, religious leaders and representatives from civil society in LGBTQI rights.

Amir Ashour, founder of IraQueer says: "The Rainbow Foundation's support is crucial to the work we do. In recent years, the Iraqi and Kurdish regimes have tried to criminalize being LGBTQ several times. It shows how much resistance the community faces and how important it is to make visible and raise awareness of LGBTQ rights .The Rainbow Foundation's support allows us to educate government officials, religious leaders, and others who usually lead the fight against us.With this support, we can gain allies who will slowly help us make LGBTQ rights mainstream, and not something that only LGBTQ people themselves care about."

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Protection for LGBTQI people in Russia

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locationRussia

launchYear2017

focusAreaSupport and protection

Driven byMoscow Community Center

With the help of the Rainbow Foundation, MCC (Moscow Community Center) opened a sheltered accommodation for LGBTQI people in 2017. MCC receives continued support in 2022 and 2023 to run and develop its operations. In the first years, the shelter mainly took in people who fled for their lives from Chechnya due to the increased repression against LGBTQI people in Chechnya. The situation in Chechnya received a lot of international attention. In the sheltered accommodation, LGBTQI people have been given a safe space to recover, get support, find work and start their lives again.

Emergency aid to Uganda

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locationUganda

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focusAreaEmergency aid

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In the spring of 2023, Uganda passed a law that means life imprisonment for homosexuality and in some cases you are sentenced to death. Those who help homosexuals, for example renting out a home, are punished with 10 years in prison. The new law also means that children can be sentenced to up to three years in prison for homosexual behavior. The Rainbow Foundation started a fundraiser and managed to collect 700,000 kroner in a few days. The money is used to provide sheltered accommodation when activists are threatened, harassed or evicted and we provide funds for psychosocial support. The Rainbow Foundation's support also contributes to the legal work to invalidate the law.

IraQueer provides LGBTQI training to key individuals in Iraq

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locationIraq

launchYear

focusAreaAdvocacy work

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IraQueer is the first organization in Iraq working for LGBTQI rights. They educate, carry out advocacy work and offer direct support, such as safe accommodation. A major threat to LGBTQI people in Iraq is discrimination and harassment from government officials and other social functions. The Rainbow Fund has granted support to IraQueer to train government officials, religious leaders and representatives from civil society in LGBTQI rights.

Amir Ashour, founder of IraQueer says: "The Rainbow Foundation's support is crucial to the work we do. In recent years, the Iraqi and Kurdish regimes have tried to criminalize being LGBTQ several times. It shows how much resistance the community faces and how important it is to make visible and raise awareness of LGBTQ rights .The Rainbow Foundation's support allows us to educate government officials, religious leaders, and others who usually lead the fight against us.With this support, we can gain allies who will slowly help us make LGBTQ rights mainstream, and not something that only LGBTQ people themselves care about."

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"Time and time again, we've thought we've hit rock bottom, but then something new happens and we realize it could get even worse."

Why was the Moscow Community Center started? When we opened the Moscow Community Center, we believed that we would work together with the community, provide psychological and legal support, organize events and carry out advocacy work. Since 2017, we have done all that, but also saved many lives, as big as that sounds. What does the situation look like for LGBTQI people in Russia right now? The situation in Russia is getting worse and worse at rapid speed since 2012. Time and again we have thought that we have reached the bottom, but then something new happens and we realize that it can get even worse. When Russia attacked Ukraine, everyone was in shock and many rushed to leave Russia. The community became fearful because they understood that the persecution of LGBTQI people would worsen and that militarization would lead to more violence and greater impunity for crimes against LGBTQI people. Many from the community began looking for opportunities to flee the country or hide in larger cities where homophobia is not as widespread as in smaller towns. Today, there is only one safe house for LGBTQI people in Russia, the Moscow Community Center, which opened in 2017 with support from the Rainbow Foundation. The center is an indication of what the situation looks like for LGBTQI people in Russia. In the many messages we receive from the community, it is clear how the situation looks like in Russia in general and for the LGBTQI community in particular. Since Russia's invasion, we have been overwhelmed with requests from people who need somewhere to stay in Moscow while they apply for visas or escape by other means. The persecution of activists who have spoken out negatively about the war and government policies has also intensified. Therefore, we have started an open program that accepts activists who are persecuted by the political regime, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Police make home visits warning activists that they will face problems if they participate in demonstrations and many have been forced to leave their homes and find safer alternatives. After Russia started taking Ukrainian cities, many people fled the occupied territories, and Moscow is the main hub before traveling to other countries. Ukrainians fleeing have often left everything they own, have no money to pay rent and are afraid to check into hotels. The Moscow Community Center has also received them. Recently, the situation has worsened and migration has increased. Men who risked being drafted into the war quickly fled. In countries like Kazakhstan and Armenia, you can enter without an international passport, and many Russians have made their way to the cities near the border. LGBTQI people are particularly affected because they have to choose between the risk of being drafted into the war or fleeing to neighboring countries that are even more homophobic than Russia. Transgender people who have not had time to change their legal documents have started coming to Moscow to get the certificates needed to change their papers. They are also supported by the Moscow Community Center. What has the support from the Rainbow Foundation meant for your work? The Rainbow Foundation is not only a partner of ours, it is the first organization that supported the Moscow Community Center and an organization that provided crucial help in a very difficult time for the LGBTQI community. When the regime in Chechnya murdered homosexuals, the Rainbow Foundation quickly collected money and we were able to open the center and were able to smuggle out many who were in danger. That the center still exists today is thanks to the support from the Rainbow Foundation.

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Profitability

According to research, companies that actively work with LGBTQI are more profitable than others.

Trademark

Strengthen your brand internally and externally with a genuine LGBTQI commitment.

Sustainability and CSR

Join us and contribute to a fairer world.

Inclusion

Take advantage of the Rainbow Foundation's unique knowledge about LGBTQI in your diversity and inclusion work.

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What does LGBTQI mean?
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LGBTQI is an umbrella term for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer expressions and identities, and intersex people.

How was the Rainbow Foundation founded?
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The Rainbow Foundation was founded in 2013 by Arto Winter, Jonas Gardell and Jon Voss in connection with a collection to oppose the death penalty law in Uganda.

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The Rainbow Foundation's work is made possible thanks to gifts and contributions from private individuals, companies and foundations.

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