Pirkanmaan SETA - Sinuiksi ry is the rainbow organisation for Tampere and the surrounding Pirkanmaa region, and it describes itself as the oldest of its kind in Finland. The office is on the third floor of the Maa- ja metsätalo building, at the southern end of Näsilinnankatu by Eteläpuisto.
Most of what happens in the rooms is group work. There are peer support groups, counselling and therapy appointments, and regular meetings such as Mummolaakso, which is for adult lesbian and bi women. The association also runs the nationwide Sinuiksi advice service, which answers questions about gender and sexuality by phone and online rather than in person.
Outside the office it organises Manse Pride, the city's Pride week, and the Leimarit club nights, which have been held in Tampere since the late 1980s. It owned Nightclub Mixei until 2004, when the club passed into private hands.
The main door is on the Näsilinnankatu side, numbered 48 E above the entrance, with a doorbell to the left for when the street door is locked. A step-free way in leads from the courtyard on the Pyhäjärvenkatu side, where a lift reaches the third floor.
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