The Genoa branch of Arcigay, the Italian LGBTQI+ association, has its rooms on Via del Lagaccio, a bus ride from the main station. It carries the practical side of queer life in the city: legal advice, a trans desk, a desk for LGBTI migrants, an anti-discrimination centre, sexual health information and a youth group.
It also runs an evening programme that is worth a visitor's time. Queergames is the best known of them, an evening of role-playing and board games that draws new people as much as regulars, and there are drag shows, DJ sets, theatre and book presentations through the year.
Genoa has few gay venues, so the association fills more of the gap here than it would in a larger Italian city. It is also the body behind Liguria Pride.
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