Circolo Pink is the oldest LGBT organisation in Verona. It was founded in 1985 as an Arcigay circle and went its own way in 1997, and it has been at the centre of the city's activism since.
Its longest-running service is a listening line for gay and lesbian callers, which the circle describes as the only one of its kind in the area. It ran information and prevention work through the AIDS years, and free anonymous HIV testing was available at its office as early as 1986. A good deal of its current work is anti-racist and anti-fascist as much as it is LGBT.
Pink Refugees Verona is its migration project, supporting LGBTQI+ migrants and asylum seekers, and it includes a cohousing scheme for people of different sexual orientations. The circle is also one of the three organisations behind Rainbow House Verona.
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