Rainbow House Verona is an anti-discrimination centre for LGBTQIA+ people who have met with discrimination, violence or abuse. It works out of the same Borgo Roma address as the city's LGBT+ centre and is a joint project of three Verona organisations, run alongside the city's equal opportunities office and funded nationally.
The centre is built around a listening desk. Behind it sit psychological support, legal advice on identity documents and on asylum, help getting into the health system, and cultural mediation for people who have arrived recently. Everything is free, confidential and anonymous, and open to adults.
It also runs two small reception houses, six beds between them, for people facing a housing emergency, with a support plan aimed at work and independence rather than only a bed. The intersectional framing is deliberate, and a good part of the caseload is LGBTQIA+ migrants and asylum seekers.
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