GENDERDOC-M is an LGBT+ organisation with a centre in Chișinău. It was registered in May 1998 and describes itself as the first organisation in Moldova to work on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. It organises the Moldova Pride festival and the solidarity march through the city.
Its centre on Strada Valeriu Cupcea is where the services sit. Legal support and psychological counselling are free and confidential, and the counselling is open to relatives as well as to LGBT+ people themselves. HIV testing is rapid, free and confidential, with counselling before and after the test. There are support groups too, among them one for older gay and bisexual men.
For a visitor this is an address worth knowing rather than a night out. It is where anyone who runs into trouble in Moldova can turn.
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