COC Rotterdam is the regional branch of COC Nederland, the Dutch LGBTI organisation founded in 1946 and the oldest of its kind still operating anywhere. It covers Rotterdam and the south of Zuid-Holland.
The building on the Schiedamsesingel is the practical side of that. It holds a room with a small bar and a rainbow mural where the groups meet: a youth group, a trans café, a Sunday salon, a group for queer migrants, a card-playing club and a meet-up for autistic queer people. Information and advice sessions run by appointment.
The rest of the work happens outside the building. COC Rotterdam gives talks in schools, negotiates rainbow agreements with local councils and lobbies on LGBTI rights.
The people in this picture are AI-generated.
