XEGA is the LGBTIAQ+ association for Asturias, and its office is in Gijón, inside the city youth council building on Avenida Manuel Llaneza. It was founded on 2 December 1992, World AIDS Day, under the name Xente Gay Astur, and has widened since from a gay men's group into one that covers the whole of the region's queer population.
The association works across four areas: sexual health and HIV prevention, families, young people, and LGBTIAQ+ culture. It runs a support service for people who have been attacked or harassed, with a free phone line behind it, and it puts together the Pride programme in Asturias each year. It is less a drop-in centre than the organisation the rest of the scene works with, and Gijón bars run events alongside it.
It runs on volunteers, its own income and public grants. If you want to go in person rather than write, the association asks you to arrange an appointment by email first.
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