SOMOS is the LGBTQ+ association for Aragón, founded in 2010 and based in the San Pablo quarter of Zaragoza. Its office on Calle San Pablo is called Punto Vihsible and it is a walk-in place, not just an address on a letterhead: a room to meet in, material to borrow, and staff to talk to.
Most of what SOMOS does is practical. SexInform covers sexual health, rapid HIV testing and information on PrEP, and there is a separate service on chemsex and slamming. Yes We Trans and the Marsha P. Johnson programme handle mental-health and social support. There is schools work, training for professionals, help for LGBTI migrants, advocacy for sex workers, and a service for reporting discrimination and hate incidents.
The association calls itself secular, feminist, progressive, anti-racist and anti-ableist, and its officers are barred from holding party or union office. It covers the whole of Aragón, so if you need something outside Zaragoza the contact form is the route. Phoning ahead is advised rather than turning up unannounced.
For a visitor this is the place that knows what is on: SOMOS and the 28J platform are who Zaragoza's Pride runs through.
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