The Belfast LGBTQI+ Centre on Waring Street is the shared home of Northern Ireland's main LGBTQ+ organisations. Cara-Friend, which has been running since 1974, and The Rainbow Project, since 1994, both work out of the building, along with HEReNI.
Between them they run one-to-one support and counselling, youth groups, family and parents' services, advocacy and policy work, training for schools and employers, and the LGBTQI+ Switchboard helpline. The Rainbow Project covers sexual health, including free rapid testing, and takes that service out to venues around the city.
It is the first place to ask about LGBTQ+ services in Northern Ireland, and it sits in the Cathedral Quarter, a few streets from the bars.
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