By Aurora Malave, CSEEES Summer 2025 Intern

As Pride Month comes to a close, CSEEES wants to ensure you make the most out of June. We cultivated a list of LGBTQ+ resources from the region  to help you celebrate Pride Month and learn more about the LGBTQ+ community in Eastern Europe and Eurasia!

News Organizations and Reports

• ILGA Europe - provides news relating to LGBTQ+ topics in Europe
• Coming Out - shares news articles, publications, and reports in Russia
• Queer Slovakia - shares news and upcoming events
• Global Workplace Briefings - Hungary - A report on LBGTQ+ issues and communities in Hungary
• East Meets West - includes news, events, and a podcast dedicated to highlighting inspirational individuals, organizations, and businesses

LGBTQ+ Advocacy Groups

• East Meets West - yearly meeting of LGBTQ+ groups from across the world, promoting social acceptance and collaboration
• Federation of Equality Signs - a federation of LGBTQ+ groups in Poland. Their website is not entirely in English, but it can mostly be translated using an app or website.
• Stonewall Poland - a LGBTQ+ organization that fights for equal rights in Poland
• Trans*parent - a Czech group specifically advocating for Trans rights in Czechia:
• Alliance Global - a Ukrainian organization that connects people with all sorts of resources, like psychologists, shelters, food, etc.
  • Their main website can be found here - Alliance Global Main
• ERA (Equal Rights Association) - a regional association of organizations from the Western Balkans and Türkiye
• LGBTQ+ Victory Institute - LGBTQ+ advocacy group located in The Balkans
• Rainbow House - a group in Belgium that is an international collaboration effort
• Kwitne Queer - helps ensure queer Ukrainians in Germany have equal opportunities to their peers
• Russian LGBT Network  - a Russian advocacy group for LGBTQ+ rights
• Queer Nothilfe Ukraine - a group dedicated to supporting queer Ukrainians. The page is not in English and may need an app or a website                                                                                  
• Insight - a group based in Ukraine that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, as well as provide legal, medical, and psychological support
• The Sphere Foundation - provides a variety of support systems to LGBTQ+ people in Russia
• MCC - provides resources to LGBTQ+ individuals in Russia
• Translyaciya - aims to improve the quality of life for trans people in Russia

Who (and What) to Follow on Social Media

• Dom.eq - an LGBTQ+ Group in Poland
• Lambda Warszawa - Another big LGBTQ+ group in Poland. They recently set up the first Queer Museum in Poland.
• ILGA Europe - a driving force for political, legal and social change in Europe and Central Asia
• Kampania Przeciw Homofobii - a social organization working for the LGBTQ+ community in Poland
• Milosc Nie Wyklucza - a group dedicated for fighting for marriage equality in Poland
• Duhovy Pride Bratislava - an organization based in Slovakia
• Queer Slovakia - stay up to date on LGBTQ+ news and events in Slovakia