The 2021 campaign is coming to an end Gay Help Line 800.713.713 with the Lazio Region, this phase is dedicated to the family home "“LGBT Refuge”, the first reception center in Italy for young lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) victims of violence and discrimination in the family, which since 2016 has given new families to dozens of boys and girls kicked out of their homes. The campaign was carried out together with Zon Productions who has already collaborated with Gay Help Line to create the first mural featuring a kiss between two women, at the Jonio metro station in Rome.
The campaign is broadcast on national TV, radio, newspapers and on the web with the support of Lazio Region.
< Gay Help Line 800.713.713 to “LGBT Refuge”, which, thanks to the contribution of thousands of people and companies, survived the recent risk of closure. The reception facility of Gay Center It's not just a home, but also a family, with 24-hour staff and personalized programs: psychological and orientation support, reintegration into society and the world of work, and family mediation. The message we send is positive and hopeful: in the video, LGBT+ boys and girls are seen locked in their rooms, in danger or uncomfortable, until they see colored smoke from the window, a signal, and curiously go down to reach it. As they walk, they will meet other people like them, with whom they will start a spontaneous march towards freedom, realizing they are not alone at all, because, as the slogan says, 'there will always be a home for you!'" Pietro Turano, spokesperson for Gay Center.
The ad features people who work with the association and its services, because it's important not only to see yourself represented, but also to be able to represent yourself. The stories are inspired by those heard every day by the toll-free number operators. Gay Help Line 800.713.713 and from the service of Speakly chat, free and accessible via telephone, web or app and which respond to approximately 20,000 contacts each year offering advice and services. This is thanks to teams of psychologists, counselors, educators, doctors, lawyers, the ability to integrate with local social policies and collaboration protocols with MIUR, OSCAD (Observatory Against Discriminatory Acts by Law Enforcement) and with associations throughout the country. The service has also received support from the’8×1000 to the Waldensian Church and of the Municipality of Rome.
< > declares Sonia Minnozzi Head of LGBT Refuge Service.
<<'Don't leave anyone alone' and 'don't let anyone feel lost' have always been the administration's warning Zingaretti. And on the basis of these principles we have firmly supported Gay Help Line and the invaluable work it does to support and assist gays, lesbians, bisexuals and trans people, promoting their rights and offering a place of welcome and care, a home for all.“LGBT Refuge”" – as underlined by the words of Pietro Turano – it is a family, and for many young people who are victims of discrimination in their own country of origin, it is a refuge in the full, true and original sense of the term: a shelter, a defense, a protection against material or spiritual dangers or threats" declares the”Enrica Onorati, Councilor for Equal Opportunities of the Lazio Region.
< LGBT Refuge, We told ourselves over and over again that we would never allow our guests to experience abandonment again. We were able to keep the facility afloat thanks to donations and projects from many people and companies, such as Marcelo Burlon County of Milan and Sephora Italy. Every contribution allows us to help more people, but unfortunately the people who need our help are many more" concludes the Gay Center spokesperson, Pietro Turano.