Ralph Waldo Emerson
What you do speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you are saying
we take action
Since 2020 we support high-impact projects all over Europe
Forbidden Colours contributes to these projects:
Photo Exhibition during Sofia Pride 2022 about LGBTIQ+ persons living in Ukraine by Lana Yanovska.
The Polish organisation helped out 600 refugees from Ukraine fleeing the war.
A 2022 ranking of LGBTIQ+ friendly high schools in Poland.
A safe space for queer refugees from Ukraine in Hungary.
The Romanian organisation provides first-line aid to LGBTIQ+ refugees from Ukraine.
A safe online platform for LGBTIQ+ Ukrainians.
Hungary's biggest LGBTIQ+ organisation.In recent years, the LGBTIQ+ community came under a lot of pressure in ...
The Ranking of LGBTQ-friendly Schools is a Poland-wide community research which helps young people to choose a safe, friendly and open school environment.
Forbidden Colours supports the "Queer Refugee Committee", a platform created by the non-profit organisation "Action, Culture et Emancipation", which aims at dialogue, interaction ...
Forbidden Colours supports “Brave New You – Reloaded”, a recent project created at “Rainbow House Brussels” and ...
Forbidden Colours supports Arc-en-Ciel Wallonie and the 7 Maisons Arc-en-Ciel that it federates in their project to highlight the participation of applicants for international protection as well as LGBTQI+ refugees ...
Forbidden Colours supports the non-profit organisation “Jeunes et Aidants Proches” whose mission is to support LGBTQI+ people under the age of 26, who have taken on the responsibility of caring ...
Who is behind
forbidden colours?
Forbidden Colours was founded by 6 friends who are part of the LGBTIQ+ community and wanted to create a serious and sustainable movement to help LGBTIQ+ people in need:
Benoit Vancauwenberghe, Didier Brouwers, Gabriel Goffoy, Gregory Hye, Olivier Onghena-‘t Hooft, Peter de Caluwe.
Forbidden Colours is the first LGBTIQ+ fund hosted by the King Baudouin Foundation, who together with the 6 founders and 3 advisers Leonie Nelissen, Rémy Bonny and Lukas Dhont select the projects we support.
