“Rainbow Railroad receives hundreds of requests for help every year from countries where LGBT individuals are open targets of violence.
Because the volume of requests is so high, we focus our efforts on assisting LGBT people who have faced physical violence or face an imminent threat of violence, imprisonment, or death.
We have been successful in helping individuals from the Caribbean, Africa and Middle East where we have local networks to support and validate cases.”
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO HELP?
“The costs range as every case is unique. Sometimes the individual has the resources to help themselves and they just need information and support from us to make a move. In these cases, the cost to Rainbow Railroad is staff and volunteer time to research and provide information. In cases where they need financial support to get to safety, it costs about $5000 to cover flights and other related costs.”
You can send a letter by email to express your support at
info@belongto.org, they will print it and send it to the Russian LGBT network so they can give the letters to the people threatened.
You can also send money to ILGA Europe, there is a link in the article but I’ll put it there too, they are working directly with the Russian LGBT network to help gay & bi men leave the country.
If you are a US citizen you can make a donation deducted from your taxes here, since KPH and ILGA Europe are working together.
I quote the last link I gave :
$25 would provide food for one day
$50 would pay for safe shelter
$100 would cover all visa related fees
$250 would pay for one person to get to a first safe destination
$600 would pay for one person to get to a final safe destination
Your tax-deductible donation will help this network of European LGBTI human rights defenders organize the effort inside Russia to find safe haven for those under threat.
(I added different sources so you can check it’s true and verified.)
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