Associations and support services

As a representative for the LGBTIQ+ student community on Lausanne campuses, PlanQueer regularly organizes opportunities for exchanges and meetings between LGBTIQ+ people, whether they are out, questioning or facing difficulties.

Contact: planqueer@asso-unil.ch

VoGay works for and with people concerned about LGBT life, and offers a variety of activities and resources for all audiences.

Website (in French)

Contact: info@vogay.ch

Lilith is an association of homosexual women created in December 1994 in Lausanne in order to compensate for the lack of structure, support and information for lesbians in the Canton of Vaud.

Website (in French)

Contact: contact@associationlilith.ch

The mission of the Agnodice Foundation is to promote a Swiss society that considers variations in gender identity and sexual development as a richness of human diversity.

Website (in French)

Contact: info@agnodice.ch

Profa is recognized as a public utility foundation by the State of Vaud. It offers spaces for discussion on issues affecting the intimacy of men, women, young and old, couples and people from all walks of life.

• Sexual health counselling
  Counselling for all people from teenagers to adults
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• Sex education
  Hotline for school education professionals and parents
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• Checkpoint Vaud
  Community health centre for gay men, bisexual men, men who have sex with men, trans* people and their partner
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• LAVI Centre - Federal Act on Assistance to Victims of Offences
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Transgender Network Switzerland represents at the national level the interests of all people who do not identify with the gender they were given at birth and accompanies trans people and their entourage on their individual journey.

Website (in French)

Contact

Web platform for trans people and employers.

Website

Swiss professional network of homosexual women (*), who are or have been working in a profession, who are pursuing a course of training or continuing education.

Website (in French)

Contact

NETWORK is the Swiss association for gay managers, entrepreneurs, executives, artists and freelancers who want to actively network and act as role models and encourage young people to be self-assured and open about their identity at the workplace.

Website

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Help and support association for victims of violence that has an impact on the intimate sphere.

Website (in French)

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Association for the sexual health of women* who love women

Website (in French)

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Website (in French)

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Provided by psychiatrists and psychologists from the Department of Psychiatry at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), this consultation allows UNIL students and doctoral candidates who encounter psychological difficulties to benefit from temporary medical support. The first consultation is free and the remainder are covered by basic health insurance under the Federal Health Insurance Act (LAMal).

Consultations can be held in French, English or Italian and are by appointment only.

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Staffed by nurses, Accueil Santé offers students and assistants free and confidential consultations on any health issue.

Website (in French)

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A joint ecumenical service of UNIL, EPFL and the Catholic and Protestant Churches of the Canton of Vaud, the chaplaincy is available for one-to-one discussions and support adapted to the needs of each person.

Website

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The Familles arc-en-cie umbrella association defends the social and legal interests of same-sex families in Switzerland. It also aims to create a network of contacts between these families and interested individuals and organizations in Switzerland and abroad. Through its communications work and presence in the field, it helps to raise awareness of the existence of same-sex families. Various advisory services for families and interested individuals are currently being set up.

Website

Contact: info@famillesarcenciel.ch