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Lambda: Breaking the silence around gender-based violence against lesbians in Greece

This article highlights Th.eros Transfeminist Lab’s project from Greece, funded by the second cycle of EL*C’s grant-making programme: Lesbians Against Violence (Combating Gender-Based Violence against...

RISE: Transforming support systems for LBT+ survivors of gender-based violence in Italy

This article highlights Differenza Lesbica Roma’s project from Italy, funded by the second cycle of EL*C’s grant-making programme: Lesbians Against Violence (Combating Gender-Based Violence against...

Lesbian Voices Against Violence: Ensuring lesbians are not left behind in Bulgaria’s response to gender-based violence

This article highlights Deystvie’s project from Bulgaria, funded by the second cycle of EL*C’s grant-making programme: Lesbians Against Violence (Combating Gender-Based Violence against Lesbians). Laws...

Rooted in Resilience: Building safer futures for lesbian survivors of gender-based violence in Albania

This article highlights Aleanca LGBTI’s project in Albania, funded through the second cycle of EL*C’s grant-making programme: Lesbians Against Violence (Combating Gender-Based Violence against Lesbians)....

Building Lesbian Economic Power: EL*C Awards 19 Projects Across the European Union

EL*C is proud to award 350,000 EUR in 2026 to support 19 projects in the European Union, through the Lesbian Economic Power (EU) grantmaking programme....

Our new call is now open: Lesbian Economic Power (EU&Non-EU)

The Lesbian Genius Fund is officially launching its new Call for Proposals dedicated to supporting lesbian organisations, communities and movements across Europe and Central Asia....

La Tortiteca Dykebrary – Reviving Dyke Resistance Strategies

La Tortiteca, a migrant-led lesbian dykebrary based in Barcelona, confronted the erasure of lesbian resistance histories amid rising far-right threats across Europe. Their Fight Like...

VULGAR – Advocating for Lesbian-Friendly Healthcare in Romania

VULGAR, a Bucharest-based queer feminist organisation, confronted the hidden traumas sapphics face in Romania’s healthcare system amid rising far-right threats. Their project “Advocating for systematic...

Romnja Feminist Library – Claiming Space for Romani Lesbian Voices

Romnja Feminist Library, a transnational platform led by Romani lesbians in Bucharest, addressed the double erasure of Romani lesbians from both mainstream LGBTQ+ spaces and...

Luki Massa – No Lesbian Left on the Margins

Luki Massa tackled a tough truth: lesbians facing disability, neurodivergence, poverty, migration or fatphobia are routinely sidelined even within queer cultural spaces. Their project...

DAWA 2.0 – Creative Resistance Against Lesbian Invisibility

DAWA 2.0, a Brussels-based non-profit championing queer and racialised women artists, transformed artistic creation into political resistance against lesbian erasure in performing arts. Their “Caillasses...

EL*C Funding Lesbian Power Across Europe

EL*C’s Strengthening the Lesbian Movement grant-making programme is more than a funding line; it is a collective investment in our communities’ power, creativity and resilience...