Queer & community organizations in Antwerp
Community orgs, non-profits, support groups, sports clubs, student orgs, collectives and advocacy — find them on Qwujo.
Sport with Pride — active sports participation for LGBTQIA+ people and everyone who supports them. Offers 10 sports and hosts choir Pink Noise with weekly rehearsals.
Belgian centre of expertise for sexual health. Information on HIV, STI prevention, PrEP and LGBTQIA+-inclusive care.
A queer choir in Antwerp where everyone is welcome. Sing together, connect and be yourself in a safe, warm environment. Participation is free.
A community bringing queer people in Antwerp together through small-scale, often English-speaking meet-ups. Particular focus on expats and people with a migration background.
Queer theatre collective from Antwerp.
Association that organizes activities and meeting places for LGBTQIA+ and queer adults with autism, in Antwerp and Ghent. Those who are questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity, or have a suspected diagnosis of autism without an official one, are also welcome.
Antwerp non-profit (full name BelGeo Fusion) bringing together the Georgian and Belgian LGBTQIA+ communities, with a focus on queer asylum seekers, refugees and people with a migration background. BelGeo creates safe spaces to connect, organises BelGeo Night and PUROBA, and walks in Antwerp Pride.
Support and information for young gay and bisexual men and MSM. Focus on sexual health, coming out and wellbeing.
Buddy programme for LGBTQIA+ people with a diverse cultural or migration background. A buddy and participant meet at least twice a month for six months, guided by a coordinator. Participants first have an intake; volunteers complete three mandatory trainings. The buddy offers a listening ear, mental support and shared activities that strengthen wellbeing and social network.
Burenhinder is a Belgian FLINTA* collective of audio and visual artists combining hard electronic music (hardcore, gabber, tekno, hard techno) with visual art by FLINTA* artists. Since 2021 they have run raves and club nights with a thorough safer space policy, including at Traum and Trix in Antwerp and at Wintercircus and Minus One in Ghent. They work with a no-camera policy, set up calm spaces at their parties and offer affordable tickets to those who need them.
Flemish LGBTQIA+ umbrella organisation. In Antwerp, active as Het Roze Huis — based above Café Den Draak, hosting recurring activities such as De Roze Draak board games night, GenderSpectrum meetings, and a choir. In Ghent, organises the annual AV en Inspiratiedag (14 March).
The LGBTQ+ student club of Antwerp. Join De Flamingo's for events, meetups and a warm, safe community.
Dwaalzin is the freethinker humanist youth community of deMens.nu. Together with volunteers between 18 and 30, we build a safer space where you can discover who you are, what you want to do and what you stand for. Art expos, cooking evenings, book clubs and more.
Social sports hangouts for lesbians and their friends between 25-35 years old in Antwerp. Created by @jenifferdoru. Meet-ups include football, pool/billiards and other social sports sessions.
Female Boyfriends is a queer collective organising club nights for FLINTA people and friends, in Antwerp and Brussels. Their nights are about dancing, coming together and making space for queer and FLINTA DJs and performers. Follow their Instagram and Telegram channel for updates; they also run an open call for new queer and FLINTA DJs.
Belgian NGO from Brussels, the first LGBTIQ+ fund at the King Baudouin Foundation. Supports projects concerning education, shelter, health and work for LGBTIQ+ people in Europe, and brings anti-LGBTIQ+ government campaigns to light. No local operations in Antwerp or Ghent.
An open home and meeting place for people from the rainbow community, their friends and family. Warm, inclusive and open to everyone.
Self-help organisation for transgender+ people and their partners, family and friends. GenderKring runs support groups, talk evenings and workshops, such as the Resonance music series.
Talk group for trans and non-binary people in Antwerp and surroundings. Low-threshold and open to all ages.
Antwerp collective keeping a low threshold for staging and gathering within our communities. They want to queer up Antwerp Pride, celebrate the local scene together without competing, and bring queer stories and histories to light. Every year during Pride they host BAM! BAM! SLAM!, a queer open stage (its fifth edition in 2026, at Het Bos). Earlier projects include a Queer Parade with afterparty and a zine workshop.
LSBN.GRLS throws parties for lesbian women and their FLINTA friends in Belgium. Every edition has its own theme, from a summer rooftop party to Halloween at Cargo Club and a Christmas lunch with a party.
Anonymous listening line for questions about gender and sexuality in Belgium. By phone and chat, confidential and free.
Collective around empowerment with a focus on women, non-binary people, trans people and people of colour. Everyone is welcome. Organises the Care Club and the Tech & Care Club, with Sophia and partners.
Non-profit organising safe, inclusive spaces for LGBTQIA+ people with a migration background — MerhaBar, Merhaboks, and other community activities. Headquartered in Brussels, but organises editions in both Antwerp and Ghent.
Not Your Techno is a Brussels-based party series led by FLINTA* and POC people since 2019. The collective takes an intersectional approach: line-ups, team and collaborations give FLINTA* artists, people of colour and the LGBTQ+ community a platform, with care for a safer dancefloor. They mostly throw parties in Brussels, but have also played Antwerp (with Female Boyfriends, including after Antwerp Pride at MAS) and the Gentse Feesten.
Out of Sight is an Antwerp art initiative co-founded by artist, curator and KASK researcher Dušica Dražić. Together with Spreken is Goud (De Roma) it makes the series Disarming Art: Imageries of Resistance, Connection and Revolutionary Love, on art as resistance, connection and revolutionary love.
OUTspoken organises an annual training day for the LGBTQ+ community in Antwerp, featuring panel discussions, workshops, OUT-Talks and a podcast — bringing people and organisations together in a warm and accessible way. Partners: Burgerbegroting, Filmhuis Klappei, Het Roze Huis, G!F Antwerpen, çavaria.
Antwerp drag performance collective with Omega, HannaH Stamina, Miss Ditniet and Jimmy Kidd. Organises the Halloween drag show Queers of the Damned at Het Bos together with Veganarchy.
Queer Klub is Kavka's safe(r) space queer night for new gen queers aged 16 to 30. At Kavka Oudaan in Antwerp they host club nights with queer pop, as well as calmer evenings such as Karaoke Kafé and Christmas Cinema. New dates are announced on their Instagram. Want to help out as a volunteer? Sign up via forms.cloud.microsoft/e/1xcwF5zm2q.
Rainbow Ambassadors is a national non-profit of volunteers with lived experience who give LGBTQI+ seniors a voice. They work towards LGBTQI+-friendly policy in elderly and informal care, with training for care staff and students, testimonies, chat cafés and meetups for LGBTQIA+ seniors. There is a core group in Antwerp and one in Brussels, and they are also active in Ghent, among other places.
Queer intersectional movement fighting for all human rights. Organises monthly queer activism meetups (Queer Activist Gathering, every first Friday of the month) at Peperfabriek, and study days.
Network of LGBTQIA+-affirming therapists for queer-related themes in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Spreken is Goud (Speaking is Gold) is the social programme of De Roma in Borgerhout. Under this name De Roma hosts debates, talks, book launches and film nights on anti-racism and intersectionality, poverty, solidarity, women's rights, LGBTQIA+, migration and education. The aim: bringing people together in a multicoloured city. Activities take place in De Roma and in AMOR, the hall next door.
Trans people are matched with a trained buddy who is trans themselves. Personal, confidential and tailored.
National information point for trans and non-binary people in Belgium. Care pathways, rights, name changes and more.
Support group for parents of LGBTQIA+ children. Share experiences, ask questions and learn how to best support your child.
National reporting point for discrimination based on sexuality or gender in Belgium. Provides legal advice and handles complaints.
De facto association for and by people with Asian roots in Belgium, founded in 2021 and run by volunteers. Untold Asian Stories strengthens the voice and visibility of Asian communities, with conversations about transgenerational trauma, racism, adoption, sexual and gender diversity and growing up between cultures. They host potlucks, online monthly meetings and Queer Asian Month every November.
UTSOPI is the Belgian union by and for sex workers. They campaign for decriminalisation, the labour law for sex workers and an end to stigma. Sex workers can turn to them with questions about their rights, working self-employed, medical support or situations of violence and exploitation, and meet each other at the Listen to You gatherings. The team is based in Schaerbeek and active across Belgium.
National youth organisation for and by LGBTQIA+ youth in Flanders and Brussels, founded in 1994 (initially as Wel Jong Niet Hetero). Offers meeting opportunities, safe(r) spaces and education on equality and self-acceptance.
Association for queer women in Antwerp.