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:
Forbidden Colours published the children book 'Just A Family' by Lawrence Schimel and Elina Braslina. The book, ...
Pride is protestWith the support of Brussels.International, Forbidden Colours was able to provide financial and ...
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 ...
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.
