LGBT Association LIGA - Odesa

The LGBT Association LIGA is one of Ukraine's oldest LGBTQ+ organisations, founded in Mykolaiv in 1996. After Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 it expanded operations to Odesa, running HIV and STI testing and counselling, social and educational events, and an emergency LGBTIQ+ shelter for displaced and vulnerable community members. During the war it has distributed food and hygiene kits to hundreds of people across the Odesa-Mykolaiv-Kherson region. Addresses are kept private for safety; reach the team via Instagram @ligalgbt.od.