- LGBTQIA+ and have a cancer diagnosis?
- LGBTQIA+ and supporting a close friend, partner or family member living with cancer?
- LGBTQIA+ and unsure of your cancer risk or how to access screening services for cancer?
If you would benefit from 1:1 support, a group or safe space to talk through a diagnosis, caring responsibilities, health concerns or to find out what practical support is available in your area, email info@rainbow-project.org, or call us Belfast: 028 9031 9030/ Foyle: 028 7128 3030
It does not matter if your experiences with cancer are not recent. We offer support to anyone affected by cancer.
Do you want to learn more about how you can support LGBTQIA+ people with cancer? Cancer impacts everyone, and for those in the LGBTQIA+ community, there can be additional factors to consider.
Suitable for all knowledge levels on the topic, our SOGI tailored sessions combined with our Cancer Champions section raise your confidence supporting LGBTQIA+ people throughout their cancer care.
Enquiries to: training@rainbow-project.orgÂ
We welcome all volunteers who want to give up their time and skills to help us raise awareness of cancer in the LGBTQIA+ community.
From supporting us with one-off events, offering your writing, video or artistic skills on a project to getting trained in cancer awareness and delivering in the community, there are lots of ways to volunteer with us.
Send us an enquiry email at info@rainbow-project.org and our Volunteer Officer will send you an application form.
Cancer Champions Volunteer Officer: Sinéad McGarry
Read our blog post with the Cancer Care Map
End of Life Workshops
We are delighted to be hosting the first series of ‘Courage conversations’. Brought to you by the Cancer Champions team, these workshops are for the LGBTQIA+ community to come together and talk about end of life planning in a safe and comfortable way – we hope you can join us.
Death Cafe’s
Find out more about our new LGBTQIA+ Death Cafe’s here. Started between Cancer Champions and The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative care, we collaborated on three new Death Cafe’s for the LGBTQIA+ community, with more dates coming up from May-July 2025.
The Cancer Champions team created this flag from cancer awareness ribbons to raise awareness and represent the breadth of lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ people impacted by cancer every year. Each colour in the pride flag has a symbolic meaning, and each colour cancer ribbon represents a different type of cancer. See our chart below to find out more.
Our Trans and Non-Binary Breast/Chest Screening video with the Northern Trust HSCNI walks you through an appointment at one of their Mobile Breast Screening Units. More information on our collaboration and video project here.