SUPPORT BEYOND THE TU/e

National

  • Switchboard is the information and support service for the lesbian, gay, bi and transgender community in the Netherlands. It provides a listening ear, comforting words, information on coming out, sexual identity, gender identity, LGBT cultural, social, sport clubs and events, and service providers such as lawyers, doctors, therapists. You can reach the Switchboard by phone +31 (20) 623 65 65, mail info@switchboard.nl or chat.

  • 113 Suicide prevention is the national Dutch suicide prevention centre.  113 works in close cooperation with the mental health institutes' crisis centres. Together, these professionals are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across the Netherlands for crisis dialogues and psychological treatments. Please contact 113 on number 0800-0113 or via the website.

  • Roze In Wit Is a foundation that created a list of doctors queer Dutch health care professionals, and health care professionals who say that they are open and understanding of queer issues.

  • PrEPnu GP’s list, this is a website that has created an overview of different GP’s who are willing to prescribe PrEP and doing the required bloodwork. On this list they also specify if the practice is willing to prescribe to people who are not registered with the practice, this is noted down as “accepteerd passanten”.

  • Trans In Eigen Hand provides a list of GPs which have attended there talks for GP’s here, as well as an overview of different basic dutch insurance providers guide (in Dutch) specific to trans people. As well as a overview of the waiting times for intake for different gender clinic.

Eindhoven

  • You can ask your general practitioner to perform a STD test. Alternatively, you can call GGD 088 0031 569 or make an online appointment (GGD does not have place for everyone but they guarantee to test you if you are younger than 25 or if you are a man having sex with men). You might also check Stadskliniek or OneDayClinic.

  • At COC Eindhoven you can be in contact with many LGBTIQ+ people from the Eindhoven region. COC has multiple focused groups, e.g., for deaf LGBTIQ+, refugees and asylum seekers, or LGBTIQ+ with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. You can also consider checking out a Facebook group for Gay Expats in Eindhoven.

  • While our Student Sport Center offers numerous sports activities, you might also consider exercising together with other LGBTIQ+ people at Kouros. At the moment Kouros has bootcamp (outdoor), ballroom dancing, fitness training for men (indoor) and indoor soccer for women.

  • Eindhoven has several pubs for LGBTIQ+, such as De Regenboog (our partner!), and a sauna (Tibet, men only). 

  • Plasma is an inclusive platform hosting offline events to connect all humans. They are named Plasma because, much like plasma, they believe people are fluid and can take all shapes and forms.  A safe space where you are encouraged to speak your mind and share your dance moves, and all in English. They host pop-up discussions, dance parties, rap battles, poetry, and KaraJOke parties – all with good vibes and where everyone is welcome to join.