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← Housing help LGBTQ+ HOUSING & SAFETY

If being LGBTQ+ is making home hostile, unsafe or unstable, you can ask for help.

Family rejection, being outed, abuse, threats, discrimination or simply having nowhere safe to be yourself can all put housing at risk. You do not have to be sleeping on the street before your situation matters.

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Describe what is actually happening

You do not have to minimise rejection, threats, abuse, being outed or fear of being kicked out. Tell a support service why the home is not safe or stable for you.

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Ask for specialist LGBTQ+ support

Specialist services can understand the risks around identity, family or community pressure, hate crime and abuse without asking you to explain everything from scratch.

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If you are younger, say your age early

Support routes are different for under-18s and young adults. If you are under 18 and cannot safely stay at home, ask a trusted adult or local children’s services for help as soon as you can.

SPECIALIST SUPPORT

Organisations that understand this situation

These links go directly to specialist or official services. Their availability, coverage and eligibility can change, so use the latest information on their own websites.

LGBTQ+ youth homelessness

akt

UK support for LGBTQ+ 16–25 year olds facing homelessness, sofa surfing or a hostile living environment.

Get support LGBTQ+ abuse & violence

Galop

Independent support for LGBT+ people experiencing domestic abuse, hate crime, sexual violence, conversion practices or other abuse.

Get support Ages 13–25

Galop — children & young people

Specialist support for LGBT+ young people experiencing or worried about abuse at home, in relationships, in the community or online.

Get support Young people 16–25

Centrepoint

Housing advice in England for young people who are homeless, sofa surfing or at risk of losing somewhere to stay.

Get support
OTHER SUPPORT

You can use more than one route to help

Housing problems often overlap with family, safety, identity, money and pet issues. These Paw Keys support pages are designed to connect rather than compete.

All housing help →
Domestic abuse & housing

If a partner, ex-partner or family member is making home unsafe.

→ Young people & housing

If you have been asked to leave, are sofa surfing or have nowhere stable.

→ Forced marriage & family abuse

If family pressure, threats or forced marriage are making you unsafe.

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IF IT IS ALL GETTING TOO MUCH

You can talk to someone as well.

Samaritans are available day or night if you need a confidential conversation about whatever you are dealing with. You do not have to be at a particular point of crisis to contact them.

Samaritans116 123Free to call
Contact Samaritans

Information checked August 2026. Paw Keys is not an emergency, domestic-abuse, safeguarding or homelessness service. We link to independent specialist organisations and official services; always check their latest information, coverage and eligibility.