SEEN for Gender & Sexual Equity | LGBTQIA+ Rights & Protection in Syria

Protection Is a Right

"Safety, Dignity, and Care"

Community-based protection, referrals, and care to those who facing violence, displacement, and systemic exclusion.

Reclaiming Our Narratives

"Knowledge as Resistance"

Community-led stories that challenge erasure.

Queer Lives Are Political

"Reimagining Justice"

We engage in queer political analysis, advocacy, and critical dialogue .

We Don’t Ask for Space.

"We Claim It."

Queer resistance through knowledge, protection, and politics.

Latest Report

Military Escalation and Funding Decline Impacts on Women and LGBTQIA+ in Northeast Syria

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Who We Are

SEEN is an independent organization working to advance social and political justice and equity, grounded in a critical understanding of the structures that produce violence, exclusion, and inequality

particularly those related to gender, sexuality, and other forms of structural marginalization. The organization draws its name and visual identity from Syrian cultural heritage: the columns featured in its logo symbolize resilience, diversity, and parity, reflecting SEEN’s commitment to building shared spaces rooted in solidarity and human dignity. Read our story

Our Vision

A society free from violence and discrimination, grounded in equality, freedom, and dignity.

Our Values

Intersectional feminism. Collective power. Transformative justice.

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Recent Resources

Military Escalation and Funding Decline Impacts on Women and LGBTQIA+ in Northeast Syria

A policy brief examining how renewed military escalation and declining humanitarian funding in Northeast Syria are jointly intensifying protection risks for women and LGBTQIA+ individuals, amid displacement, detention-related threats, and the erosion of life-saving services.

Conflict-Related Protection Risks Analysis in Aleppo

An in-depth protection analysis examining structural drivers, patterns of violations, and compounded risks affecting civilians in Aleppo amid ongoing conflict.

The Resources page brings together SEEN’s knowledge production, protection tools, and community-driven materials in one accessible space. Here you will find legal and rights-based resources, protection analysis methodologies, research and policy briefs, as well as community surveys, trainings, events, and solidarity initiatives. These resources are developed through lived experience, research, and collective practice, and are intended to support LGBTQI+ individuals, activists, researchers, and allies working in restrictive, crisis-affected, and displacement contexts.

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Causes From Global South

Ongoing Criminalization
LGBTQIA+ people remain criminalized or legally unprotected across most
countries in Southwest Asia, with laws weaponized through morality, security.
Militarization & Gender
Armed conflict and securitization disproportionately impact women and gender-diverse communities through detention, surveillance, and sexual violence.
Shrinking Civic Space
Feminist and queer organizing faces increasing repression, censorship, and criminalization across the region.

SEEN

Protection Is a Right

"Safety, Dignity, and Care"

Reclaiming Our Narratives

"Knowledge as Resistance"

Queer Lives Are Political

"Reimagining Justice"

We Don’t Ask for Space.

"We Claim It."

Who We Are

Our Vision

Our Values

Our Programs

our work and impact

Knowledge Production

Queer Is Political

Protection Program

Recent Resources

Recent Blog

Some recent updates from us:

We believe that silence or neutrality in the face of what is happening in Syria today is no longer a legitimate option.

January 27, 2026

Syria is Not Safe for Anyone

December 28, 2025

Causes From Global South

Ongoing Criminalization

Militarization & Gender

Shrinking Civic Space

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