What we do

We do what brings us joy, needs to be done, and can be done by Spectrum with a significant added value

Areas of Focus

We focus on different areas in our thinking process and activism. We can categorise them as follows:

Gender
Equality

We support, encourage and empower cyber activism to promote gender equality in Persian speaking communities all over the world.

Sexuality

We educate Farsi/Dari speakers on different aspects of sexuality including sex and romantic relationship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sexual characteristics (SOGIESC). We also advocate for equal access to sexual rights for all.

Digital
Hygiene

We raise awareness about digital hygiene in the Farsi/Dari speaking LGBTQA+ communities and advocate for the right to free access to information.

Mental Health

We empower LGBTQA+ individuals and women to build better mental health resilienceby by offering various mental health coruses and resources, as well as providing counseling services, when possible

Advocacy

We are engaged in advocating for gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and human rights of LGBTQIA+ persons.
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Everything in between...

All our work is interconnected and hard to categorise in boxes.
If you have a question or wonder if we can help, please contact us.

Ever Growing Activities

Macholand.net started as an online feminist campaigning platform, has been a resource for  articles, magazines, and more on Eco-Queer-Feminism since March 2015

‍Dojensgara.org focuses on non-monosexuality and bi+. This is the first and, so far, only Bi+ Resource Centre in Farsi since March 2015

‍Avishanx.com is our project for unbiased Health- and Pleasure-focused Sex-Education of All, since 2017

‍HamdamApp.com is the only legal and sexual rights application for Iranians, equipped with a feminist period tracker in the Jalali calendar, since 2017. The app is removed from Google Play in 2024 due to needed updates. 

‍Iranian.LGBT is digital Hygiene taught by queers for queers, through storytelling, since 2017

‍Aavaa.org: Sex-Ed for children and adolescents through storytelling, since 2020. (out of reach now)

‍NourSarah.com focuses on mental health and hygiene for LGBTQIA+ from and in SWANA, since 2022.

‍Bi+ Equal in partnership with “Bi+ Nederland” from the Netherlands, we joined forces, expertise, and experience to respond to a long-time felt gap and create the pan-European bi+ umbrella legal entity through a 24-month project funded by the European Commission, launched in April 2024. 
A PDF glance at our work

Publications

Our publications are accessible free of charge. They follow our areas of focus and are produced in response to a need.

Go to publication

Annual Activity Reports

You can read our 2024 annual activity report here. We are proud of our achievements, especially in these tough times.
Read the Report