You might have noticed that almost all of the information in www.jklseta.fi is in Finnish, but don't worry,here we have info also in English! We don't have everything in English but we've tried to include all the most important bits below, including how to contact us, what groups we run, where our parties are etc. Hope you find it useful! You might have also noticed that Jyväskylä isn't exactly San Francisco or Brighton, but by Finnish standards it's still a pretty good place to be LGBT-wise. SETA Jyväskylä is the town's largest - and only - support and social group for LGBT people, or anyone connected with sexual or gender minorities. It's affiliated to the national SETA organisation based in Helsinki. (www.seta.fi)

As well as this page, we also have a message board for people who want to speak in English.

http://jklseta.fi/forum/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=2ba35dfff2ca36d72e38f23e565feb77

SETA Jyväskylä holds parties (usually about once a month) at Ilokivi, a night club and cafeteria in the Student Union building of Jyväskylä University. They're usually on the first floor of Ilokivi, although occasionally it's in the upper part. Ilokivi's address is Keskussairaalantie 2. There's a professional DJ, a bar, lots of space to dance in but also lots of tables where you can sit and chat. The doors open at 10pm and the party ends at 3am. You have to be 18 or older to get in. Tickets cost 3 - 6 euros, depending on are you a member and do you arrive during the happy hour. The music can vary a lot from one party to another because people request all kinds of things, but it usually includes lots of current pop & dance hits, and a couple of slow romantic numbers for couples to snog to! You can post your music-requests in the discussion forum.

The next party dates in 2012 are:

Ilokivi

- Sat 28th January (downstairs)
- Sat 3rd March (upstairs)
- Sat 31st March (downstairs)
- Monday 30th April (upstairs)
- Friday 1st June (downstairs)

Our address is Vapaudenkatu 4, in a building called "Kumppanuustalo" (building B, 1st floor). There's coffee and tea and good company in the office of SETA Jyväskylä every Thursday from 6.30 to 8pm. Everybody's welcome to come and chat about anything! If you have problems finding there and you have a mobile/cell phone with you, call the office directly on 014 3100 660 and ask for instructions.

We run groups for minors/youngsters, students, women, bi and for trans-people. More info about them in our forum!

There's a help line every Wednesday from 7 - 9 PM on number 045-638 9540.

If you'd like to have an e-mail friend who supports, helps and guides you, please send mail to our e-mail address: jklsetainfo@gmail.com . Subject: "Male" / "Female" / "Other". Note that we're not trained psychologists and it's not a dating service!

http://www.jklseta.fi/english.php

jklsetainfo@gmail.com.

Our forum you'll find under "Keskustelu" button.

Address:
Jyväskylän Seta ry, Vapaudenkatu 4, 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland

Email:
jklsetainfo@gmail.com

www:
www.jklseta.fi

Tel:
014 - 3100 660