Meet our new Member from Romania Ark! 💜 ARK is an LGBTQIA+ organisation based in Oradea, Romania. Founded in 2023, ARK is the first local organisation dedicated to advocating for LGBTQIA+ rights and freedoms through community work, social initiatives, art and education.

We express solidarity with our Maltese Member MGRM who protested the detainment of their community member Angoua Abdu today as the SOGIESC Conference opened amidst Pride Week in Malta. We condemn this situation and join our Member MGRM in calling for Abdu’s safety, dignity, and release.

#MEMBERSNEWS🗞️💜 On 21-22 November 2025, our Member COC Nederland is organising a conference on Queer Asylum in Europe with the aim to reflect on how current developments affect LGBTIQ+ people seeking refuge in Europe and how to respond to these changes. 🔗 Register: coc.nl/shaping-tomo...

Today 10 September, as you are reading these very lines, a debate is happening in the European Parliament in Strasbourg with the title “After 10 years, time to end mass migration now — protect our women and children” — yes, you read that correctly. Read our statement: www.iglyo.org/resources/st...

Our friend Enes Hocaoğulları needs your urgent support more than ever as his first hearing will be held this Monday, 8 September, in Ankara ‼️ 🔗 www.iglyo.org/resources/ig...

We're looking for a consultant to develop an educational tool that supports educators, students, and schools in using education as a tool to counter anti-gender discourse in society! 💜🔎 🔗 Read our full call and apply by 10 September 2025 at 23:59 CEST: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

DEADLINE EXTENDED 🪄 Wanna help shape the future of the largest LGBTQI youth network in the world? Good news: We’ve extended the application deadline for our Board Elections! 💜 Apply with a nomination from one of our Member Organisations by 5 September 2025: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

We're looking to hear from LGBTIQ+ young people between 18-29 yo who left home before turning 18 (e.g. ran away, were kicked out, homeless) as well as from service providers who've supported already supported them. Take our anonymous surveys by 31 August 2025: www.iglyo.org/projects/yqa...

Today, we joined 8 other orgs to deliver a petition to President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu‬, signed by 32,000 people, urging the EU Commission not to drop its anti-discrimination Directive. Equal rights are under attack. The EU must lead, not step back.

[PART 2] 📸 Time to get crafty! On the second day of our #IGLYOActivistAcademy, participants engaged in workshops on on Artivism, Embedding Anti-Racism in Queer Organising, and Building Meaningful Alliances Across Movements and Borders. 🎓

[PART 1] 📸 Our #IGLYOActivistAcademy has kicked off in Tampere, Finland, with our amazing Member Transfeminiinit! Participants got to know each other and attended workshops on Strategic Planning in Crisis-Prone Contexts, and Fundraising, Financial Autonomy & Resource Diversification 💜🦢

Meet our new Member from Greece emphilo! 💜 emphilo is an educational student initiative dedicated to fostering equality, inclusion, and awareness through non-formal education and experiential practices. A big welcome to them 🙌

Calling all the sporty spices 🔊 Join us at our next International Youth Conference on LGBTQI Inclusion in Sports on 26-31 October 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, for four days of exchanging good practices, capacity-building and advocacy. 🏆 💜 🔗 Apply by 27 July: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

Two weeks ago, our Policy & Research Officer Amélie spoke on a panel entitled “European Youth and Sport Together: Bridging the Youth Representation Gap in Decision-Making in Sport” at ENGSO Youth's European Youth and Sport Platform 2025. 🏆

We’re excited to announce our #IGLYOProudPupils speaker Leo Mulió Alvarez (He/him), Psychologist and Activist! 💜 🔗 Register for the conference by Sunday 15 June: iglyo.glueup.com/event/proud-...

We’re excited to announce our #IGLYOProudPupils speaker Aaron Giardina (He/They), Policy and Research Manager at the Human Rights Directorate of the Government of Malta! 💜 🔗 Register for the conference by Sunday 15 June: iglyo.glueup.com/event/proud-...

At the IDAHOT+ Forum, we met with Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty, to discuss the needs of LGBTQI young people and children on topics such as health, education, hate speech or homelessness, and the role of European institutions to protect and promote their rights 🇪🇺

BREAKING ⚡ We’ve just released the Third Edition of our LGBTQI Inclusive Education Map & Index, which scores 49 European countries based on how inclusive their education systems are for LGBTQI learners and students. 📢❗ 🔗 Explore the Map & Index and find your country's score on education.iglyo.org

D-1 before you can find our whether your country has passed our exam on LGBTQI Inclusive Education! 💜 Tomorrow we will release the Third Edition of our LGBTQI Inclusive Education Index & Map on a brand new education website. Stay tuned on our channels to find out your country’s score! 💯

IGLYO is proud to endorse the Global IDAHOBIT Statement 2025 together with over 73 organisations from friends and colleagues around the world. Happy IDAHOBIT everyone! 💜 You can sign the statement as an organisation on www.17may.org!

Exam results are right around the corner — and spoiler alert, the colours aren’t flying! ❌ Only 6 days from now we’ll release the 3rd Edition of our interactive Index & Map ranking and scoring 49 European countries according to how inclusive their education systems are for LGBTQI learners. 🗺️

The programme of #IGLYOProudPupils is out! 🗓️🍎 Will you join us and over 100 education changemakers on 25-27 June in Barcelona? Check out the programme and register by 15 June: iglyo.glueup.com/event/proud-...

Don’t miss the early-bird! 🦜⏳ Register by tomorrow 2 May at 23:59 CEST for the #IGLYOProudPupils LGBTQI Inclusive Education Conference (25-27 June 2025 in Barcelona) to get a discounted fee. 🔗 All info: iglyo.glueup.com/event/proud-...

TAG A FRIEND! 📸💜 We’re looking for a paid professional queer(-friendly) photographer based in Barcelona to shoot photos of our IGLYO Proud Pupils LGBTQI Inclusive Education Conference on 25-27 June. 🔗 Read our full call and apply by Sunday 11 June 2025 EOD: drive.google.com/file/d/1FBfy...

#IGLYOSTATEMENT 📣❗

Our next IGLYO Annual Members' Conference (AMC) will be held in Zurich, Switzerland, on 6-10 November 2025 in collaboration with our amazing local Member Milchjugend. 💜 If you're an IGLYO Member, register your delegate by 19 June: iglyo.glueup.com/event/iglyo-...

Join us on 8 May at 12-14:00 CEST for a free IGLYO Webinar on Trans Joy as Resistance in Hostile Times. This session will highlight stories, strategies, and practices that centre trans joy as a form of political defiance and collective empowerment. 🏳️‍⚧️✨ 🔗 Register: iglyo.glueup.com/event/iglyo-...

We’re looking for queer young people between 18-35 yo in Europe and worldwide with specific expertise in different aspects of LGBTQI rights, activism, non-formal education, facilitation & moderation to join our pool of experts. 🖇🌱 🔗 Apply by 20 April 2025: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

This year IGLYO joins TGEU to celebrate #TransDayOfVisibility 2025! As part of TGEU’s celebrations we join in on their look to the future for trans communities with the return of our Visions of the Future, this time platforming the visions of trans young people. 🏳‍⚧🎉

Our Advocacy & Research Officer Ahmed and our Anti-Racism Panel Member Chougher are at the EU Youth Stakeholders Group meetings. Both are making sure LGBTQI youth aren’t erased or pushed aside in the conversations, and that migrant, refugee, and racialised LGBTQI youth are not forgotten. 📢💜

We’re looking for a consultant or consultancy agency to carry out research on LGBTQI inclusion in sports and help us to advocate for more inclusive and equitable sports environments and structures for queer youth. 🔗 Apply by 13 April 2025 at 23:59 CEST: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

In a new article written for today’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, our IGLYO Board Chair and Anti-Racism Panel Coordinator Yassine Chagh (They/He) puts forward some INs and OUTs that you should NOT sleep on. 🔗 Read the full article: www.iglyo.org/resources/in...

SHE’S BACK AGAIN! 🦢 We’re excited to open applications for our in-person Activist Academy in Tampere, Finland, on 13-19 July 2025, organised in collaboration with our Member Transfeminiinit! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔗 Learn more and apply by 13 April: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

It’s high time for safe and inclusive school environments for LGBTQI children and young people! On 25-27 June 2025, join us in Barcelona for the IGLYO Proud Pupils Conference to explore how to make Education truly LGBTQI inclusive. 📣 🔗 iglyo.glueup.com/event/proud-...

Are you also a fierce advocate for LGBTQI Inclusive Education?Join us in Barcelona on 25-27 June 2025 for the IGLYO #ProudPupils Conference!! 🏫💜 🔗 Register by 2 May to benefit from the early-bird deadline: iglyo.glueup.com/event/proud-...

Yesterday we held our Members’ Info Session to let our dear Members know about our ongoing work and all the exciting activities and events planned this year at IGLYO. Thank you everyone for joining us! 💜

All of us at IGLYO are deeply concerned by recent developments in #Hungary which place #Budapest #Pride under threat. Support our Member Budapest Pride, and contact your representatives at a national and European level. We will not be erased. 🔗 Full Statement: www.iglyo.org/resources/bu...

NEW IGLYO WEBINAR 💜🖥️ Join us on Tuesday 25 February 2025 from 12:30-14:00 CET for a Webinar on Anti-Racism within LGBTQI Activism mixing research insights, lived experiences, and practical recommendations. 🔗 Register on: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

On 25-27 June 2025, IGLYO, the SOGI Unit of the CoE, FELGTBI+, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Epi4health, and Observatori Contra l’LGBTIfòbia are organising an International Conference on LGBTQI Inclusive Education in Barcelona, Spain 💜🏫 🔗 Save the Date & Present: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

Calling all queer young people across the globe! Ahead of its yearly in-person edition this summer, our Activist Academy is going online and global again from 1 to 18 April 2025. 🌍🎓 🔗 Apply by 16 February: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

IGLYO is deeply disturbed by recent community standard changes at Meta, parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which mean that Meta will now allow many hateful posts targeting LGBTQI people be posted freely on its platforms, without any consequences. 🔗 www.iglyo.org/resources/ig...

Are you a researcher passionate about equitable access for trans youth to gender-affirming care? We're looking for a consultant who can conduct qualitative research to explore the experiences of trans youth in accessing this essential care. 🔎🏳️‍⚧️ 🔗 Apply by 12 Feb: www.iglyo.org/opportunitie...

Meet our new part-time Projects & Events Officer Ale (They/She). Ale is responsible for coordinating the implementation of various IGLYO projects and the organisation of IGLYO events of different sizes and scopes. Join us is saying a big welcome! 🤩💜

Through the IGLYO Grant programme, our Czech Member Queer & Trans Youth (QTY) CZ set out to make the organisation more accessible to queer youth with a variety of disabilities, and to build an intersectional understanding of social movements. 📖 Full story: www.iglyo.org/resources/grants24-qty-cz

Our Member Transfeminiinit in Finland used their IGLYO Grant to commission comic posters from two local trans artists to share knowledge about the anti-gender movement, debunk myths spread by anti-gender rhetoric, and give visibility to trans artists. 💜 🔗 Full story: www.iglyo.org/resources/gr...

This year our Member rede ex aequo used their €10k IGLYO Grant to contribute to more inclusive #education systems, and work towards creating a safe and inclusive school environment that specifically protects LGBQTI youth in #Portugal. 🏫🌈 📖 Read their full story: www.iglyo.org/resources/gr...

Meet our new Member Youth Work Ireland! 🇮🇪 They're the largest provider of #LGBTQI+ youth work services in #Ireland, engaging with over 800 young LGBTQI+ people through 48 youth groups each week. Their work is guided by the principles & values of youth work. Welcome! 💜

We stand in solidarity with our Member the Lithuania Gay League and the entire #LGBTQI community of #Lithuania in the face of the hostile anti-LGBTQI counterprotest that disturbed their peaceful protest for our rights on 28 Sep. 2023. 🇱🇹 📖 Read our full statement: www.iglyo.com/resources/lg...

Last week our ED Bella spoke at the #ProudSpaces event hosted by our new Member Organisation Youth Work Ireland in #Dublin. Proud Spaces is an Erasmus+ project for #LGBTQI inclusive #youth work. 🇮🇪 Thank you for having us! 💜

On 26 Oct at 12:30 CET, our IGLYO #webinar on “Queer Identity, Socio-Economic Background & Employability” will enhance #LGBTQI young people's employability skills & empower them to overcome unique challenges in the #job market. 🖥️ 🔗 Register now: www.iglyo.com/opportunitie...