WE MADE IT: Last Friday, the #EU Commission opened an infringement procedure against #Slovakia over the recent constitutional amendments adopted on 26 September. We welcome this first step towards accountability and thank the Commission for our joint letter with 55+ civil society organisations. ✅💜

Rainbowscouts is now a member of @iglyo.bsky.social ! During the #iglyoamc25 in Zurich hosted by @milchjugend.bsky.social , Rainbowscouts got ratified as the second / third swiss member, together with Queer Coding Camp! Photo credits to Mattia Sagnimeni

By placing #LGBTQI #youth perspectives at the centre through 27 interviews, complemented by 9 stakeholder consultations, our new IGLYO publication puts forward good practices and recommendations to make #sport environments more inclusive for us LGBTQI youth! 💜🏅 🔗 www.iglyo.org/resources/sp...

Yesterday, we celebrated the victory of many intersex activists across Europe at the High-Level Event: Launch of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Recommendation CM/Rec(2025)7 on Equal Rights for #Intersex Persons, under the Maltese Presidency of the Council of Europe. 💛💜💛 #IAD2025

In a Joint Open Letter to President Ursula von der Leyen and Commissioner McGrath, IGLYO and over 55 civil society organisations express our profound concern regarding the adopted Constitutional amendments in Slovakia — and urge the EU to take urgent action. 🔗 www.iglyo.org/resources/jo...

A bill actively targeting the #LGBTQI community in #Türkiye is due to be submitted to the Grand National Assembly. IGLYO condemns this potential proposed change in legislation as it is a direct attack on human rights. 🔗 Read our full statement: www.iglyo.org/resources/st...

In this joint statement, IGLYO and 14 children's rights organisations put forward recommendations for the upcoming #EU Action Plan on #Cyberbullying to notably ensure #children have access to inclusive and age-appropriate report mechanisms and support services. 🔗 www.iglyo.org/resources/jo...

SHE’S OUT 🇪🇺🌈 IGLYO Welcomes the New EU LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026-2030 but Calls for Children and Youth Inclusion. 🔗 Read our full summary: www.iglyo.org/news/eu-lgbt...

Join the launch event of our LGBTQI Inclusion in Sports publication on Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 17:30-20:00 in Brussels (Ixelles), Belgium, together with young activists, civil society, and institutional actors! 🏆📅 iglyo.glueup.com/event/public...

#LGBTQI youth remain largely invisible in most national #cyberbullying strategies. The forthcoming EU Action Plan against Cyberbullying offers a critical opportunity to close these gaps. 🔗 Read our full Policy Brief with our recommendations: www.iglyo.org/resources/po...

#Slovakia has just taken a dark turn with the adoption of amendments to its constitution that are a direct attack on #LGBTQI communities and fundamental rights in the country.  🇸🇰 Read our full statement: www.iglyo.org/resources/st...

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...