IGLYO Annual Report 2020 Funders IGLYO Would Like to Thank Our Main Funders for Their Continued Support of the Organisation and Network

IGLYO Annual Report 2020 Funders IGLYO would like to thank our main funders for their continued support of the organisation and network. In 2019, IGLYO’s main funders are:

This project is co-funded by the Rights Equality and Citizenship (REC) programme 2014-2020 of the European Union and the Dutch Ministry of Education Culture & Science. 2 3 Table of contents

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6 Introduction 18 Strategic Objectives 2018 – 2020 9 Executive Summary 20 Team 9 A/Capacity Building 22 Activities 2020 10 B/External Training 22 Management Activities 10 C/Advocacy 26 Operational Activities 12 D/Campaigns & Information Sharing 31 Dissemination Activities 14 E/Resources & Research 41 Financial Report 2019 15 F/Membership 46 Communications Report 2020

4 5 Introduction Intro SPENDING TIME TOGETHER, GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER, Dear Members and Friends, AND DEVELOPING PERSONAL CONNECTIONS ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF OUR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS. 2020 has been a year of sadness, loss, and trauma. The global pandemic has affected each and every one of us in New opportunities Inclusivity a whole host of different ways. At the At IGLYO, the travel restrictions This year we were delighted to launch and lockdowns impacted a high the first edition of IGLYO’s Inclusive same time, it has starkly underlined number of our activities but this Education Survey. Over 2019, we the fact that existing inequalities was most intensely felt through our gathered LGBTQI young people’s programmes work. Opportunities experiences of school through an in society mean that those who are to bring young activists together to online survey and a series of in-depth already vulnerable, disadvantaged learn and make new connections interviews. We were astounded to or marginalised, feel the effects were sorely missed. Spending time receive over 15.000 responses to the together, getting to know one survey and would like to especially of such crises most acutely. another, and developing personal thank our members who helped connections are hugely important with translations and promotion. elements of our international events. The results are a sobering reminder As always, we’ve seen great As we began the process of of how much work is still needed resilience, agility, compassion, and adapting activities to be delivered to make all our schools safe and online, though, we discovered new inclusive for all. Behind the scenes, creativity from our members and the opportunities: both the Activist we have also been busy reviewing wider community in meeting these Academy and Online Youth and gathering data for the second Pride were opened up to a global edition of the Inclusive Education challenges. Programmes and activities audience and strengthened our Report, Index and Map, which will be were quickly reviewed and adapted partnerships with LGBTQI youth launched next year. to respond to COVID-19 to ensure networks and organisations beyond Europe, our online panel Internal changes support continued to be available to discussions and webinars reached a With the creation of a new Policy our community, that connections were much wider and diverse audience, & Research function within the and as an organisation we greatly Secretariat, IGLYO’s advocacy work maintained to tackle social isolation, increased our knowledge and has increased significantly over the and that our needs and rights were abilities on how to develop and year. Contributing to the new EU deliver effective virtual meetings, communicated to decision-makers LGBTI Strategy, UNESCO Global trainings and events. And while and Education Monitoring Report, as they developed recovery plans. we are all desperate to return to IGLYO is ensuring that the needs and physical trainings and events and priorities of LGBTQI young people meet each other in person, we now are meaningfully included in policy have additional tools for sharing development. There have also been and amplifying such opportunities significant developments for our digitally. 6 7 Executive summary Executive summary Participants N/A N/A N/A 65 4 work on engagement, diversity, and 5 intersectionality. In May, IGLYO’s new Anti-Racism Task Force convened their first meeting where they developed a work plan and meeting schedule for the rest of the year. Work with IGLYO’s alumni network has also progressed with two distinct working groups focusing on building IGLYO’s archives and increasing membership and engagement. Finally, IGLYO’s Secretariat continued to grow for a sixth consecutive year, bringing the total number of employees to eight. We are delighted to welcome Michael Chin (Communications Officer),Lucille Colin de Verdière (Senior Finance Officer) and Matteo Bassetti (Policy & Research Officer) to the team. We also wish a very fond farewell to Karoline Börner and Olave Basabose who moved on from the organisation. While 2020 has greatly challenged our work, we are proud to present the first edition of IGLYO’s Annual Report, which details the wide range of activities . Brief description IGLYO launched an e-learningIGLYO platform, www.training.iglyo.com last year with 4 e-modules. This two year, more modules will be added the to online e-learning portfolio. The two topics will be: Governance and Inclusive Education. IGLYO will organiseIGLYO a five internationalday conference on andsex relations education for young people. Its main objective is increase to the knowledge and skills of youth workers who would offer to like effective sex and relations education young LGBTQI to people. The fourth edition Activist of IGLYO’s Academy will be held online during August. It will include three expert-facilitated workshops and challenges team which participants will attend over a period of three weeks. The event will be open participants to globally, also outside network. of IGLYO IGLYO applied deliverIGLYO to the online facilitation workshop as part of the EYE Online Fest agenda, organised by the European Youth Forum and the European Parliament. The workshop was facilitated by ProgrammesIGLYO’s Board Manager members. and 2 IGLYO IGLYO deliveredIGLYO an online workshop improve to the skills of trainers, facilitators and leadersgroup conduct to activities online, in the context of most youth LGBTQI organisations having transition to their groups/services online during lockdowns. In order design to and prepare the Study Session on youth LGBTQI living in rural and isolated areas, three volunteers were recruited (from among people who expressed interest during the AMC19) and they participated in a two day meeting Programmeswith Manager IGLYO Board and member. one The IGLYO preparatory revisedteam the study session learning objectives. drafted the agenda, distributed tasks, created a planning timeline, and started design to workshop plans. Euan Platt Executive Director IGLYO E-learning modules International Conference on Sex and Relations Education Activist Activist Academy – 2020 Online Edition Global Online workshop on online facilitation – EYE Fest Online workshop on online facilitation Activity Study Session Team Prep Meeting A/ Capacity Building

8 9 Executive summary Participants Participants Participants N/A N/A N/A 65 N/A 299 participants 667 views (FB) 512 views N/A 12 3.900 views . . . Brief description Brief description Brief description IGLYO has worked withIGLYO the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) on the dissemination of the results LGBTI Survey EU has also II. provided IGLYO FRA with feedback on the draft of thereport final andattended several meetings organised by the agencyto receive feedback from civil society organisations. released Finally, IGLYO a response theto report, final highlighting the mostrelevant figures LGBTQI for youth.§ In May 2020, the Global Education Monitoring Report was released on the theme of inclusion and education. UNESCO participate to invited IGLYO in the Working help Group to maximize the potential of the new Report GEM evidence. The convened group on monthly calls organized by the GEM Report from team November 2019 and monthly throughout 2020. IGLYO submittedIGLYO a document with concrete proposals of legislative and policy initiatives be to included in the LGBTI+ EU Strategy protect to the rights youth. of LGBTQI Together ILGA-Europe with TGEU, submitted and NELFA, IGLYO a response theto roadmap current of the strategy EU on the rights of the child (2021- summarizing2024) the views of the four organisations, and including concrete proposals of legislative and policy initiatives that should be implemented protect to the rights of LGBTI children and young people. To mark IDAHOT, Renew mark IDAHOT, convened Europe To and online panel discussion ‘Breaking the Silence: fightingLGBTI phobia in schools anduniversities’. As part of the discussed panel, IGLYO the latest global research on SOGIESC- based bullying and introduced the Inclusive LGBTQI Education Project to highlight the organisation’s work on tackling this issue. Link: click here was invitedIGLYO speak to on the challenges faced learners by LGBTQI in school as part of UNESCO and the World Bank’s launch event for the 2020 edition of the Global Education Monitoring Report. Link: click here joined MEPsIGLYO Terry Reintke, Co-President of the LGBTI intergroup EP and Dalfor a panel discussion on rights, LGBTQI as part of the European Union of Jewish Students’ Human Rights Academy. Link: click here IGLYO has producedIGLYO and co-signed 9 statements and briefing papers on the situation current youth of LGBTQI across Europe. IGLYO will designIGLYO and deliver a training on fundraising member ERA’s to organisations in the Western Balkans as part of its 3-workshop series within the Time Is Now project. Given the pandemic context, the training will be delivered online, through 3 real-time online meetings and in-between individual work. IGLYO facilitatedIGLYO a 90-minute online training as part of OBESSU’s- The Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions- Inclusion Week. Participants learnt about the challenges learners LGBTQI face in school and explored practical solutions which could be implemented a school at level. Fundamental Rights Agency UNESCO’s Global Monitoring Education Report 2020 Working Group Submission Submission the to EU LGBTI+ Equality Strategy Submission Submission the to EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child roadmap Statements and briefing papers on rightsLGBTQI acrossEurope Time Is Now Activity LGBTQI Rights & Inclusive Education Activity Renew PanelEurope Discussion Activity PanelEUJS Discussion UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report Launch B/ External Training C/ Advocacy

10 11 Executive summary Reach Reach Reach The most popular post on Instagram had 35 likes and reached 402 accounts. The live stream was held on Facebook instead of Youtube. Reach: 8.025 people, engagement: 1.099. N/A Facebook: 62 (2307 people reached) (post), average of 30 viewers once at during the live streaming of the panel. Instagram: 28 likes (371 people reached). N/A Highest engagement was 57 (promo video), which was also launched as a paid ad. Highest engagement on Instagram: 40 likes (397 people reached). Faceook: 63 (1813 people reached). Brief description Brief description Brief description We created infographicsWe that accompanied the results that were posted in the new EU-wide LGBTI survey by FRA. The second panel followed a week after the first panel and was focused on sex workers. This panel was a collaboration with ICRSE. IGLYO is participatingIGLYO in the Intersex: New Interdisciplinary Approaches (INIA) project, providing feedback the to Board of academics and organisations (together with other relevant networks OII like Europe). Over the course of two weeks, we organised two online panels with a variety of different panelists. Both panels were focused on people LGBTQI during COVID-19. The first panel included trans youth, with panelists from different countries and organisations such as Transvanilla, TNN and Grupo Trans. The of aim the Expert Meetings was review to existing evidence on addressing and countering speech, hate exchange good practice and develop a strategy mobilize to and strengthen Member States’ capacity address to and counter speech, hate both off-line and online through education. The Activist Academy will be held 100% online due the to global pandemic. The main format, however, will be kept. Participants will be guided by experts Matt Beard (All Out), Roxana Marin is Unique and the this Mina to Tolu. fact year, that participants will be able form to teams (1-3 persons), participate online workshops, complete challenges and win €750. Participants that complete each challenge successfully will also receive a participation award of €50. The social media campaign included graphics shared on Instagram, Facebook also We included and Twitter. a reminder in the monthly newsletter of July remind to people they only had a few days left sign to up. The European Testing Week is an awareness week for early testing on hepatitis decided We and HIV. launch to a call for ambassadors whose photos and quotes were posted on our social media channels. In total, we received 6 participants from various countries such as Georgia and Italy. FRA: long ‘A way go to for LGBTI equality’ report Panel: A Sex worker's Perspective on the Pandemic INIA Supervisory Board Meeting Panel: Youth Trans Perspective on the Pandemic Activity UNESCO Expert Virtual Meeting: Education as a tool for by prevention addressing and countering speech hate Activity Activist Academy 2020 Activity European Testing Week D/ Campaigns & Information Sharing Sharing & Information Campaigns D/

12 13 Executive summary Month accepted Month April 2020 April 2020 April 2020 January 2020 January 2020 January 2020 January 2020 Reach N/A N/A N/A N/A Instagram: 33 likes, reach: 402. Facebook: 27, reach: 928. Brief description Colored Qollective is a collective established for and by LGBTQIA + peeople of The color. initiative was started because there was a strong need for a self-organized platform, stage and space for LGBTQIA + people of The color. Qollective’s board consists of 5 people all of whom identify as queer people of between color, 20-26 years old. Gruppo is a non-profit Trans project founded in Bologna in 2016 by a collective of young trans*, intersex, non-binary activists. They promote trans community building by creating lots of safer socializing moments in which everyone is encouraged feel to free from binarism of heteronormativity and from patriarchy. Working in education has been a big part of çavaria's work for the last 20 years. Our education project aims educate to the whole education system in Flanders where gender- and cisnorms being are questioned. Where teachers educated are on being genderinclusive/ sensitive from kindergarten universities. to With the goal that LGBQI youth and students feel safe in schools everywhere in Flanders. Mermaids (London) overarching a world is aim create to where gender diverse children and young people can be themselves and thrive; this to end, their goal is relieve to the mental and emotional stress of all those aged 19 years and under who are gender variant, as well as promote to education and awareness. Based in Cork, Gay Project supports a range of social, LGBT cultural and sports groups. One of these is a youth for group 12 - 18 year olds. Many of the other groups such as Cork Frontrunner has people many under 30. Center Action is based in Saint-Petersburg and aims develop to the potential of the community LGBT as a whole, as well as the key ones in terms of vulnerability and stigmatization of community LGBT groups, namely: / MSM LGBT / HIV activists, youth, MSM, trans people. Alas A Coruna is advocacy, an LGBTQIA+ community-led organisation based in Coruna. They have an active youth that group actively combats the bullying of youth LGBTQI+ in schools, through workshops and trainings. Brief description Country The Netherlands Italy To increase theTo research profile in theof IGLYO’s academic sector, the organisation will write and submit one academic article on Inclusive IGLYO's Education project. Belgium IGLYO is working onIGLYO the research and development of two briefing papers on youth key LGBTQI issues co-ordinate to and strengthen advocacy across Europe. The papers will summarise relevant research and finding on each of the topics and present the main recommendations, linked European Policy. to UK IGLYO created an online surveyIGLYO that was translated in 15 different languages. Over 15.000 participants (aged between completed 13 and 24) the questionnaire. Alongside conducted the survey, IGLYO 20 interviews further to explore the topic of inclusive education. This report outlines key selected findings from both the survey and the interviews. The main intention of this document is to raise awareness of the experiences learners of LGBTQI in European countries among policymakers, legislators, educators, and human rights advocates. Ireland As our COVID-19 initiative, we assembled a resources page with links to insightful external websites help to you get through the pandemic. Russia We collaboratedWe with Owl from My Genderation in a series of articles as part of ‘COVID-19 Survival Guide’ on how get to through the pandemic as young a LGBTQI person. created an illustration We for each article that were used as visuals on our social media channels. Spain Stichting Colored Qollective Gruppo Trans LGBTQI Inclusive Education Academic Article Çavaria Advocacy Advocacy Briefing Papers Mermaids LGBTQI Inclusive Education Study Report ProjectGay COVID-19 resources Action Center Activity Queer Youth Survival Guide Organisation Alas A Coruna E/ Resources & Research & Research E/ Resources Membership: NewF/ Members

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Organisation Country Brief description Month accepted

University's Lithuania This LGBT+ university group is a voluntary, non-profit, public April 2020 LGBT+ Group youth organization that strives to bring together the University of Vilnius’ LGBT+ community as well as the supporters of LGBT+. All students, auditors, alumni, exchange students and present or past staff members who agree with the goals of the University LGBT+ Group can become members of the association.

METU LGBTI+ Turkey As a university lgbti+ organization, METU aims to increase awareness to November 2019 Solidarity lgbti+ issues on their campus and the county as a whole through advocacy, lobbying and visibility events. They offer and maintain safe spaces for lgbti+ students on campus, and strive to make the education environment more inclusive through meetings with academic and administrative staff.

Queer Sista Armenia Queer Sista Platform is a newly born NGO initiated by queer womyn in November 2019 Platform Armenia. Even though the platform is a newly born space, the initiations around it and on its behalf have some years’ history due to activists who have been involved in initiations in different periods of time and in different locations of Armenia since 2013. The mission of the platform is the promotion of the creation of safe spaces for womyn* based on solidarity, mutual support and well being. To that end, Queer Sista Platform is committed to re-create a “Queer home” for womyn* to gather together, hang out, share their stories and experiences and to support each other.

Transgender The Transgender Netwerk Nederland (TNN) strives for equal rights and November 2019 Netwerk Netherlands possibilities of transgender and non binary people in the Netherlands. Nederland 17 Strategic objectives Strategic objectives

1 Building young 2 Increasing the • To embed intersectional 4 Developing and approaches throughout activists visibility and our own and our members’ sustaining an • To work directly with highlighting the work to ensure diversity engaged and young people to build their within our movement confidence and abilities diversity of LGBTQI is visible and actively connected network and equip them with youth identities recognised of member lifelong skills to become • To change attitudes in 3 Making education organisations leaders within the LGBTQI society and influence • To support the work and wider human rights decision makers on all safe and inclusive of IGLYO’s members, movements levels by ensuring LGBTQI for all especially around young people's voices and • To widen young people’s youth engagement and experiences are present, • To ensure safe and inclusive perspectives and build development international solidarity heard and affirmed education environments for all LGBTQI young people by • To encourage international through peer learning, • To support and promote working with our members, co-operation and increased cross-cultural exchange positive youth role governments, experts, partnership work across and intersectional models within the LGBTQI teachers, parents, and the network through approaches population and celebrate learners. international meetings and • To provide young people their diversity • To raise awareness of the online platforms with opportunities to • To ensure youth issues faced by LGBTQI • To support younger explore and express their perspectives are included youth in education through organisations and groups individuality in a safe and within the wider LGBTQI innovative campaigns and to develop through supportive environment movement and that resources mentorship and advice • To grow a strong and LGBTQI perspectives are diverse group of youth allies mainstreamed within the to support and advocate for youth movement the human rights of LGBTQI youth

18 19 BOARD

MANDATE 2020 - 2021 MANDATE 2019 - 2020

Co-chair Co-chair Savira Pervaiz (she) Petra Tomašić (she) Lambda BB, Germany TransAid, Croatia

Board Member Treasurer Team Yana Tovpeko (she) Michael Gowan (he/they) Fulcrum, Ukraine LGBT Youth Scotland, Scotland

As Japanese writer Ryunosuke Satoro Board Member Board Member Mari Kurtanidze (she/they) Yuri You1rsky (he) once said best, Equality Movement, Georgia ECOM, Estonia 'Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean'. We SECRETARIAT at IGLYO acknowledge the benefits of a strong and capable Executive Director Programmes Manager Euan Platt (he) Tudor Kovacs (he) team, something that Scotland Romania is constantly changing. Whether it is a new Policy & Research Manager Senior Finance Officer Rubén Ávila (he/they) Lucille Colin de Verdière (she) board who is ready Spain France to make decisions for the future of our Policy & Research Officer Communications Officer organisation, or a Matteo Bassetti (he/they) Michael Chin (he) new staff member Italy Belgium who makes sure all the tasks run smoothly, we are all GOVERNANCE TEAM aiming for growth.

Financial Adviser Organisational Chaber (they) Development Adviser Poland Patricia Prendiville (she) Ireland 20 21 WORKPACKAGE 1: general management and running of the organisation Activities 2020

QUARTERLY BOARD MEETINGS ANNUAL MEMBERS’ CONFERENCE events that further reinforce and encourage a sense of SECRETARIAT DEVELOPMENT belonging to a larger worldwide community of LGBTQI+ MEETING Feb: Paris, Apr: Online, Aug: Online, 26 September: 50+ participants, online (1 day) youth. Nov: Brussels (3 days each) 80 participants + 6 board members + 8 staff (All) Offer learning and capacity-building opportunities – Nov: Brussels (2 days) 6 board members + 2 staff (ED, PM) LGBTQI youth are in need of relevant and empowering 8 staff (All) + external trainer Due to the ongoing pandemic, IGLYO, information about their bodies, sexuality and gender, IGLYO’s Board & Secretariat held their adapted its Annual Members’ Conference as well as their parents, family, friends, colleagues, IGLYO’s full staff team meets annually for first meeting in Paris in February. During into two separate online events: a schoolmates and so on. Through the Online Youth two days of training, team development, Pride Festival, IGLYO and its partners (Wel Jong Niet the three days they conducted a final statutory meeting of members and an and intensive work planning for the review of the work plan 2020, agreed Hetero, and the ILGA World Youth Committee) provided online youth pride open to all young opportunities for learning, exchange and innovation. following year. With several new on the theme for the EYF work plan people. The statutory meeting was held Advocate for LGBTQI Youth rights – The Youth Pride appointments and positions over 2020, 2021 application, and held a members’ through the platform Scytl with the Festival centred important conversations allowing this will be an important opportunity for meeting with MAG Jeunes. The second membership voting on new member the formulation of relevant and urgent political and the team to come together and reflect and third board meetings were held policy objectives for and by LGBTQI youth. Relevant applications, the annual report 2020, EU-stakeholders and decision makers were involved on communication, working practices, online, as a result of lockdowns and travel financial report 2019, and the work plan and challenged to formulate concrete plans and and collaboration. restrictions. Each meeting was divided and budget for 2021. commitments in advancing the rights of LGBTQI youth. into three two hour sessions. Discussions » Increased cohesion across » Provide an accessible and and activities included responding to » Clear mandate for future the secretariat alternative youth pride. COVID 19 and creating a short-term work and priorities » Creation of the secretariat » Offer webinars and panels strategic planning document, setting » Increased engagement operational work plan 2021 the annual work plan 2021, and planning addressing the lived realities and with membership » More effective team working the AMC online and virtual youth pride advocacy needs of LGBTQI+ Youth » Offer international networking festival. ONLINE YOUTH PRIDE opportunities for LGBTQI+ youth NETWORK EVALUATION » Board members have increased activists and advocates 3 & 10 October: 50+ participants, online Dec: online survey (electronic, 2 pages) skills and knowledge » Offer inspirational, educational 50 responses Held over two consecutive Saturdays, » Greater engagement with and empowering media IGLYO’s online youth pride festival IGLYO will conduct a network evaluation member organisations content for and by LGBTQI+ aimed to respond to the Europe-wide to gather data from stakeholders on » Co-ordination and oversight cancellation of pride events due to » youth artists, performers, the impact of our work. To gain a better educators and content creators of the work plan Covid-19. This youth pride festival, a first insight into our strengths and areas for of its kind, was designed to: » Offer an opportunity for community improvement, an online questionnaire GOVERNANCE TEAM MEETING celebration and pride Contribute to the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ youth – As most will be distributed to relevant Aug: Brussels (1 day) countries and communities are dealing with lockdown membership, partner organisations, 1 governance team member + 1 staff (SFO) restrictions and public health crises, we wanted to focus and participants who have attended on the wellbeing of LGBTQI+ youth. With an online pride events. The first network evaluation was event, we wanted to make empowerment accessible to IGLYO held its annual meeting with the completed in 2019, so this year’s and Governance Team to conduct a financial all LGBTQI+ youth Encourage community building – In these difficult times, subsequent years’ results will allow us spot check and to review all financial to build comparative data to evidence processes. loneliness is rising as all social activities for LGBTQI youth are being cancelled. Not only is it unsafe to come overall improvements to our work as out and get together with your peers, local activities » Greater financial transparency in LGBTQ+ organisations are cancelled, as well as and accountability prides all over the world. Online-accessible events are an important alternative in times of social distancing, » Improved financial processes

22 23 'UNITE' is IGLYO's Online Global Youth Pride that is accessible as an app for both iOs and Android. WORKPACKAGE 1: general management and running of the organisation

an umbrella organisation and provide MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT COVID-19 CRISIS SURVEY guidance on how IGLYO can better meet STRATEGY May : survey & report (electronic, 2 pages) the needs of our members. 8 organisational responses Mar: strategy (electronic, 2 pages) 64 responses (membership consultation, We expect 30 responses from key which informed the strategy) The COVID-19 pandemic had a partners and relevant members major and disruptive impact on the IGLYO’s strategic plan (2018-2020) lives, social conditions, economies, » Increase partners and members formulates a commitment to: health and outlook of LGBTQI youth involvement in IGLYO’s projects “developing and sustaining an engaged activists and their organisations. In » Greater awareness of IGLYO’s impact and connected network of member collaboration with ILGA-Europe, we organisations”. This commitment » Steer future actions and priorities aimed to map out the problems and towards greater connectivity and based on member feedback challenges LGBTQI organisations and engagement necessitates that IGLYO’s communities are facing. We also hoped 'IGLYO Forever!' is our Facebook Membership is centred. In doing so, to collect and share our member’s best ALUMNI WORKING GROUP group for all of the IGLYO Alumni. IGLYO’s staff engendered a dynamic practices. Through this survey, member Apr: online (60 minutes x 3) process of consultation, reflection and organisations were able to inform us proposal aimed at developing an archive 6 alumni members + 1 staff (MO) exchange with the Membership and about their situation on the ground is, 19 June, 15 September & 15 December 2020 of IGLYO’s histories. This archive will 12, 10 & 15 participants the Board that resulted in the drafting and how they were dealing with it. ensure the conservation, preservation of a membership engagement strategy, IGLYO chaired the first Alumni and passing on of IGLYO’s rich history entitled: “White Paper – On a Connected » The Covid-19 Crisis Survey Report Conference Call on the 19th of June 2020. of LGBTQI+ youth empowerment and and Engaged Network”. The White Paper was shared with our members for Alumni joined the call to brainstorm advocacy. aims to provide structured and working their own use. Furthermore, the the various ways in which the Alumni knowledge of: report allowed IGLYO to adopt a Network could operate, and the type of » The IGLYO Memories working group Covid-19 Crisis specific advocacy has led to greater involvement from IGLYO’s membership recruitment philosophy; activities it could deploy. Following that within the EU institutions. alumni, and allowed for a concrete first Alumni Network Conference Call, IGLYO’s present and future membership recruitment proposal designed to prevent the loss efforts; a second (15 September) and a third (15 PHYSICAL MEMBER MEETINGS of IGLYO’s significant history. This IGLYO’s membership engagement philosophy; and December) Alumni Network Conference proposal will lead to partnerships IGLYO’s present and future membership engagement Feb: Paris, Nov: Brussels (90 minutes each) Call was hosted and facilitated. with queer institutions specialised in efforts. 8 member organisation representatives + 6 board archiving, conservation and exhibition members + 2 staff (ED, PM) for each meeting » The “White Paper – On a connected and » IGLYO’s alumni established two of (institutional) queer history. This Engaged network” informs the work IGLYO met with MAG Jeunes as part working groups. The first working will lead to greater visibility IGLYO’s of the Membership Officer and the of their February board meeting. The group, entitled “IGLYO Memories”, and work and Europe’s histories of queer Communications Officer. The White event included a question and answer the other, entitled “Alumni Network”, youth empowerment and advocacy. have met on a regular basis. As a Paper is a living document, meaning session with two of IGLYO’s board and an result, a proposal has been formulated that it will continue to be further informal networking session afterwards. for the conservation and exhibition of ADVOCACY NEEDS ASSESSMENT developed as the network further The event was attended by over 25 develops and evolves. The exercise IGLYO’s 35+ years long history. And a Dec: online survey (electronic, 1 page) members of MAG Jeunes. IGLYO will further proposal has been formulated 35 responses of developing the white paper was an aim to hold a similar member meeting for the operation and development effective tool for further centralising As IGLYO’s work in research, policy as part of the November board meeting of a thriving Alumni network. the network’s aspirations and growth which will be held in Brussels. and advocacy expands in 2020, IGLYO in the overall work of IGLYO. IGLYO ARCHIVES - CONCEPT NOTE will conduct an online survey with the » Member organisations have greater network to explore the advocacy needs awareness of IGLYO’s work and Dec: online (2 web pages) of LGBTQI youth organisations and how upcoming participation opportunities IGLYO can be of assistance. The IGLYO Memories working group, » Strengthened links between populated by Alumni and IGLYO staff, » Increase youth participation IGLYO and its members was established to conceptualise a » Assess members advocacy priorities 24 25 WP1: additional activities WP2: operational activities

MANAGEMENT TRAINING However, the motivating element of in education (either formal or non- youth interaction, networking, peer formal) and experts to explore sex and support will be significantly reduced. relationships education that is inclusive IGLYO hired a consultant to design and 'Activist Academy 2020' was open of and relevant to young and adolescent deliver five two-hour training sessions on to participants from all over the LGBTQI INCLUSIVE SEX & LGBTQI people. Their goal will be to creating a management team, reflecting world, as it happened 100% online. analyse community-driven sex and on leadership within the organisation, RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION relationship education activities targeted people management, and organisational » Study session agenda drafted TRAINING PREP TEAM MEETING at LGBTQI adolescents and youth, as a development. » Study session timeline created September: location TBC (Open call to solution to the ongoing inclusion gaps and tasks assigned members to host event)(2 days) » Strengthened management 4 participants + 1 staff (PM) in the mainstream formal education » Draft communication plan with of Secretariat systems. the selected participants. IGLYO will organise an international » Improved management structures conference for youth workers who are The participants will analyse the current within the Secretariat involved in sex and relations education ACTIVIST ACADEMY European landscape in terms of formal for LGBTQI youth and adolescents. This and non-formal education for sexual 6 - 21 August: 15 days, online preparatory meeting will bring together 30 participants + 3 staff (ED, PM, CO) health and relationships, including how 4 volunteers (one IGLYO board member STUDY SESSION ON ISSUES FACED it specifically addresses the health and The Activist Academy is IGLYO’s main and 3 activists recruited through an open BY LGBTQI YOUTH IN RURAL wellbeing needs of LGBTQI adolescents direct capacity building initiative. Its goal call) and IGLYO Programme’s Manager AREAS PREP TEAM MEETING and youth. They will also acquire is to increase the skills, self-confidence to design and plan the conference, knowledge and skills that will enable 14 - 15 April: Budapest, Hungary (2 days) and leadership potential of young less including: agenda, learning objectives, 3 prep team members + 1 board member them to work with adolescents more experienced activists. It does not only content research and workshop plans, 5 participants effectively. Programmes Manager teach young people practical skills but participant selection, participant gives them opportunities to put their In order to design and prepare the Study management plan, social programme, » Participants will gain a greater learning into practice straight away Session on LGBTQI youth living in rural etc. This event will be postponed until understanding of how different through a series of group challenges. and isolated areas, three volunteers 2021 if international events are still not identities and realities play a role in Due to the ongoing pandemic, were recruited (from among people possible at this time. our experience of sex and relationships IGLYO decided to organize its fourth who expressed interest during the and of the barriers faced by peer Activist Academy as an online training » Increased capacity of the preparatory educators, youth workers and other AMC19) and they participated in a two programme. As a result, IGLYO decided to team member to implement and practitioners when teaching sex day meeting with IGLYO Programmes open the event to young people outside manage the conference; the and relationships education. They Manager, one IGLYO Board member of Europe and worked with international agenda; the conference planning will acquire specific information and one Educational Advisor appointed partners such as ILGA World’s Youth detailed timeline and assigned required to teach young people by the European Youth Centre. The tasks; draft communication plan Committee (global), Youth Voices Count about their bodies, sexual health, preparatory team revised the study with the selected participants. (Asia-Pacific) and Labrys (Central Asia). sexual practices and relationships session learning objectives. drafted Participants will take part in three skills- and skills in working specifically the agenda, distributed tasks, created with early adolescents and young based workshops, and complete a LGBTQI INCLUSIVE a planning timeline, and started to people, versus working with adults. series of challenges to practice skills in SEX & RELATIONSHIPS design workshop plans. The team also teams of 1-3. To ensure people’s interest, EDUCATION TRAINING worked on becoming familiar with the participants will be incentivised and the FUNDRAISING TRAINING administrative procedures for activities November: Location TBC (Open call team whose completed challenges will to members to host event) run within the European Youth Centre in 30 Aug - 5 Sep: Belgrade, Serbia receive the highest score will receive the 5 days 15 participants + 1 staff (PM) + 1 external trainer Budapest. 30 participants, 1 board member + 1 staff (PM) Academy trophy. This training is the third in a series of IGLYO will organise an international » Increased capacity of the preparatory 3 workshops provided by IGLYO and » The online format of the Academy conference bringing together young team member to implement and ERA to civil society organisations in the will ensure a high level of quality of LGBTQI people with current or recent manage the study session event Balkans. It will equip participants with expert-facilitated workshops and personal/professional experience motivated and engaged participants. knowledge and skills to be able to build

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an effective and targeted fundraising oversight, financial responsibilities and been reviewed, edited and designed into Member States (+ Belarus & Kosovo) plan for their organisations. The content ensuring the financial sustainability of the a final publication, ready to be officially to review and update IGLYO's LGBTQI will address a wide range of topics related organization and the board recruitment launched by October 2020. Inclusive Education Report, Index, to fundraising, such as: improving donor and development. Map & Website for launch in 2021. The communications, online and community » Reporting the situation of Inclusive Education Report Index, Map crowdfunding, transitioning from a The second module will make use of LGBTQI learners at school and Website is primarily an advocacy grant-driven budget, exploring social IGLYO’s paramount work in the field » Greater awareness of SOGIE- tool to draw attention to the faps in enterprising, reviewing various types of LGBTQI inclusive education and based bullying across Council protection for LGBTQI learners, and of fundraising strategies, ability to draft will equip learners with the ability to of Europe Member States to ensure that the issue remains on a fundraising plan and calendar. The objectively assess and compare the » Concrete data for advocacy (a national governments’ agendas. The training will be provided online and will capacity and willingness of governments European report and concrete country work has comprised an update of the consist of 3 online sessions and several to make their educational systems more reports for those members who measuring framework for report, index off-line assignments. LGBTQI inclusive. The learners will be able have contributed to the research) and map, desk-based research of states’ to envision and formulate strategies to policies and legislations, consultation » The participants will overcome improve the indicators that collectively LGBTQI INCLUSIVE EDUCATION with member organisations regarding their fear of fundraising and will portray the national responses which aim STEERING GROUP developments in the application of understand different types of to increase the quality of LGBTQI youth legislation and new policies. fundraising activities, integrate value- October: online meeting (2hrs) experience of education. based and ethical-based fundraising. 8 education experts + 2 staff (PRM, PRO) » The Report, Index, Map and Website They will be able to create/improve » The modules will result in improved In preparation for gathering the data will provide both national and organisational reputation and to knowledge and skills in terms for the second edition of the LGBTQI regional actors with accessible avoid donor’s fatigue. They will of leadership, governance, and Inclusive Education Report, Index, Map information on states’ inclusive gain confidence and will begin to LGBTQI inclusivity in education education policies and practices orient their organisations towards & Website, IGLYO will conduct an online » The report, index and map will be a more sustainable funding plan meeting with its Education Steering LGBTQI INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Group to review, refine and further used as an advocacy tool at both develop ten indicators to measure each regional and national level ONLINE CAPACITY STUDY (FINAL VERSION) Member States’ progress. Due to the BUILDING MODULES Report (Electronic & printed: 30 pages) pandemic context, the event has been RESPONSE TO THE BACKLASH ON December: online (www.training.iglyo.com) IGLYO designed the LGBTQI Inclusive postponed from July 2020 to September LGBTQI RIGHTS ACROSS EUROPE 2 modules Education Survey in 15 different 2020. Online IGLYO will add two additional modules languages to highlight the current 10 statements and policy briefings » Reporting the situation of to its online learning platform. A module experiences and lived realities of LGBTQI LGBTQI learners at school In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, will cover the topic of governance. It learners in different Member States. the protection of LGBTQI youth rights will equip the learners with knowledge This data will assist local and national » Strengthened connection with academics, policymakers and civil has been at stake in many European and skills to be able to build a strong organisations in their advocacy work society organisations to discuss the countries. IGLYO has monitored and effective leadership for their towards a more inclusive and safe rights of LGBTQI youth in schools concrete backlash and coordinated a organisations. The content addresses education for all LGBTQI learners. Over response with its members and other a wide range of topics related to 15.000 participants (aged between 13 relevant European networks (i.e. ILGA- governance and organisational and 24) completed an online survey LGBTQI INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Europe, TGEU or OII Europe) to mobilise leadership, such as: the roles and duties about their experiences in school, REPORT, INDEX, MAP & WEBSITE political support. This activity was an of an organisational board, building a including hearing discriminatory (DRAFT 2ND EDITION) essential step for IGLYO that could be sustainable and realistic vision leading remarks, feeling safe, being harassed, Report (Electronic: 200 pages) implemented systematically in the into strategic planning, the function of feeling comfortable at school, and 47 country leads experiencing discriminatory actions. coming years. As a result of this work, To complement this data, qualitative IGLYO’s new Policy & Research Officer IGLYO has produced and co-signed interviews were conducted with over will work intensively over the year with several statements and policy briefings 20 LGBTQI learners. The draft report has IGLYO’s members and partners in 47 about the situation of LGBTQI youth over the year. 28 29 WP2: additional activities WP3: dissemination activities

» Development of recommendations FACILITATION WEBINAR » The workshop received excellent LGBTQI NEWS INFOGRAPHICS for institutions, policymakers feedback from participants and it and other allies on how to 28 April: online gained a lot of online visibility. The 10 infographics 4 participants Online: Facebook, Instagram support LGBTQI civil society recording of the webinar received 200 views each » Strengthened connections with During the epidemic crisis, a lot of the a total number of 395 reactions European institutions, policymakers, work of LGBTQI young activists has and comments and it was played Our target goal is to create and share key local civil society organisations and moved online. Some of this work consists 42388 times for at least 3 minutes data and information of any new laws other key European networks of trainings, support groups, meetings and legislations happening for LGBTQI and workshops. This webinar explored LGBTQI RIGHTS & people around the world. Each post PARTICIPATION ON THE the question of how well education, INCLUSIVE EDUCATION highlights one event. This year’s news infographics highlight the following: CONSULTATION PROCESS OF capacity building, peer support can 18 May: online International Transgender Day of Visibility THE UPCOMING EUROPEAN happen in an online environment 12 participants (1), Drop33 in Hungary (2), Lesbian STRATEGIES: EU STRATEGY ON THE through group facilitation. The objective was to increase the capacity of young As part of OBESSU’s- The Organising Visibility Day (3), A Call for Change in RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, AND THE Bureau of School Students’ Unions- Georgia (4), Living with HIV in Turkey EU LGBTI+ EQUALITY STRATEGY LGBTQI activists to do effective trainings online or facilitate online workshops, Inclusion Week, IGLYO delivered (5), Follow-up on Drop33 in Hungary (6), Online groups and meetings. an interactive online training which The Legalisation of Same-Sex Marriage 2 submissions introduced the topic of LGBTQI identities, in Costa Rica (7), The Draft Legislation » The participants acquired important explored the barriers and issues faced by for Marriage Equality in Switzerland (8), A significant portion of our advocacy and practical tips and tools on LGBTQI learners in school and concluded The Removal of Gender Markers in The work at a European level has been increasing the effectiveness of with practical recommendations for Netherlands (9), International Non-Binary focused on getting explicit political online groups and online training, school student unions to increase LGBTQI People’s Day (10). commitments from institutions on specifically on how to reduce the awareness and inclusion through whole- concrete actions. IGLYO has provided risk of multi-tasking, how to keep school approaches. substantial input to the consultations participants engaged and how to and roadmaps of the upcoming relevant use various platforms and online » Strengthened links with European Commission Strategies (i.e. the tools to increase interaction European youth movement EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, » Mainstreaming of LGBTQI and the EU LGBTI+ Equality Strategy), FACILITATION WEBINAR (EYE FEST) issues and alliance-building by submitting recommendations to the policy team and participating in the 14 May: online » Increased knowledge of 65 participants civil society meetings foreseen by the LGBTQI inclusion Commission. This cooperation aimed This workshop took place in the to represent and protect the rights of framework of the online EYE Fest, ADVOCACY BRIEFING PAPERS

LGBTQI youth within these relevant organized by the European Youth Two briefing papers (2x 3 pages A4) documents and achieve explicit political Forum and the European Parliament. commitments from the institutions The EYF opened a call for its member IGLYO is working on the research and on concrete actions to foster inclusive organisations to submit proposals for development of two briefing papers education for all learners. online activities. IGLYO was selected to on key LGBTQI youth issues to co- carry out an online workshop on online ordinate and strengthen advocacy across » Building a framework for the work on facilitation and trainings (see above for Europe. The papers will summarise LGBTQI youth rights at European level a detailed description). The workshop relevant research and finding on each » Assessing the EC about the priorities was facilitated by IGLYO Programmes of the topics and present the main on equality for LGBTQI youth Manager and two IGLYO Board recommendations, linked to European » Strengthened connections with members. Policy. European institutions, policymakers, and other key European networks

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1 5 9

2 6 10

3 7 » Infographic 1: FB: 1718, IG: 660 » Infographic 2: FB: 343, IG: 647 » Infographic 3: FB: 338, IG: 1528 » Infographic 4: FB: 567, IG: 299 » Infographic 5: FB: 114, IG: 474 » Infographic 6: FB: 1049, IG: 273 4 8 » Infographic 7: FB: 988, IG: 232 » Infographic 8: FB: 474, IG: 315 » Infographic 9: FB: 2231, IG: 330 » Infographic 10: FB: 1514, IG: 436 » Total: FB: 16,474, IG: 5167

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LGBTQI INCLUSIVE EDUCATION young people at a national level. The » Building a framework for the work on CONSULTATION TO THE ACADEMIC ARTICLE first meeting of the year did not happen LGBTQI youth rights at European level FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS due to the COVID crisis, but the second » Assessing the EC about the priorities AGENCY EU LGBTI SURVEY II December 2020 7.500-word article meeting is currently scheduled for the on equality for LGBTQI youth final quarter of 2020. Online (with two meetings in Brussels and Vienna) » Strengthened connections with 8 participants To increase the profile of IGLYO’s research European institutions, policymakers, in the academic sector, the organisation » Increased awareness of and other key European networks Understanding the experiences of will write and submit one academic policy developments discrimination of LGBTQI youth is article on IGLYO's Inclusive Education » Greater connections with UNESCO’S GLOBAL MONITORING essential to evaluate the impact of project. national governments and EDUCATION REPORT 2020 existing laws and policies, as well as to international institutions inform policymakers about what still WORKING GROUP » Dissemination of relevant policy » Building IGLYO’s reputation within needs to be improved. The EU LGBTI and research work in academia the wider LGBTQI policy sector Online Survey II conducted in 2019 represents 12 participants a significant opportunity to assess DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT EUROPEAN YOUTH In May 2020, the Global Education European and national governments in POLICY AND RESEARCH ADVOCACY MEETING 1 Monitoring Report was released on the following years. WORK IN ACADEMIA the theme of inclusion and education. March: Brussels, Oct & Nov: Locations TBC IGLYO has worked with the Fundamental October: online. IGLYO website, Education 1 board member Evidence-based, it concludes with policy website, Facebook, YouTube recommendations covering all excluded Rights Agency (FRA) on the 1.000 views dissemination of the results survey. IGLYO EUROPEAN YOUTH groups. Its messaging emphasizes that has also provided FRA with feedback IGLYO will contract a filmmaker/animator ADVOCACY MEETING 2 taking a group-based approach to the to create a short film highlighting the issue will be a slow route to success. on the draft of the final report and main results from the Inclusive Education March: Brussels, Oct & Nov: Locations TBC UNESCO invited IGLYO to participate in attended several meetings organised 1 board member Study. This will be used to increase the Working Group to help maximize by the agency to receive feedback from awareness of the study and its findings the potential of the new GEM Report civil society organisations. Finally, IGLYO and in follow up advocacy work. CIVIL SOCIETY MEETINGS WITH evidence. The group convened on released a response to the final report, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION monthly calls organized by the GEM highlighting the most relevant figures for » Increased awareness of TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING EU Report team from November 2019 and LGBTQI youth. IGLYO’s research LGBTI+ EQUALITY STRATEGY monthly throughout 2020. IGLYO and » Increased collaboration with » Further dissemination of UNESCO have also foreseen to publish April, June, July: online FRA to discuss the protection research results a joint facts sheet on LGBTI inclusive 16 participants of LGBTQI youth rights education, based on the information of » Strengthened connections with LGBTI GOVERNMENTAL FOCAL Together with other civil society the GEM Report. European institutions, policymakers, POINT NETWORK MEETINGS organisations, IGLYO has been invited to several meetings organised by the » Increased collaboration with and other key European networks May: London, UK, Nov: Location TBC European Commission to discuss the UNESCO and other global networks 2-day meeting x 2 outline and content of the upcoming to mainstream LGBTQI rights across 2 staff (ED, PRM) LGBTI+ Equality Strategy. In line with their inclusive education work IGLYO has become a regular attendee the Commission’s work programme, » Endorsement of the GEM Report 2020 and contributor to the LGBTI the strategy is set to be adopted by the » Possible joint facts sheet with Governmental Focal Point Network, end of this year. The objective of these UNESCO to be published in 2020 ensuring that our work is well known meetings was to invite civil society amongst policymakers and national organisations to informally share targeted government representatives. By building feedback on the direction currently closer relationships with the members taken to help the preparatory work of the of the group, IGLYO is better placed strategy. to achieve positive change for LGBTQI

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UNESCO EXPERT VIRTUAL view to strengthening and the discrimination they face for being empower youth workers and peer MEETING: EDUCATION AS A TOOL streamlining Member States’ queer. Due to the global pandemic, we educators to deliver more effective sex FOR PREVENTION BY ADDRESSING action to address and counter resorted to launching two calls for video/ and relationships educational activities AND COUNTERING HATE SPEECH hate speech through education audio submissions and online interviews. Eventually, we had to put this project ONLINE PANEL: TRANS 13 - 18 May: online INTERSEX: NEW on hold due to other priorities and the PERSPECTIVES ON THE PANDEMIC 25 experts INTERDISCIPLINARY uncertainty of the pandemic. 180 views on the YouTube stream APPROACHES (INIA), 7 panellists from different CoE countries IGLYO was invited by UNESCO and SUPERVISORY BOARD MEETING OSAPG to participate in this online series SEX & RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION The panel addressed the impact of of meetings to inform and contribute 27 March: online SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown 16 participants to the content and design of the ‘Global restrictive measures on trans 4 graphics + 4 posts Education Ministers Conference and INIA is a new international research Online: Facebook, Instagram communities, and in particular on trans Multi-stakeholder Forum’. The aim of network which will train a cohort of 250 views each youth’s enjoyment of rights in the CoE the Expert Meetings was to review 10 early-stage researchers working region. Representatives of organisations existing evidence on addressing and collaboratively to develop knowledge SEX & RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION from seven different countries countering hate speech, exchange that will inform policymaking and DOWNLOADABLE SESSION PLANS participated as panellists and shared the good practice and develop a strategy to practice about intersex across a range of impact of COVDI-19 and the lockdowns mobilize and strengthen Member States’ 3 session plans key sectors and to elaborate PhD projects Online: IGLYO website on their communities. The panel focused capacity to address and counter hate related to the topic. The practical focus on trans organisations capacity to speech, both off-line and online through of the project will be on developing IGLYO will produce a set of lesson plans address the community’s needs due to education. The Experts Meeting included applied outputs to support the wellbeing on sex and relationships for school and funding constraints and governments discussions on strengthening the nexus and rights of intersex people. IGLYO is other educational settings which is fully inclusion of trans people in the response between Media & Information Literacy participating in this project, providing LGBTQI inclusive. The resources will be policies. (MIL) and Global Citizenship Education feedback to the Board of academics promoted and will be used by anyone (GCED), and explored good practices and organisations (together with other who works with LGBTQI adolescents » The panel shared information and for their mainstreaming throughout relevant networks like OII Europe). This and young people in the area of sex resilience techniques between education systems, as well as discussions first meeting took place to kick-off the and relationships education, both in organisations from seven different countries and with the audience on a possible outcome statement of the project, discuss the composition and the formal education settings, to build ‘Global Education Ministers Conference role of the supervisory board and provide inclusion on LGBTQI topics and realities, and Multi-stakeholder Forum’ focused on an overview of the different stages of this and in community settings, to address addressing and countering hate speech, project. the immediate sexual health needs of including its root causes and drivers, LGBTQI adolescents through non-formal through education. » Strengthened collaboration civil education. society organisations and academics » Strengthened collaboration with to work on intersex youth rights » IGLYO will translate the resource UNESCO other global networks to kit into a minimum of 2 languages, mainstream LGBTQI rights across INTERVIEW FILMS WITH LGBTQI thus ensuring it reaches a wider their inclusive education work YOUTH FROM RURAL AREAS audience. At the same time, IGLYO » Short written contributions will proactively promote the kit of to supplement working group 5 x 1-minute films resources through a social media Online: Facebook, You Tube campaign highlighting it across reports, which could be used 300 views each as background documents at its network of over 100 member The line-up of the Trans Panel included Lui organisations and all of its European Asquith from Mermaids, Sophie Schers from the Conference and Forum IGLYO will conduct each interview and TNN and Tina Kolos Orban fron Transvanilla. partners and networks, such as » Compilation of good practices inquire about lives of LGBTQI people IPPF-EN, RFSU, ILGA-Europe, OBESSU and a set of recommendations living in remote or rural areas. The and FEJ. The resources will contribute to inform a possible ministerial interviews will highlight specific issues to building skills and attitudes that outcome statement, with a they face, from the lack of support to

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ONLINE PANEL: SEX WORKERS » Featuring of important resource page on IGLYO’s website to Facebook PERSPECTIVES ON THE PANDEMIC campaigns by partners display the articles alongside other useful Opening post: 344 » Greater awareness of IGLYO links. Each article was also promoted Tamara Razmadze: 2354 Over 7.500 views on the Facebook Live stream Erin Vlahovic: 627 Participation of more than 1.000 people on Facebook governance matters through IGLYO’s social media channels. Nata Talikishvili: 1813 Facebook The panel addressed the impact of Fabio Milillo: 471 MEMBER OF THE MONTH Part 1: Living in Lockdown with COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown Unsupportive Family Members: 928 Mona Gamie: 429 restrictive measures on sex workers The Member of the Month campaign Part 2: Access to Hormones Rodrigo González Alvarez: 414 communities. The panel explored topics or Health Care: 669 Ending post: 337 like the criminalisation and the stigma consists of a feature interview Part 3: Privacy and Space to Speak Instagram related to the nature of sex work, and highlighting the history, work, outlook with Queer Friends: 391 Opening post: 330 how sex workers organisations have self- and priorities of a member organisation. Part 4: Dealing with Stress and organised to provide direct support to Each month, a member organisation Anxiety During Lockdown: 1428 Tamara Razmadze: 315 the community. Seven representatives is invited to answer five questions and Part 5: Reducing stress/anxiety in Erin Vlahovic: 395 from different organisations participated provide representative pictures. The Lockdown - What Can I Do?: 387 Nata Talikishvili: 336 as panellists and shared their views provided answers and pictures are made Part 6: Finding Your True Identity Fabio Milillo: 397 While Being in Isolation: 377 on the impact of COVID-19 and the into article and visuals for our website, Mona Gamie: 347 lockdowns on their communities. which are consequently shared on all Instagram Rodrigo González Alvarez: 386 our social media platforms. With the Part 1: Living in Lockdown with Closing post: 253 » Strengthened platform for member of the month campaign, we Unsupportive Family Members: 433 dialogue and cooperation on hope not only to celebrate the diversity Part 2: Access to Hormones » A heightened sense of importance inclusion on youth sex workers of IGLYO, but also to bring awareness to or Health Care: 291 for early hepatitis and HIV testing the common goals and specific struggles Part 3: Privacy and Space to Speak » The campaign was sharing by » Enhanced awareness of policies with Queer Friends: 371 and practices that are effective of LGBTQI activism in different parts of ambassadors personally, who Part 4: Dealing with Stress and in protecting the rights of Europe. In response to the Covid-19 crisis, reached people from their Anxiety During Lockdown: 317 own network that way LGBTQI youth sex workers the Member of the Month interview was Part 5: Reducing stress/anxiety in amended to reflect the realities, obstacles Lockdown - What Can I Do?: 226 NEWSLETTER and solutions our members face and are Part 6: Finding Your True Identity putting into effect. While Being in Isolation: 402 Quarterly newsletters and Monthly announcements are send to the full membership, I.e. 113 contacts » Increased profile for IGLYO’s members » LGBTQI youth feel more supported IGLYO disseminates Quarterly » Greater engagement between IGLYO » LGBTQI youth has greater knowledge newsletters and monthly and membership organisations on how to deal with challenges announcements. The Quarterly » Increased connections between » Signposting to advice and newsletters correspond to the members in the network support organisations Quarterly Board meetings. Both the Quarterly newsletters and the monthly QUEER YOUTH SURVIVAL GUIDE HIV AWARENESS CAMPAIGN announcements feature important governance decisions, calls and European Testing Week is a week in light job vacancies, internal and external As part of IGLYO’s response to COVID 19, we commissioned the author of the of early hepatitis and HIV testing. We announcements, partner news and launched photos and quotes from six relevant LGBTQI+ advocacy news. Trans Youth Survival Guide to write six short advice pieces to support LGBTQI ambassadors who submitted material for this campaign. The COVID-19 Survival Guide is a collaboration with » Greater awareness within the young people deal with some of the Owl from My Genderation, who wrote the articles. network of IGLYO’s work main challenges they might be facing » Greater membership engagement as a result of the pandemic. IGLYO’s in the work of IGLYO Communications Officer illustrated each article and created a specific COVID 19

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Income

Funder Budget (€) Actual (€) %* Comments

European Commission (325.565,00) (325.565,00) 100 Awaiting review - small reduction envisaged

Government of the Netherlands (Dutch Ministry) (64.350,00) (100.880,00) 157 Grant increased to cover costs of EYF Work Plan

Council of Europe EYF Structural Grant ( 16.606,00) (16.606,00) 100

Council of Europe EYF Work Plan (30.923,67) - 0 Grant not approved

Council of Europe EYF Study Session (1.500,00) - 0 Lower project costs

Time Is Now (10.000,00 ) (13.000,00) 130

Other Income (300,00) (1.359,78) 453 Speaker and training fees

AMC Host Contribution (20.500,00) (26.094,50) 127 Higher overall event costs

IGLYO Membership Fees (11.840,00) (11.840,00) 100

AMC Organisational Contribution (6.500,00) (7.325,00) 113

Participation Fees (1.700,00) (1.700,00) 100

Donations (250,00) (2.884,24) 1154

Lunch Voucher Reduction (1.300,00) (1.143,41) 88

ONSS Reduction (10.000,00) (7.593,67) 76

Tax Reduction (500,00) (519,60) 104

Cost Recovery (500,00) (37,29) 7

TOTAL (490.034,67) (516.548,49) 105

40 * % of budget used. 41 Financial report

Expenditure » Capacity Building Costs » Staffing Costs Expense Budget (€) Actual (€) %*

Expense Budget (€) Actual (€) %* Activist Academy Mentors’ Training 2.755,00 2.218,29 81

Staff Salaries 210.000,00 234.893,10 112 Activist Academy 27.906,48 27.886,48 87

Social Security & Taxes (ONSS) 70.000,00 64.407,14 92 Facilitation Training 5.820,00 6.292,27 108

Staff Lunch Vouchers 9.000,00 8.192,20 91 Time is Now (Finance & Governance Trainings) 2.200,00 2.928,64 133

Social Secretariat Fees 1.500,00 1.408,88 94 TOTAL CAPACITY BUILDING COSTS 39.345,68 39.325,68 92

Staff Insurance 2.500,00 1.977,16 79

Staff Local Travel 2.400,00 2.100,46 88 » Advocacy Costs Holiday Provision - (17.569,51) -

Staff Training 600,00 - 0 Expense Budget (€) Actual (€) %*

TOTAL STAFFING COSTS 284.200,00 286.152,75 101 IDAHOT Forum 1.500,00 2.517,77 168

Inclusive Education Survey 9.250,00 3.036,10 33

Education Advocacy Meetings 1.800,00 305,80 17 » Governance Costs LGBTQI Advocacy Meetings 2.200,00 6.441,51 293 Expense Budget (€) Actual (€) %* ILGA Europe Conference 2.550,00 3.174,48 124 Board Meetings 21.600,00 22.179,86 103 TOTAL ADVOCACY COSTS 17.300,00 15.475,66 89 Governance Team 550,00 - 0

Annual Members’ Conference 42.860,00 49.927,53 116

Staff Development Meeting 300,00 210,00 70 » Dissemination Costs Government of the Netherlands Annual Meeting 900,00 1.039,69 116 Expense Budget (€) Actual (€) %* TOTAL GOVERNANCE COSTS 66.210,00 73.357,08 111 Membership Package 2.250,00 786,38 35

Legal Gender Recognition Research - 408,00 -

TOTAL DISSEMINATION COSTS 2.250,00 1.194,38 53

42 * % of budget used. * % of budget used. 43 Financial report

» Operating Costs » Operating Costs (continuation)

Expense Budget (€) Actual (€) %* Expense Budget (€) Actual (€) %*

Audit 3.000,00 2.904,00 97 Recruitment Costs 1.000,00 2.003,83 200

Book Keeping: WinBooks Accounting Software 2.200,00 2.733,98 124 Reimbursed Costs - (232,32) -

Book Keeping: R Mercier/Ecosolidaire 6.000,00 5.348,20 89 Websites: IGLYO, Activist Academy, 1.900,00 820,99 43 Education, Online Learning Bank Charges/Transfer Costs 1.500,00 988,21 66 Miscellaneous costs 2.620,00 (589,26) -22

Depreciation 2.000,00 2.530,05 127 Losses - 3.740,60 -

Design Costs 2.250,00 - 0 TOTAL OPERATIONG COSTS 57.595,00 49.151,73 85

Health Insurance Mensura 600,00 512,04 85

Human Resources Consultancy 1.050,00 1.076,90 103 GRAND TOTAL 482.135,00 477.674,56 99%

Internet 1.020,00 870,80 85

Legal: Moniteur Belge 140,00 - 0

Member Fees (YFJ -1.800, ILGA- 2.400,00 2.029,00 85 150, TGEU- 150, Other- 200) Office Rent and Charges 18.000,00 19.695,34 109 Balance

Office Supplies 2.100,00 1.920,60 91 Expense Budget (€)

Office Equipment 1.295,00 553,54 43 Total reserves 31/12/2018 (89.863,39)

Office Insurance 1.000,00 2.109,86 211 Total Income 31/12/2019 (516.548,49)

Online Tools 7.120,00 2.745,78 39 Total Expense 31/12/2019 477.122,07

Phones - 310,75 - Extraordinary Expenses 368,88

Postage 400,00 200,38 50 Balance 31/12/2019 (39.057,54)

Printing - 619,06 - Total Reserves 31/12/2019 (128.920,93)

44 * % of budget used. * % of budget used. 45 Communications report

BEING ISOLATED DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PANDEMIC ALONE. A Year Of

Change Physical activities were replaced be an on-going process, we can by online meetings, debates and proudly say that we feel like we discussions. The results? More are on the right track into shaping infographics, online workshops IGLYO communications work. Uniformity and and virtual collaborations. We Besides a slightly new look and adaptability. Those are worked tirelessly to bring you an feel, we also strive to share content adapted schedule of activities, a lot more frequently than we had the main keywords including workshops, informal ever done before, so we can make that summarise IGLYO meetings, surveys, awareness sure you stay updated with what’s campaigns, online panels and happening at IGLYO, at member 2020 communications written articles. As usual, most of organisations and in Europe as a work. As the reality and IGLYO’s communications are done whole. online, but as more of our capacity- impact of the pandemic building and advocacy activities became clear, we had to moved online too, the demand MAIN ACTIVITIES for communications increased quickly find new ways to significantly to ensure all changes Living with a pandemic does not reshape our activities. and opportunities were well mean our work slowed down. promoted. We continued to keep you up to date with what was happening in With all that was happening the world, our own activities and around us, however, we decided collaborations with other (member) to bring more uniformity in our organisations and creatives. In communications work. We decided comparison to our 2019 Annual on a set colour scheme that we Report, we had to make changes to used in each visual we published. our approach. Here is a breakdown: We incorporated more graphic illustrations and high-quality Internal changes photographs that were used to We cherish our members and convey messages, and we even follower's engagement with all our made a few illustrations to keep activities, because you are and will our content different and exciting. always be what keeps us going. There are plenty of ways to stay Instead of accumulating campaign relevant and refreshing when it materials by conducting interviews comes down to communications and taking photos ourselves, we and although finding a coherent had to rely on the willingness style has been and will always

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of members and interested The result was a collection of Education through participants to submit their own different types of videos and audio participation materials. Each call for participants files. As more and more shifts in As all our activities have moved was introduced with a clear set of our work schedules were made, we online, we launched the initiative guidelines, in which we outlined decided to put this project on hold to organise our very own panel campaign ideas, showed good and to have another look at it at a discussions with experts from and bad examples, and provided later point this year. around the globe. The first one, submission instructions. Working ‘Trans Youth Perspective on the with an online submission system A successful case study: ‘European Testing Week’ Pandemic’, was an online discussion enabled us to reach a wider audience panel livestreamed on Youtube. We an enabled young people outside of As part of the 5th annual European invited trans activists and advisors Europe to contribute. It also opened Testing Week for early testing on to inform us about the impact up participatory opportunities to hepatitis and HIV, IGLYO decided to of COVID-19 on the lives of trans those who would be otherwise be participate and to raise awareness people. The following week, we unable to join us at physical events. for the cause. We launched a call for planned, organised and hosted a However, online events come with ambassadors and asked for photo second online panel. This time, we their own struggles and limitations. submissions that would be shared worked with ICRSE and made way Our online calls for participants have on social media. Each ambassador for sex workers, as they joined us for resulted in varied outcomes. provided us with a quote that ‘A Sex worker's Perspective on the A less fortunate case highlighted the importance of Pandemic’. We can confidently say study: ‘Reaching Further: getting tested. On social media, we that both panel discussions were a posted each ambassador’s photo Decentralising LGBTQI Youth success thanks to the efforts made side by side with their provided 'A Sex worker's Perspective on the Pandemic' by everyone involved to share and Activism’ Study Session was an initiative in collaboration with ICRSE. quote. The campaign was a success, promote the events. The biggest call for participants because ambassadors shared their Both panels have made us aware that left us with mixed feelings own photos to their own social that IGLYO wouldn’t be anything was the Study Session on being circles. We love to see this kind of without willing participation and queer in rural areas. Although we involvement and participation in our collective effort. The panels remind started out with the best intensions future activities more often. us that our audience is interested and an outlined planning, the in learning more from experts and COVID-19 pandemic came right that it’s never too late to educate after we accepted participants and yourself. The pandemic, as unique even booked a few of their flights as it is, also taught us to take care to Budapest, Hungary. When the of each other and to give a voice pandemic turned out to be more to those who are often ignored by serious than we had anticipated, country decisionmakers. we decided to cancel the event and launched a call for video Sharing is caring submissions instead. We prepared One thing that hasn’t been submission guidelines and hoped impacted by the pandemic is our for the best, but we quickly realised duty to share and reshare topical that each person has their own news from around Europe and interpretation of the brief. beyond. We are aware of our job as an organisation to bring you news surrounding new laws,

The Euroean Testing Week was a week discriminatory offenses, joint of social media campaigning.

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Michael Chin

【 IGLYO 】Let's Get UNITED 1 message

IGLYO 27 August 2020 at 15:19 Reply-To: Euan Platt To: Michael Chin

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statements, LGBTQI awareness days Better together that are important to the LGBTQI Being isolated does not mean you community. have to go through the pandemic Clear and concise information alone. We have compiled a short list of resources on our IGLYO Bringing uniformity to the posts we website with tips on how to survive create means nothing if we don’t COVID-19, and we have collaborated go all the way. By redesigning our with Owl from My Genderation communications work such as in a series of articles specifically reports, we try to give a refreshing for young LGBTQI people. Topics new look that keeps young people included how to keep yourself engaged and interested. Earlier this entertained while being in isolation, year, we launched our ‘Membership the importance of finding a support Survey 2019’ and ‘Annual Evaluation group and dealing with stress and 2019’, both of which were brought anxiety. down to show only the most important and relevant data as part Another activity that brings people of our extended surveys. Besides together is our annual Activist that, we have added illustrations Academy. This year, we’ve decided to make the overall look much to hold it 100% online and to open more pleasant to look at. We aim registration for the whole world. to design all our future reports in The main goal stays the same, similar manners. Another thing we however. Participate and learn redesigned are our mailings. Forget from experts on how to become long and plain e-mails; Say hello to the best LGBTQI activist you can short and designed letters. Each possibly be. This year, we also mailing is to-the-point and clear, but hosted a crash course in graphic the purpose hasn’t changed. We design, going from concepts to still aim to bring you an overview of successful campaigning. As part our activities and we make room for of the communications work, we external calls as well. have called help from an external designer to create the visuals and website redesign. With all the final images and videos, we promoted the event over the course of a week and launched a campaign on Facebook Ads to reach a wider audience. 27/08/2020 PRIDIGLEYO G MailOE -S 【 OIGLNYOL 】INLet'sE :Get UNITED https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=ad04e8ce37&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f%3A1676184745529747265&simpl=msg-f%3A1676184745529747SAT 3 & 10 OCTOBER … 1/5

Dear IGLYO,

With everything that is happening in the world right now, it is more than ever needed to reﬂect on current lives of LGBTQI young people around the world and to come together as one. That is why we at IGLYO are organising an called . The message is Previous page: the cohesive branding Online Global Youth Pride UNITE is applied to all of our newsletters. simple and crystal clear lets come together and stand in solidarity. 50 51 We are proud to announce a few acvies that are in the worings right now. irst, we are crossing borders and hosng an online panel discussion about the current issues faces by LGBTQI young people beyond urope and the importance of internaonal solidarity. The panel will include African Queer Youth Iniave frica and Indigo entral sia.

Second, we are raising awareness for intersex and bisexual people with two separate discussions. What does it mean to be intersex, what sgma do bisexual people face and what can we do to be more inclusive We welcome InterSex Russia, Intersex Belgium, Bi-erasure and Mental Health to the discussions.

These are only a few of the many acvies we are planning for IT, as we are planning on maing this a big event full of diverse acvies. We do, however, need your help to reach people and to propose acvies to be included in the online fesvies. Sign up to stay updated

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DATA ANALYSIS Instagram Twitter (MEASURED ON 27.07.2020) » Followers: 1730 (+18% » Followers: 8420 (+5% With all the different activities we’ve since September 2019) since September 2019) organised, we would like to highlight » Posts 2020: 103 » Tweets 2020: 95 a few key data and campaigns that we’ve launched in 2020, along with the audience reach. Facebook » Followers: 10,810 (+16% since September 2019) » Posts 2020: 160