Guidelines for an LGBTQ-inclusive Education
Everyone has the right to education.
Article 26, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Everyone has the right to education, without discrimination on the basis of,and taking into account, their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Principle 16, Yogyakarta Principles (2007)
In Spring 2007, IGLYO and OBESSU gathered 30 school student and LGBTQ activists to reflect over access to education. The Social Exclusion report showed it: in Europe, 61% of young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are discriminated against at school. We know that for sure and now, we also know how to start working on it!
No-one is better placed than us, young people, to know what it's like.
No-one is better placed than us, young people, to express our problems.
No-one is better placed than us, young people, to state what the solutions are.
These guidelines are the only resource to fight homophobia in education produced by young people themselves. They are the result of an intense week of reflection over the question: How can we make schools in Europe more welcoming for 10% of their students the invisible minorities, the sexual minorities?
They lay down, in 10 concrete points, what can be done in schools to tackle discrimination, and make schools a better place for human rights for minorities and majorities, students and staff, young people and adults alike.
- Download the guidelines in English
- Download the guidelines in Spanish
- Download the guidelines in Italian
- Download the guidelines in Portuguese
- Download the guidelines in Romanian
- Would you like to translate the guidelines in your own language? Please contact bruno@iglyo.com.
Upcoming! Following a related event in Oslo in January 2008, the guidelines will soon be published along with concrete examples of how to put them in practice. For more information, subscribe to the IGLYO Newsletter!