HISTORY
In 1984, the Dutch Gay Youth Platform (LHJO) hosted the first International Gay Youth Congress and Festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The participants regarded the event as such a great success they decided to arrange a follow-up. In 1985, Ireland's National Gay Federation hosted the second Congress in Dublin.
At the Dublin conference, plans were made to establish a facility to collect and distribute information about lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people and their groups. The youth group of Norway volunteered to organize the International Gay Youth Information Pool (IGYIP), as well as host the Third Congress. At the end of the conference in Oslo, it was decided to establish IGLYO as a permanent organization for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual youth.
In order to fulfill its goals IGLYO has firmly committed itself to the struggle against sexism and racism. The organization has a strong focus on its equal opportunities policy, ensuring that its membership is equally and fairly represented on the basis of gender, ethnicity, religion, ability and socio-economic background.
IGLYO CHRONOLOGY
| 1984 | First International Gay Youth Conference – Friendship and Desire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1985 | Second International Gay Youth Conference, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1986 | IGLYO officially established at during conference Conference, Oslo, Norway |
| 1990 | Study visit of an Eastern European delegation to an IGLYO meeting in Zurich |
| 1991 | Conference 'Role Reverse', Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Study Session on HIV/Aids, Strasbourg, France | |
| 1992 | First conference with CEE participants and opening of office, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| IGLYO becomes member of ECB (later: 'European Youth Forum') | |
| 1993 | Conference, Paris, France |
| 1994 | Conference on Society and Legislation, Dublin, Ireland |
| Opening of office in Amsterdam with an annex in New York | |
| Dutch/Polish Media Exchange (Financed by 'EU Tempus") | |
| 1995 | Conference on Diversity, Manchester, United Kingdom (July) |
| Coming out counselling study session Strasbourg (September) | |
| Shabab Akalyat study session together with EUJS and CEMYC Budapest | |
| Participation in "All Different All Equal" Campaign | |
| First ever conference in Romania on Gay and Lesbian issues, IGLYO attends as an International Observer | |
| 1996 | First ever LGBT youth conference in CEE: Eastern Europe Conference Budapest, (July) |
| Offices in New York and Bratislava closed again | |
| 1984 | First International Gay Youth Conference – Friendship and Desire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1997 | Homophobia and Fascism Conference, Pisa (July) |
| Interfaith dialogue study session, Strasbourg (September) | |
| Amsterdam office hires full-time staff | |
| 1998 | Organizing conference together with Gay Pride in Amsterdam. |
| Seminar on setting up youth groups, Antwerp (March) | |
| Conference on Health, Driebergen, Netherlands (July) | |
| Diversity study session together with Mobility International and IYNF, Budapest, Hungary (September) | |
| 1999 | Study session on continuity, (April) |
| Education conference Barcelona, Spain (July) | |
| 2000 | Amsterdam office closed down |
| Opening of an office in Stockholm and Ljubljana | |
| Networking study session, Budapest, Hungary (March) | |
| Family conference, Stockholm, Sweden (July) | |
| First women’s conference in Berlin, Germany (September) | |
| 2001 | Stockholm office closed down |
| Publication of the IGLYO manual for member organizations | |
| Study session on Social Exclusion in high schools with OBESSU, Budapest, Hungary (March) | |
| Contribution to the LGBT Travel Conference (Washington, USA) | |
| 2002 | IGLYO International Hearing on the situation of LGBT people in accession countries to the European Union (Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
| Publication of Mind the Gap: A report of the IGLYO Hearing on LGBT youth in EU accession countries. | |
| Contribution to the ILGA-Europe conference (Lisbon, Portugal) | |
| 2003 | Study Session entitled “Overcoming Homophobia: Towards an inclusive social policy for LGBT youth” (Budapest) |
| Opening office in Malta | |
| Annual Conference “Pride in Activism” (Lisbon, Portugal) | |
| 2004 | Study Session entitled “Media Works: LGBT youth representation in the Media” |
| Annual Conference “LGBT Youth Inc: Past, present and future of LGBT youth organizations” (Sofia, Bulgaria) | |
| Second Women’s Conference, “…and a body of our own: identity, body image and gender/sexuality” (Opatija, Croatia) | |
| 2005 | Study Session entitled “Bullying and Isolation in Education” (Strasbourg) |
| Annual Conference “Economics of Gender: Belonging to and Seeking Understanding(s) of Gender” (Krakow, Poland) | |
| 2006 | Launch new website www.iglyo.com |
| Participation in 2nd All Different All Equal Campaign | |
| Publication: Social Exclusion of LGBT young people in Europe, co-operation with ILGA-Europe (June) | |
| Hearing in European Parliament: Social Exclusion of LGBT young people in Europe, in co-operation with ILGA-Europe (September) | |
| Initiative taker for resolution against homophobia in European Youth Forum | |
| Beyond Coming Out: discussing Mental Health Issues among LGBT Youth and Communities, Riga (Latvia, December) | |
| 2007 | Study Session with OBESSU: Understanding, Developing and Implementing LGBT-inclusive policies in European Secondary Schools, Strasbourg (France, April) |