On 15 June 2021, as part of an ongoing attack on LGBTQI rights, the Hungarian Parliament adopted several amendments that go against EU legislation and […]
July 7, 2021
PARIS, 17 May – Today, on the International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia, Transphobia, and Intersexphobia. UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report and the International LGBTQI Youth […]
May 17, 2021
TGEU, ILGA-Europe and IGLYO, the three largest networks of LGBTI and trans organisations working in Europe and Central Asia, are calling on the Parliament of Kazakhstan […]
June 10, 2020
The pandemic is exposing and deepening existing discrimination, violence and other human rights violations on the basis of SOGIESC, organisations tell the Human Rights Council […]
June 8, 2020
IGLYO stands united with black people, people of colour, indigenous people and allies, who are resisting and uprising against systematic racism and police brutality in […]
June 2, 2020
On the 30th of April, Madona Kirapoidze set herself on fire in front of Tbilisi City Hall. The protest is a desperate cry for help […]
May 4, 2020
Today, we celebrate Lesbian Visibility Day. Besides a day in which we look back at all that has been achieved by the lesbian community and […]
April 26, 2020
(Geneva, July 12, 2019) – In a defining vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert focusing on […]
July 12, 2019
The far right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, was elected as the President of Brazil. IGLYO would like to express its support for the local populations at risk.
October 30, 2018
IGLYO is proud to launch Supporting your intersex child”, a toolkit for parents, carers, relatives and siblings of intersex children.
October 26, 2018
On Friday, 21st of September, the queer activist Zak Kostopoulos, active in our member organization Colour Youth, died as a consequence of brutal beatings in Athens, Greece.
October 18, 2018
IGLYO, the International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation, is delighted to be hosted by LGBT Youth Scotland for our Annual Members’ Conference in Edinburgh.
October 5, 2018
On 2 July 2008, the European Commission proposed an important new anti-discrimination law. While not exhaustive, this directive could ban discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in all areas of social life, including education, housing, and access to goods and services.
July 2, 2018
IGLYO’s LGBTQI Inclusive Education Index and Report provide much needed qualitative data on areas such as laws, policies, teacher training, inclusive curricula to highlight both good practices and areas for development in each country and ensure that LGBTQI learners feel safe, supported and included within state educational institutions.
January 23, 2018
Since 1999, the 23rd of September has been marked as an international day to highlight the struggle of the bisexual community to gain visibility both outside and inside LGBTQI spaces, to raise awareness to the stigma and the erasure of bi-identities and experiences.
September 23, 2017
“Right Side” human rights defender NGO highly appreciates the changes done by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia which was made in […]
August 10, 2017
A woman pushing the office door illegally entered the office and presenting herself as an employee of Yerevan Municipality, requested the president of the NGO […]
July 7, 2017
For the third year in a row, the Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride March was banned and protestors attacked by police, in fact being prevented from exercising […]
July 3, 2017
Between the 20th and 23rd of April 2017, a Fourth International Intersex Forum was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The world’s largest intersex human rights forum to date […]
April 28, 2017
Each year the 8th of March, feminists and human rights activists gather to shed light on our continued struggle for equality and to celebrate our […]
March 8, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE: 10:00 CET, WEDNESDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2016 Intersex young people speak out about their experiences, to raise visibility and reach out to others through IGLYO’s new film, ‘We Are […]
October 26, 2016
23 September – Today we celebrate Bisexuality Visibility Day, an international awareness day combatting bisexual invisibility. The International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) seizes […]
September 23, 2016
On the 4th of August the Ugandan police force stormed and raided a private party at Club Venom hosting the Mr/Ms/Mx Pride Uganda pageant during […]
August 15, 2016
As part of the European Commission’s new LGBTI campaign, Commissioner Jourová attended EuroPride 2016 on their campaign boat- ‘We Share The Same Dreams’. IGLYO Co-Chair, […]
August 8, 2016
Today, the 22nd of July, is the European Day for Victims of Hate Crime. The International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) would therefore like […]
July 22, 2016
On the 30th of June 2016 the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the principal human rights organ of the UN, established the institution’s first […]
July 1, 2016
In light of recent international incidences of discrimination, hate speech, and hate crimes perpetrated against the LGBTQI community, the International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation […]
June 24, 2016
IGLYO is excited to announce a call for a new research intern to join the IGLYO team in Brussels for 5 months. The role […]
May 30, 2016
IGLYO, with support from UNESCO, and the governments of Norway and the Netherlands, has created a film and photo exhibition to highlight the difficult and […]
May 17, 2016
IGLYO calls LGBTQI activists and organisations to eliminate racial and ethnic discrimination that persists in Europe, even within the queer space Monday 21st March 2016. […]
March 21, 2016
