Support LGBTQI Youth as Anti-LGBTQI Violence Rises

After turning to our past in 2024 with our 40th anniversary celebrations, 2025 was very much about looking forward and strategising around the future of IGLYO and the LGBTQI youth movement as a whole. We notably adopted a solid new Strategic Plan for the four years ahead as well as new internal policies that make the network more equitable and accessible for organisations led by minoritised groups within the LGBTQI community.

This year was not short on achievements. Besides our continued work with European institutions and through advocacy events, we continued our work on inclusive education, including the launch of our updated LGBTQI Inclusive Education Map, Index & Report on a brand new website, new tools for policymakers and educators, our Proud Pupils Conference in Barcelona, and our Education Mentorship Programme that supported six member-led national projects working on inclusive education.

We also increased our advocacy efforts for inclusion in sport with a new IGLYO Publication and an international youth conference in Brussels. And we developed our work in health and trans rights, including strategic coordination and new research on trans-specific healthcare.

But that's not all: Our programmes this year, such as the Activist Academy in Tampere, built the capacities of over 100 LGBTQI young people and activists; our Annual Members’ Conference in Zurich saw a record number of 98 Members present or represented via proxy; our IGLYO Grants Programme supported 5 Member-led projects in Czechia, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, and Sweden; our Board and staff represented the voice of LGBTQI youth in over 90 international events; and our online posts were seen over 1.5 million times.

This is only a fraction of the achievements you will find in our IGLYO Annual Report 2025, which offers an in-depth overview of our activities in 2025 through highlights, photos, resources, and links. 

We extend a million thanks to you, our donors, for helping us to achieve our mission and contributing to all these beautiful successes in 2025. We couldn't be more grateful for the love and support we receive from you, and cannot wait to continue building a safer world for LGBTQI young people together with you in 2026.