Suicidality among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth

On International Lesbian Day, we highlight the recent report by the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, emphasising the need for targeted policies to protect lesbians […]

A survey of 71 organisations across 32 European countries finds that over 60% have worked with LGBTIQ youth experiencing homelessness, while homeless services lack the […]

On 7 April, in the midst of an ongoing global pandemic, we celebrated World Health Day with the motto: “Building a fairer, healthier world”. But […]

We, along with EL*C, TGEU, and OII Europe, are working to prepare a short submission to The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the specific needs and struggles of LBTI women in sports, and are looking for your inputs to this submission by 31 January.

2020 has drastically altered our daily lives and as an activist it’s easy to put your mental health and wellbeing on the back burner, while you get on with other hugely pressing priorities. On top of this, LGBTI activists can suffer from particular mental health stresses that stream from discrimination, LGBTIphobia, and the uphill battle that working to secure our rights and equality can be. To mark World Mental Health Day, this blog brings you some tools to help you cope with challenges that come your way.

“We need your help to change the lives of LGBTIQ homeless young people,” says superstar Cyndi Lauper in an exclusive interview about how her organisation, True Colors United, is teaming up with ILGA-Europe to tackle the unacceptable problem of LGBTIQ youth homelessness in Europe.

Young LGBTIQ people are being made homeless every day in Europe. To tie in with our survey for LGBTIQ organisations about their experience of youth homelessness, a young person from Slovenia tells their story of self-discovery, and how bullying in their family forced them to run away.

A new survey aims to guage the experiences of European and Central Asian groups and organisations when it comes to LGBTIQ youth homelessness.

ILGA-Europe and Autism Europe are looking for inputs on the specific needs and struggles of LGBTI people on the autism spectrum and their families in […]

Join us for the webinar An introduction to LGBTIQ youth homelessness and the role of LGBTIQ organisations on 27 September 2019 at 13.00 CEST. LGBTIQ homelessness is […]

One of our member organisations in Bulgaria, Single Step, have launched a new motivational video.  The video was created to inspire young people around the […]

iGLYO’s latest report “Expression Abridged” is essential reading for LGBTI activists, researchers, academics and the media alike. Officially launched at the European Parliament in Brussels […]

As part of our Come Out for Mental Health campaign, we spoke to our friends at Mental Health Europe about some of the challenges that LGBTI people […]

Thank you to TENI (Ireland) for sharing your good practices with us as part of the Come Out for Mental Health campaign! “Our work on mental health […]

Thank you to Gayten-LGBT (Serbia) for sharing your good practices with us as part of the Come Out for Mental Health campaign!

Thank you to Seta (Finland) for sharing your good practices with us as part of the Come Out for Mental Health campaign! Eveliina, a Finnish cross-dressing senior, […]

ILGA-Europe want to come out for mental health. #ComeOut4MentalHealth There are a lot of reports, statistics and analysis out there on the mental health of LGBTI people… […]