Contributors
IGLYO would like to express its sincere thanks to everyone who helped make the LGBTQI Inclusive Education Index and Report possible. This project is the culmination of time, effort, expertise, and support from many different individuals, organisations and institutions. While it is not possible to name everyone, we would like to specifically thank the following.
Funders
The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture & Science for providing additional funding to cover the start-up costs, without which, the project could not have happened. The Rights Equality and Citizenship programme 2014-2020 of the European Union also kindly provided co-funding.
Partners
Our esteemed European partners, ILGA-Europe, Transgender Europe (TGEU) and OII Europe have provided us with guidance, advice and support throughout the project. They have also played a vital role in reviewing and verifying a great deal of the data contained in the report.
IGLYO Member Organisations and Country Leads
The majority of data presented in this report was researched and provided on a voluntary basis from individuals who work or volunteer for LGBTQI civil society organisations in the field of education. Without dedicated and knowledgeable people in each country, who were committed to the project, IGLYO would have been unable to produce such a comprehensive review. Everyone who wished to be named has been mentioned below.
Albania
Mersila Ballo and Altin Hazizaj (PINK Embassy)
Andorra
Carles Perea (Som Com Som)
Mireia Porras and Ester Fenoll (Govern d’Andorra)
Armenia: Ashot Gevorgyan (MSM Armenia)
Austria
Thiemo Bischof
Paul Haller (Queerconnexion)
Azerbijan
Javid Nabiyev (Nefes LGBT Azerbaijan Alliance)
Belgium
Kaj Poelman (çavaria)
Bart Vandenbussche (Wel Jong Niet Hetero)
Jean Louis Verbruggen (Les Cheff)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Vladana Vasić (Sarajevo Open Centre)
Bulgaria
Monika Pisankaneva (Bilitis Resource Center)
Evgeni Minev (LGBT Plovdiv)
Croatia
Mia Gonan (Zagreb Pride)
Cyprus
Andreas Andreou (ACCEPT LGBT Cyprus)
Czech Republic
Zdeněk Sloboda (Platforma pro rovnopravnost, uznani a diverzitu z.s.)
Denmark
Christoffer Jaksh.j (LGBT+ Ungdom)
Estonia
Ney Maret (Estonian LGBT Association)
Finland
Anssi Pirttij.rvi and Kerttu Tarjamo (SETA)
Georgia
Natia Gvianishvili (Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group)
Greece
Philippos Paganis (Colour Youth)
Hungary
Dorottya Redai
Rita B.res-De.k (Hungarian LGBT Alliance)
Iceland
Solveig Ros (Samtokin ’78)
Ireland
Carol-Anne O’Brien (BeLonG To)
Italy
Ezio De Gesu (Arcigay)
Fabrizio Benetti (MaiMa)
Latvia
Sabine Tropa (Open Centre)
Lithuania
Eglė Kuktoraitė (Asociacija LGL)
Luxembourg
Roby Antony (CIGALE)
Macedonia
Antonio Mihajlov (Subversive Front)
Natasha Boshkova (Coalition Sexual and Health Rights of Marginalized Communities)
Malta
Gabi Calleja (Malta LGBTIQ Rights Movement)
Melissa McElhatton (Gender Equality Malta)
Moldova
Artiom Zavadovschi (GENDERDOC-M Information Centre)
Montenegro
Jovan Djuratovic (LGBT Forum Progress)
Netherlands
Geert-Jan Edelenbosch (COC Netherlands)
Norway
Victoria Overby Steinland (Skeiv Ungdom)
Bj.rn Smestad (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences)
Poland
Vyacheslav Melnyk (KPH)
Wiktor Dynarski (Trans-Fuzja Foundation)
Portugal
Tiemo Fernandes (Associa..o ILGA Portugal)
Romania
Teodora Ion-Rotaru (ACCEPT Romania)
Serbia
Jelena Vasiljevic (Labris)
Jelena Vidic (Gayten-LGBT, Center for promotion of LGBTIQ human rights)
Slovak Republic
Veronika Valkovičov. (Iniciat.va Inakosť)
Slovenia
Simon Maljevac (LEGEBITRA)
Roman Kuhar (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences)
Linn Julian Koletnik (Institute TransAkcija)
Spain
Juan Manuel Carrasco Estévez, Alfonso Lara, Alberto Martín-Pérez, Jennifer Rebollo (FELGTB)
Sweden
Gustaf Hedman (RFSL -The Swedish Federation for LGBTQ Rights)
Switzerland
Delphine Roux (F.d.ration genevoise des associations LGBT)
Turkey
Hakan Ozkan (Kaos GL)
Ukraine
Yuri Yoursky Radchenko (Gay-Alliance Ukraine)
United Kingdom
Joseph Hall (University of Northampton)
Cara Spence (LGBT Youth Scotland)
Lukasz Konieczka (Mosaic LGBT Youth Centre)
Governmental feedback
A previous version of this report was presented at the Follow-up meeting to evaluate the education sector responses to violence based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and variations in sex characteristics, which took place at the European Parliament in January 2018. IGLYO thanks the following governments for providing feedback: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and United Kingdom.
LGBTQI Inclusive Education Project
Thanks to Rubén Ávila, IGLYO’s Education Officer, for co-ordinating the project, liaising with all the contributors, and carrying out desk research to ensure that all the data is as current, relevant and accurate as possible.