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 Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) 2021-2027 programme 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. Special thanks to Cianán Russell, Leo Mulió Álvarez, and Dan Christian Ghattas for their advice on IGLYO’s education work.
Proofreading
Special thanks to Casey O’Toole for proofreading the Report. You can check her website here.
IGLYO Member Organisations and Country Leads
The majority of data presented in the 2022 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
Ervjola Osmanaj (PINK Embassy)
Linda Pino (PINK Embassy)
Altin Hazizaj (PINK Embassy)
Andorra
Rocío Soler (Diversand)
Armenia
Pink human rights defender NGO (Pink Armenia)
Lilit Martirosyan (Right Side Human Rights Defender NGO)
Austria
Eva Fels (TransX – Austrian Transgender Association)
Luan Pertl (VIMÖ/OII Austria), Tobias Humer (VIMÖ/OII Austria)
Tinou Ponzer (VIMÖ/OII Austria)
Belarus
Viachaslau Bortnik
Belgium
Kaj Poelman (Çavaria)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Darko Pandurevic (Sarajevo Open Center)
Amil Brkovic (Sarajevo Open Center)
Bulgaria
Monika Pisankaneva (Bilitis Resource Center Foundation)
Czech Republic
Zdeněk Sloboda (PROUD and Palacky University)
Denmark
LGBT+ Denmark
Finland
Lotte Telakiv (Seta), Marita Karvinen (Seta)
France
Omar Didi (MAG Jeunes LGBT+)
Georgia
Salome Gurgenidze (Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG))
Germany
Thomas Kugler (QUEERFORMAT Fachstelle Queere Bildung (Competence Centre LGBTIQ* Education of the State of Berlin))
Nadine Bochert-Apfelbacher (Landesverband AndersARTiG e.V./ Bildung unterm Regenbogen)
Greece
Philippos Paganis (Colour Youth – Athens LGBTQ Youth Community)
Joy Nikolaou (Colour Youth – Athens LGBTQ Youth Community)
Hungary
Tamás Dombos (Hatter)
Dorottya Rédai (Labrisz Lesbian Association)
Iceland
Daníel E. Arnarsson (Samtökin ’78)
Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir
Ireland
Matt Kennedy (Belong To)
Kosovo
Liridon Veliu (Center for Social Group Development – CSGD)
Liechtenstein
Steering committee (FLay)
Lithuania
Eglé Kuktorait (Lithuanian Gay League)
Malta
Gabi Calleja (Head of SOGIGESC Unit, HRD)
Republic of Moldova
Angela Frolov (GENDERDOC-M Information Center)
Montenegro
Jovan Džoli Ulićević (Asocijacija Spektra)
John M. Barac (LGBT Forum Progress)
Netherlands
Philip Tijsma (COC Nederlands)
Freek Janssens (COC Nederlands)
Sophie Schers (Transgender Netwerk Nederland)
North Macedonia
Natasha Boshkova (Coalition sexual and health rights of marginalised communities MARGINS)
Norway
Bjørn Smestad (OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University)
Christine Marie Jentoft (FRI – The Norwegian Organization for Gender and Sexual Diversity)
Elsa Skjong-Arnestad (FRI – The Norwegian Organization for Gender and Sexual Diversity)
Stein Wolff Frydenlund
Poland
Julia Kata (Trans-Fuzja Foundation)
Portugal
Telmo Fernandes (Associação ILGA Portugal)
Romania
Alex Zorilă (Accept Association), Teodora Roseti-Ion-Rotaru (Accept Association)
San Marino
Paolo Rondelli
Serbia
Dr Kosana Beker (Women’s Rights Association FemPlatz)
Maja Šenk (Labris – Lesbian Human Rights Organization)
Aleksandra Gavrilović (Labris – Lesbian Human Rights Organization)
Slovak Republic
Veronika Valkovičová (NGO Iniciatíva Inakos)
Martin Macko (NGO Iniciatíva Inakos)
Slovenia
Katja Sešek (DIC Legebitra)
Linn Julian Koletnik (TransAkcija Institute)
Evan Grm (TransAkcija Institute)
Spain
Sergio Siverio Luis (Grupo Joven de la Federacion Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Trans, Bisexuales, Intersexuales y más (FELGTBI+))
Guillem Montoro i Lopez (Grupo Joven de la Federacion Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Trans, Bisexuales, Intersexuales y más (FELGTBI+))
Switzerland
Alecs Recher (Transgender Network Switzerland),
Fédération genevoise des associations LGBT
Turkey
Damla Umut Uzun (Kaos GL)
Buket Kara (University of Brighton & Free Colors Association)
Semih Özkarakaş (Free Colors Association)
Defne Güzel (Free Colors Association)
Barış Azar (Young LGBTI+ Association)
Şimşek Yiğit Yücel (Young LGBTI+ Association)
Ukraine
Yana Tovpeko (NGO Fulcrum UA)
Andrii Kravchuk (LGBT Human Rights Nash Svit Center)
Inna Iryskina (Insight public organization)
United Kingdom
LGBT Youth Scotland
LGBTQI Inclusive Education Project
This project would not have been possible without the hard coordination and editing work of Dodo Karsay, Electra Zacharias, Maria Aïcha Boumeddiene and Rubén Ávila Rodríguez. Thanks for coordinating 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.