The Global Queer Youth Network

The Global Queer Youth Network is an alliance of global LGBTIQ+ youth led, youth focused, organisations. Our member organisation's mandates must include ambitions which further the rights, protections, and societal acceptance of LGBTI+ Young People.

The Global Queer Youth Network strengthens partnerships through resource development, facilitation of global communication on the status of LGBTI+ Youth Rights, and the implementation of programming that raises the capacity of LGBTI+ youth organisations and activists.

All activities and interventions of the Global Queer Youth Network bring queer youth issues to the forefront.

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Previous Program Activity

The 2021 Together Conference & Together Statement

Central Asia & Europe Activist Conference

This online and highly-interactive conference was held in December 2021, it reflected the democratic youth engagement and decision-making practices we aim to foster in our societies.

The product of this conference is The Together Statement details the greatest problems, solutions, and recommendations facing LGBTQI+ youth today in the five key areas of education, employment, health, housing, and political participation.

You can sign The Together Statement & support this work below

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The Queer Youth Dialogues

The Queer Youth Dialogues was the title given to the year of programming which began in May 2021 and came to a close in June 2022.

The Dialogues brought LGBTIQ+ young people's voices to the table and provided vital capacity development opportunities.

You can read the resulting Call to Action by clicking below.

The Queer Youth Dialogues are facilitated in partnership with The Global Queer Youth Network, The Office of the Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, ILGA World, and the UN's Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

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The Queer Youth Stories

In collaboration with Openly News, the global LGBT+ news source, the Global Queer Youth Network facilitates the ongoing publication of Op-Eds.

This series of publications amplifies issues and opinions from a youth perspective, speaks directly to the experiences of youth voices on the ground in activist activity, and explores the future of our collective ongoing fight for equality

You can read the series so far and learn more about authoring a piece in this series.