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
Altin Hazizaj (CRCA/ECPAT)
Dea Nini (Alliance Against Discrimination of LGBTI)
Andorra
Isabella Vargas González (DiversAnd)
Armenia
Hasmik Petrosyan (Pink human rights defender NGO, Pink Armenia)
Lilit Avetisyan (Pink human rights defender NGO, Pink Armenia)
aida marukyan (queer sista platform)
Austria
eVa Fels (TransX)
Belgium
Kaj Poelman (Çavaria)
Séra Sarac (Pixiels)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Darko Pandurević (Sarajevo Open Centre)
Amil Brković (Sarajevo Open Centre)
Bulgaria
Monika Pisankaneva (Bilitis Resource Center)
Denitsa Ivanova (Deystevie)
Vasilena Dimitrova (Single Step Foundation)
Croatia
Ivan Adam Šestan (Zagreb Pride)
Antonija Stojanović Almesberger (Lesbian Organisation Rijeka - LORI)
Czech Republic
Matěj Koubek (Charlie, z.s)
Andrej Vaculík (Charlie, z.s)
Denmark
LGBT+ Danmark
Estonia
Kristel Rannaääre (Estonian LGBT Association)
Finland
Teija Ryhtä (Seta - LGBTI Rights in Finland)
Matti Pihlajamaa (doctoral researcher, University of Helsinki)
Tommi Niinisalo (doctoral researcher, University of Helsinki)
France
SOS homophobie
Georgia
Mariam Kvaratskhelia (Queer Initiative)
Mariam Guliashvili (Equality Movement).
Germany
Dastan Kasmamytov (Pink Summits)
For information regarding the State of Berlin:
Jasmine Prim (QUEERFORMAT)
Jarred Kennedy-Loving (QUEERFORMAT)
Hungary
Eszter Polgári (Háttér Society)
Dorottya Kutassy (Háttér Society)
Dorottya Rédai (Labrisz Lesbian Association)
Iceland
Bergrún Andradóttir (Samtökin '78)
Ireland
Elaine Murphy (ShoutOut)
Ruadhán Ó Críodáin (ShoutOut)
Italy
Andrea Ruggeri (Gruppo Trans)
Kosovo
Arber Nuhiu (CSGD)
Lithuania
Eglė Kuktoraitė (Lithuanian Gay League)
Monika Antanaitytė (Lithuanian Gay League)
Malta
Cat Camilleri (LGBTI+ Gozo)
Cynthia Chircop (MGRM)
Moldova
Angela Frolov (GENDERDOC-M Information Center)
Montenegro
Jovan Džoli Ulićević (Asocijacija Spektra)
Danijela Nikić (Asocijacija Spektra)
Netherlands
Transgender ntwerk Nederlands)
North Macedonia
Stefan Bogeski (Coalition sexual and health rights of marginalised communities - MARGINS)
Norway
Miriam Aurora Hammeren Pedersen (FRI - Foreningen for kjønns- og seksualitetsmangfold)
Christine Marie Jentoft and other colleagues (FRI - Foreningen for kjønns- og seksualitetsmangfold)
Bjørn Smestad (OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University)
Portugal
Pedro Carreira (ILGA Portugal)
Romania
George Ionesi (MozaiQ LGBT Association)
Florina Presadă (ACCEPT Association)
Daria Anoaica (ACCEPT Association)
Sonia Manasses (Asociația Pride)
Andre Radulescu (Identity.Education)
Russian Federation
Anonymous contributors
Serbia
Bojan Lazić (Da se zna!)
Slovak Republic
Natália Tóthová (Saplinq)
Manu Kościuszko (Saplinq)
Slovenia
Sebastjan Sitar (Legebitra)
Spain
Cristina Karen Ruíz Pallás (FELGTBI)
David Armenteros (FELGTBI)
Switzerland
Milchjugend
Turkey
Kerem Dikmen (Kaos GL)
Ukraine
Inna Iryskina (Insight NGO)
NGO Fulcrum
UK
Darius Gervinskas (independent expert)
Jac Bastian (Diversity Role Models)
Kate Hutchinson (Diversity Role Models)
Just Like Us UK
Cara English (LGBT Youth Scotland)
Maxwell Nitto (The Kite Trust)
Pip Gardner (The Kite Trust)
Funders
Thank you for providing additional funding to cover the start-up costs, without which, the project could not have happened.
Thank you for providing co-funding for this project and for your long-standing support towards IGLYO.
Partners
Our esteemed European partners, ILGA-Europe, Transgender Europe (TGEU) and OII Europe have provided us with guidance, advice and support throughout the project from the early stage. They have also played a vital role in reviewing and verifying a great deal of the data contained in the report.
Website & Visual Identity
Thank you to our IGLYO Communications & Network Manager Jeremy Gobin (He/him) for coordinating the development of this website and the visual identity of the Education project, and a massive thank you to our beyond amazing design and development partners Greenstory, in particular to Marie Morin (She/her) for the design and visual identity, and Sarah Beaubeau (She/her) for the development of the map and website.
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Research Coordination
This project would not have been possible without the hard coordination, drafting and editing work of IGLYO Policy & Research Officer Amélie Waters (They/she) and IGLYO's Deputy Executive Director and Policy & Research Manager Rú Ávila Rodríguez (They/them).
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.