UP4DIVERSITY

UP4Diversity Masterclass: How to get political

14/11/2025

Many of the partners and people who have worked with UP4Diversity over the last two years, and especially the members of our European Network, are youth workers, teachers and academics. They all share a strong commitment to LGBT+ rights, and they all make efforts to advance the experience of young LGBT+ people in their schools, youth clubs and organisations. That's important, and the stories we have shared on this blog show that why it matters, and how it works.

Roundtable 1 at our Final Conference

14/11/2025

The Up4Diversity Final Conference took place in the KU Leuven facilities in Brussels on July 5. The following posts will summarise the main ideas from the diverse spaces that were organised, but we encourage you to check the original recordings of the conference once they are published on our YouTube channel.

The key to success

14/11/2025

...is manyfold. The second roundtable of the Up4Diversity Final Conference regarded successful experiences in different educational environments. We heard from teachers, educators, researchers, and students who all had different approaches to creating inclusion, acceptance, and room for diversity. A key factor in all strategies was a focus on creating awareness and on involving both LGBTIQ+ and non-LGBT+ people.

Faster, higher, stronger – and gay… ?

14/11/2025

IDAHO Day - the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - typically delivers a mixed bag of feel good stories and worrying trends, progress and setbacks, champions and bigots. We learn a little more about bullying, discrimination and violence against the LGBT+ community, and about the importance of legal rights and protections. Those of us prone to existential musings might wonder what we are getting right, what we are getting wrong, what we could - should? - be doing differently. We indulge in the wins, and we despair at the continued vitriol and violence. We breathe a collective sigh at the sight of the mountain left to climb, readying ourselves to gear up and go again. Plus ça change, ... ?

Final Conference July 5 – Brussels & Online

14/11/2025

We are excited to invite you to the Up4Diversity Final Conference on July 5th. It will take place in Brussels but will have a hybrid format so that you can participate from your countries.