Queer on the Move

Tools and practices to empower queer migrants in their path to social inclusion and prevent intersectional discrimination

The Queer on the Move project aims to:

enhance the capacity of professionals to tackle inequalities and discrimination and to address the needs of LGBTQIA+ migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
provide to local operators with innovative and intersectional training curriculum
support and empower LGBTQIA+ refugees in their path to social inclusion on multiple levels
create a network of organisations to support the inclusion of LGBTQ+ migrants.

Its concrete results include:

An in-presence training program for migrant centres coordinators, case managers and adult educators, which will serve to create a knowledge base on LGBTQIA+ issues as applied to the migration context and a protocol for action to be disseminated to the most local levels;
Webinars for operators and social workers aimed at providing a comprehensive understanding of fundamental concepts related to the SOGIESC sphere, as well as elements of intersectionality, STIs prevention and gender-based violence prevention;
A comprehensive Protocol of Actions with practical and ready-to-use tools and methodologies to be deployed by professionals in their everyday work and a map of the support network.

18 practitioners, who will provide input on their needs;
18 migrant service coordinators, who will participate in an in-person training;
30 practitioners, who will be trained through online workshops;
15 queer migrants involved in local activities;
10 local organisations involved in the support network;
15 migrants and asylum seekers centres adopted the Protocol of Action;
2000 stakeholders reached by communication campaigns and dissemination activities.

1 Transnational Capacity Building – a training for coordinators and team leaders on how to build sensitivity and knowledge of the issues to consider for creating safer spaces and moments for LGBTQ+ migrants;
3 Online workshops and training sessions – based on the transnational capacity building and aimed at operators of migrant centres;
1 Protocol of Actions – containing very practical guidelines and hands-on strategies, intended for staff of reception centers and adult education who in various capacities work with migrants, and LGBTQ+ migrants;
3 Local Activities for queer migrants;
2 national Dissemination Events & 1 Final Conference.