A significant amount of young LGBTIQ+ young people feel forced to leave home. Young, Queer, and Away from Home is an EU research project that gathered their experiences to make sure we can provide them with the support and the safe spaces they need during this difficult time, and after. The workshop includes a presentation sharing the results of our survey with queer young people who spent time away from home and professionals serving them, and a feedback session, to ensure the needs and experience of Bi+ people are accounted for in the trainings for professionals we will be developing based on the research.
The project Young, Queer and Away from Home is an EU-funded project which promotes LGBTIQ+ equality and studies the views of LGBTIQ+ young people who went missing as children. It is coordinated by Missing Children Europe (MCE), with partners International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Intersex Youth & Student Organisation (IGLYO) and the University of Portsmouth.
Aagje Ieven is a researcher, policy analyst, and advocate for human rights with 15+ years of experience in EU civil society, focusing on children. Since 2018, she js SecGen at Missing Children Europe, the European network of 116000 hotlines for missing children. Aagje developed key programs addressing why children run away, the links between online grooming and missing, and better data on missing for more inclusive prevention policies. The "Young, Queer and Away from Home" project exploring how LGBTIQ+ youth’s experiences of coming out contribute to them going missing, is the 4th she co-developed at MCE and closest to her heart. Aagje studied Health (BA, Leuven 1998), Philosophy (MA, Leuven & Nijmegen, 2002) and Law (Leuven & Columbia, NYC)
Bella FitzPatrick (she/her) is an Irish working class person working on LGBTQI children and youth rights currently serving as the executive director of IGLYO, the international LGBTQI youth and student organisation. She believes in the power of inclusive education and is staunchly bisexual
