Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:59:19 GMT
From: iglyo@intex.ie (Suzy Byrne _ IGLYO)

Press Release


International Queer Youth Meet to Plan for 1997

The International Lesbian and Gay Youth Organisation (IGLYO) held its
general meeting in Munich from January 17-19 in Munch, Germany.
Discussions and debates were held on the organisation's workplan for 1997
and changes to the constitution.

IGLYO which is celebrating its 10th year of organising activities and
providing information for lesbian gay and bisexual youth and students
groups will now also invite transgendered youth to participate in our work
and will actively adopt the issues faced by transgendered people in our
political campaign work.

Work approved by members for 1997 also includes holding our 13th
International Conference in Pisa, Italy.  The theme for the conference will
b on homophobia and Fascism and will be attended by over 70 young people.
Work continues on obtaining funding for the event and in particular in
sponsoring attendance from outside Europe.

IGLYO will also host a seminar on Religion and Homosexuality in
co-operation with International Youth Organisations representing different
religious beliefs.  The seminar will be sponsored by the European Youth
Centre.

In our continuing efforts to increase the involvement of women throughout
our work IGLYO plans to hold a training event for young lesbian and
bisexual women youth leaders in the second half of this year.  The board
also will undertake an evaluation of how young women's organisations are
contacted and involved in our work

EuroPride this year takes place in Paris and IGLYO will co-sponsor a
welcome event for youth groups who attend with our member group, Gemini,
The French speaking Federation of Lesbian and Gay Youth Groups.  IGLYO
representatives will also attend the World Conference of the International
Lesbian and Gay Association and are planning to facilitate workshops on
youth at the conference.

Resolutions were also passed which will call on the European Youth
Ministers meeting in Romania in 1998 to be moved to a different venue.
This resolution also calls on the board to campaign throughout the European
Institutions highlighting the situation facing lesbians and gay men in
Romania.

The meeting also adopted a plan for the evaluation of IGLYO's work and also
instructed the Board to work on the inclusion of groups outside Europe as
well as continuing our work already well under way supporting groups in
Eastern and Central Europe

Elections to the board also took place at the meeting and the Executive
Board of IGLYO for 1997 is as follows

Suzy Byrne (Ireland) Chairperson
Pascal Hildebert (France) Secretary
Henrike Eisfeld (Germany) Treasurer
Sanne Goedhart (Netherlands)
Ken Carl (USA)
Nikoli Georgiev (Bulgaria)

For further information contact Suzy Byrne, Chairperson at the addresses
listed below.


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IGLYO is a membership organisation of lesbian gay bisexual and
transgendered youth and student groups. Activities and political
representation form the basis of our work as well as an information and
advice network  and a penpal programme.

For more information contact IGLYO

IGLYO
Postbus 542
NL 1000 AM Amsterdam
the Netherlands
Ph/Fax +31 20 6188172
email <iglyo@intex.ie>