Description
Through a national campaign and local advocacy projects, the project increases the visibility of LGBT people, boosts their participation in local decision making and transforms mainstream attitudes towards LGBT people. We will put on a public poster campaign, do tabling at main squares, organize university lectures, compile a guide for the media. Through training and mentoring we will facilitate the access of LGBT groups to media and their participation in decision making processes. Local groups will get financial help for advocacy projects. Joint activities will foster cooperation between activists from Budapest and the countryside. The project will increase the visibility of LGBT people and decrease their social exclusion; local groups will be able to participate in local decision making processes; issues and concerns of LGBTQI people will appear in local equal opportunity plans. Campaign materials, interactive games developed can be used in similar projects in the future.
Summary of project results
The situation of LGBTQI people in the countryside is even worse as compared to the capital, since activism is largely concentrated in Budapest and these communities often lack the infrastructure, capacity and visibility to successfully engage the mainstream society and local elites for greater acceptance. The “We are here!” national human rights campaign aimed at increasing the visibility of LGBTQI people and promoting their participation in local decision making processes. As part of the project, a public poster campaign was put on at 7 cities, 3 interactive games and other awareness-raising materials were created; local LGBTQI activists were supported to do tabling at main squares of 10 cities, organize public debates and lectures at 5 local universities, and conduct advocacy projects in 5 cities. As a result, the visibility, capacity and social networks of former and newly established groups were strengthened and the project reached more than a million people in the media.
Summary of bilateral results