About this Policy Brief
In this joint policy brief, IGLYO and ILGA-Europe call on the European Union to ensure that racialised LGBTQI people are fully protected in the upcoming EU Anti-Racism Strategy.
Drawing on existing research and community experience, the brief highlights how racialised LGBTQI people — including migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and ethnic minorities — face compounded forms of exclusion across housing, healthcare, education, employment, and public life. Particularly, LGBTQI youth. These inequalities are not isolated incidents, but part of wider systems of racism, xenophobia, and anti-LGBTQI discrimination that continue to shape people’s everyday realities.
The brief sets out concrete recommendations for the next EU Anti-Racism Strategy, including stronger coordination across equality frameworks, better data collection on intersectional discrimination, and dedicated institutional mechanisms to address the needs of those most affected. It also stresses the importance of linking anti-racism policy with the EU’s work on LGBTQI equality, youth rights, migration, disability rights, and gender equality.
A key focus of the paper is the urgent need to protect racialised LGBTQI people in asylum and migration systems, where discrimination, unsafe procedures, and lack of tailored support continue to place lives at risk. We call for more accessible funding for grassroots organisations and stronger action against disinformation, online hate, and algorithmic bias that disproportionately target racialised and LGBTQI communities.
Ultimately, with this briefing, both our organisations call for a renewed EU Anti-Racism Strategy that is ambitious, accountable, and grounded in lived experience. By naming and addressing intersectional injustice directly, we make the case for a Union of Equality that truly includes everyone.
