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Program to reduce discomfort and isolation among LGBTI youth under 28
Youth is one of the periods in which LGBTI people are most vulnerable.Identities are being formed, and they do so in often hostile contexts. During this period, the link between autonomy and social integration becomes particularly important for young people, whose ability to fully live themselves and their lives is limited by the quality of the relationships on which they still depend: with family, with peers, at school.
The family, the primary place of life, is not always supportive in the moment of self-discovery as homosexual or transsexual people, indeed, it is sometimes decidedly a source of anxiety and feelings of guilt. Peers often use the rejection of the “different” other to confirm their own identity equally fragile and in formation. Schools are often unable to manage the difficult climate LGBTI people experience homophobic and transphobic bullying: they usually don't see it, and if they do, they ignore it, also crushed by the weight of a recently growing opposition to any form of educational intervention to protect differences and gender equality.
Goals
It is in this framework that it is born StayAPP!, a project aimed primarily at the under 28 youth target for the reduction of minority stress, discomfort and loneliness or the sense of impotence in the face of episodes man-transphobic. In particular, the program aims to provide:
- a tool for reporting homophobic and transphobic events;
- the activation of an intervention and support network by Arcigay volunteers;
- the growth of a sense of community solidarity capable of simultaneously reporting and intervening.
Actions
More precisely, the project plans to:
- create a geolocalized reporting system of homophobic and transphobic events, both anonymously and in a traceable form, with the possibility of indicating the life contexts in which this occurred;
- provide an updated mapping of “safe” and “unsafe” contexts”, also monitoring the commitment against homo-transphobia in these contexts, with particular reference to schools;
- activate a network of “antennas”, that is, Arcigay volunteers able to intervene on the reports received, both as direct support to the victims and as intervention in the context, when requested by the victims.
The launch of the StayAPP! program was made possible thanks to the 8 per thousand contributions from the Waldensian Evangelical Church – Union of Waldensian Methodist Churches. [:en]
Program to reduce discomfort and isolation among LGBTI youth under 28
Adolescence is one of the periods in which LGBTI people are most vulnerable: identities are being formed, and they do so in often hostile contexts. During this period, the link between autonomy and social integration becomes particularly important for young people, whose ability to fully live themselves and their lives is limited by the quality of the relationships on which they still depend: with family, with peers, and at school.
Family, the primary place of life, isn't always supportive when it comes to discovering oneself as a homosexual or transgender person. Indeed, it can sometimes be a source of anxiety and guilt. Peers often use the rejection of "different" others to confirm their own equally fragile and developing identities. Schools are often unable to manage the difficult climate LGBTI people experience due to homophobic and transphobic bullying: they usually don't see it, and if they do, they ignore it, also crushed by the weight of a recently growing opposition to any form of educational intervention to protect diversity and gender equality.
Goals
It is within this framework that StayAPP! was born, a project primarily aimed at young people under 28 to reduce minority stress and distress (suicidal thoughts, loneliness, feelings of helplessness, etc.) through:
- a tool for reporting homophobic and transphobic events;
- the activation of an intervention and support network by Arcigay volunteers;
- the growth of a sense of community solidarity capable of simultaneously reporting and intervening.
Actions
More precisely, the project plans to:
- create a geolocalized reporting system for homophobic and transphobic incidents, both anonymously and in a traceable format, with the possibility of indicating the life contexts in which they occurred;
- provide an updated mapping of “safe” and “unsafe” contexts, also monitoring efforts to combat homophobia and transphobia in these contexts, with particular reference to schools;
- activate a network of "antennas", that is, Arcigay volunteers able to intervene on the reports received, both as direct support to the victims and as intervention in the context, when requested by the victims.
The launch of the StayAPP! program was made possible thanks to the 8 per thousand contributions from the Waldensian Evangelical Church – Union of Waldensian Methodist Churches. [:]
