Get Involved

The Live Out Loud campaign will use the positive stories you submit to show how LGBTI+ youth are visible, valued and included in every sector of society. The stories will be shared on this website, across social media and eventually at a national celebration event in 2021.

We want LGBTI+ young people, those who work with them and their allies, to submit stories so we can amplify and celebrate the positive, creative and innovative ways those young people are being valued, made visible and included.

You can submit different kinds of media: video, image and text.

Click here to send us your submission.

If you are under 18 we can only accept your submission with your parent or guardian’s consent, in the consent part of the Google Form.

Video

If you wish to submit a live action or animated video it must be uploaded to either YouTube.com or Vimeo.com. The link to this video can then be submitted via the Google Form. We cannot accept video files.

Image

If you wish to submit an image, this could be a photo taken on a phone or digital camera, of a person, group of people, a place or a thing. It can be a scanned image or photo of an artwork, sculpture or mural. The image must be submitted via the Google Form.

Written word

If you wish to submit written word, this could be an essay, a poem, an article or a diary entry. The written word must be submitted via the Google Form.

For inspiration on what kinds of video, image or written word to submit, click here.

For tips and tricks about how to get the most out of your idea click here.

We are looking for positive stories that celebrate LGBTI+ young people across all sectors of society.

We want submissions that celebrate LGBTI+ young people being visible, valued and included in their communities, organisations.

We want to hear:

• from LGBTI+ young people about how their schools or colleges, arts or cultural groups, sports teams or centres, youth clubs or youth groups make them feel safe, supported and included
• how minority groups within the LGBTI+ community are supported to feel visible, valued, safe and included
• how LGBTI+ youth, sports, arts or educational bodies are showing solidarity and support to LGBTI+ groups locally and internationally

We want to feature all sectors of society who are living and fulfilling the core objectives of the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy in order to create a safe, supportive and inclusive environment for LGBTI+ young people.

• Education: Creating a more supportive and inclusive environment for LGBTI+ young people in formal education settings
• Youth Services: Making all youth services more inclusive of LGBTI+ young people and providing accessible LGBTI+ youth services nationally
• Employment: Ensure equal employment opportunities and an inclusive work environment for LGBTI+ young people
• Culture and Sport: Provide a more supportive and inclusive environment that encourages positive LGBTI+ representation and participation in culture, society and sport, and reduces LGBTI+ stigma
• Parent and Family Support: Expand and develop supports to parents and families of LGBTI+ young people
• Best Practice and Training Initiatives: Measures among service providers to improve their understanding of, and ability to engage with, LGBTI+ young people
• Transgender Young People: Provide an inclusive physical environment for transgender and intersex young people
• Minority Group LGBTI+ Young People: Provide an inclusive environment for LGBTI+ minority ethnicity young people and intersectionally affected young people