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Youth, LGBTQ and You: Building allyship to make a safer, healthier internet for all

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[ Session Name ] Youth, LGBTQ and You: Building allyship to make a safer, healthier internet for all [ Primary Space ] Queering MozFest [ Secondary Space ] Youth Zone

[ Submitter's Name ] Veron WK Lai [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Barnardo's

[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Veron Lai

What will happen in your session?

Participants are free to go to any section in no particular order.

  1. Stories from L, G, B, T, Q young people - There will be audio stories from our young people represented from L, G, B, T, Q to share their different experience and view on what a healthy internet means for each of them.

  2. Design Principles for creating safe service for LGBTQ young people - a co-created piece from Barnardo's with practitioners and young people.

  3. Making a difference - A wall space to capture participants’ reflection on how their everyday role can make a difference and contribute a better, healthier internet for more people.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

Barnardo’s Digital and Positive Identities spent six-months conducting research on creating Safe Spaces Online for LGBTQ young people. We have learnt from our research that there is no simple solution to tackle the challenge, and doing so requires more than collaboration between tech companies, government and the charity sector. Through MozFest, we hope we can engage with every participant and demonstrate how each can, through their own work, become an ally for LGBTQ people, taking up the responsibility to create a healthier, fairer and safer internet for all.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

We will need 10 MP3 players with headphones in the gallery space for participants to listen to our young people’s stories.

We will also setting up the space with mix media, including posters, audio/video.

Time needed

All weekend, as an installation, exhibit or drop-in session