With this youth exchange, we wanted to strengthen the active citizenship and self-confidence of young queer people. We wanted to empower young queer people to become artists and performers, to discover the specifically queer art form of (gender) expression through drag and to use these creative means of expression to find ways of coping with heteronormativity and discrimination. Giving a space for queer youth from different countries empowered them to be able to be themselves. Our objectives were: 1. Create a safer space for queer youth from around Europe to be themselves, both at the youth exchange and in their daily lives after the project. 2. Promote young queer people’s active citizenship and increase their participation in society and queer politics through art and theater 3. Foster mutual understanding and solidarity between young queer people in different European countries 4. Enhance creativity among queer youth as a way of self-expression and dealing with discrimination 5. Promote Erasmus+ as an opportunity for the participants and the queer scene in Berlin 6. Create new long-lasting partnerships between organizations from all around Europe working with queer youth 7. Promote European values of democracy, human rights, gender equality and non-violence