Young people with trans, non-binary and inter gender identities as well as young people with sexual orientations other than heterosexuality need a queer community around them: - in order to get to know the feeling of being safe from (at least some forms of) discrimination - in order to organize themselves as active citizens claiming their human rights - in order to recognize that queer people need to stand in solidarity with those among them that are even more marginalized (because of social class, race, national context, HIV status, etc.). With this youth exchange, we wanted to strengthen the historical awareness and self-confidence of young queer people. We wanted to empower young queer people to become aware of their own positionality within queer history and to start researching on specific topics within queer history as they relate to them. 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 3. Foster mutual understanding and solidarity between young queer people in different European countries 4. Promote intercultural dialogue between young queer people and older queer people 5. Promote and make visible different parts of queer history in different European countries through the dissemination 6. Promote Erasmus+ as an opportunity for the participants 7. Create new long-lasting partnerships between organizations from all around Europe working with queer youth 8. Promote European values of democracy, human rights, gender equality and non-violence