The "Same Home" game was a tool we used to discuss prejudice and stereotyping with participants in our programs. Players had to choose which groups of people they would most want to live with as neighbors. Many times, we heard participants justify why they would not choose LGBTQIA+ neighbors. Over the years, more and more young people from the LGBTQ+ community joined our efforts. In 2021, two of our volunteers traveled to Madrid, Spain, to take part in an Erasmus+ project, where they helped organize the first PRIDE event and later returned to share their knowledge with various young people in our community. Over time, our volunteers became more committed to the cause and more aware of the challenges LGBTQIA+ individuals faced daily—challenges that were intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. We were committed to ensuring that everyone had equal opportunities for growth, learning, and participation. LGBTQ+ youth were among our volunteers because we worked hard to make our organization a welcoming space for all young people in our area. The project was initiated by a group of concerned citizens who wanted to do something positive for LGBTQ+ youth by helping them fight negative attitudes and bias in their communities. This happened in the context of a growing wave of hate speech in the public space, where more and more young people were taking public stances against LGBTQIA+ individuals. An increasing number of European politicians adopted populist and nationalist agendas, showing hostility toward human rights and receiving support from religious authorities and institutional power structures. Anti-LGBTQ+ campaigns were launched in every country involved in the program and beyond. The media portrayed the LGBTQ+ community inaccurately and negatively, especially to young audiences. According to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, members of the LGBTQIA+ community were being “pushed to become invisible” as a coping mechanism in response to discrimination, verbal and physical violence, the negative attitudes in schools toward homosexual and lesbian individuals that affected their self-esteem, and the lack of representation in EU-level public policy. Both the media and social networks worsened the already difficult situation for LGBTQIA+ youth by portraying them negatively and even blaming them for the COVID-19 pandemic—talking points used by many religious leaders and homophobic politicians. The European Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, stated that LGBTQIA+ youth were facing challenges such as domestic violence, homophobic and transphobic abuse during lockdown, and denial of equal access to social support and medical care. LGBTQIA+ individuals were increasingly viewed as a threat to traditional values, and plans for inclusive policies—such as declaring the EU an LGBT+ Freedom Zone—sparked intense protests and a new wave of discrimination. At the same time, other issues such as women’s rights, access to sexual and reproductive health for youth (with many opposing sex education), and gender identity were included in homophobic narratives. We found that many of the young people we worked with had a limited understanding of basic concepts related to gender and sexual minorities. The objectives of the project were: To raise awareness and tolerance about key concepts related to gender and sexual diversity among 42 young people from 7 countries; To provide these 42 young participants with the knowledge, confidence, and tools needed to combat homophobia and hate speech against LGBTQ+ people; To engage them in using visual art as a means to promote human rights, cultural diversity, solidarity, tolerance, and the inclusion of LGBTQ+ youth; To use community journalism and media activism to raise awareness of gender inequality and the daily challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals.