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The African Gay Youth Foundation is a Community based organization that provides support to the LGBT Community of African origin living not only in the Netherlands but in the Diaspora (worldwide).
The Foundation affirms the identities and lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of African origin and provides education, outreach, programming, program support, consultation, community development, visibility, and advocacy.
Our mission is to improve the social and economic integration of the African LGBT community in the Netherlands, Build the capacity of the target community by implementing programs and initiatives that directly benefit them and to challenge oppression, racism and discrimination based on gender, sexuality, race and such factors by highlighting and supporting role models within the community.