It’s LGBTQ+ history week on HistoryExtra. Every day this week, we’ll be releasing new articles and podcasts about LGBTQ+ history – from a panel discussion with expert historians to articles about fascinating historical figures and milestones that you might never have heard about before. Our LGBTQ+ history week coincides with LGBT+ history month in the UK, […]
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BBC Sport celebrates LGBT+ History Month 2021
For the first time, The BBC is making a conscious effort to support and highlight LGBT+ History Month. Items have been posted on the main website, along with articles on programmes such as ‘Football Focus’ throughout February. “BBC Sport will be celebrating the amazing achievements of LGBT+ athletes, and the impact they have made beyond […]
Adam’s Eden – Catalyst Arts Belfast
Catalyst Arts February-March 2021 Publication launch summer 2021(tbc) Day Magee, Jennifer Mehigan, Padraig Regan, Yarli Allison, Richard Martin, Claire Biddles, Bassam Al-Sabah, Phillip McCrilly, Ben Malcolmson, Richard O’Leary, Ruth McCarthy, the LGBTQIA+ youth Steering Committee at Ulster Museums and Shy Bairns. by Thomas Wells Sam’s Eden brings together a collection of queer writers, artists, poets, printers and programmers working internationally within an exhibition in printed matter. The project responds to the continuing effects of Coronavirus restrictions adapting to new spaces to engage audiences and to promote the work of practitioners. […]
GROWING UP NEEDING THE PAST – An Activist’s Reflection on the History of LGBT+ History Month in the UK
From SQS, a Finnish LGBT+ Magazine. This issue features this piece from Schools OUT UK Chair Sue Sanders. Patron Dan Vo discusses “The Compassionate Way: Towards Trans and Non-Binary Inclusive Narratives in Museums” (click on the link and scroll down for Dan’s piece) by Sue Sanders Thinking back, when growing up in London in the […]
Schools OUT UK’s submission to the Law Commission on hate crime
Our thanks to GALOP for their help in completing this document December 2020 Schools OUT UK submission to the Law Commission on hate crime 1 Schools OUT UK Schools OUT UK is an education charity that began life as The Gay Teachers Association in 1974. Our overarching goal is to make our schools and educational […]
Rodney Wilson in conversation with Sue Sanders
The latest video on the LGBT+ History Month YouTube channel features Professor Sue Sanders, our Chair, in conversation with Rodney Wilson. Rodney is the Missouri teacher who created LGBT+ History Month in the USA, back in 1994. This piece on Rodney is from UMSL Daily, in 2015 Rodney Wilson was a graduate student at the […]
Go Fund Me – In Memory of Tony Fenwick
Tony was a LGBT+ inclusive education pioneer, a trade union activist, a teacher and all round brilliant person whom we all loved so very dearly. Our hearts are broken and we are devastated. Please help us raise money in honour of Tony. We’ve chosen the organisation Schools Out UK, listed here as LGBT History Month, […]
Comic Relief and UK Pride
Jay Stewart – Gendered Intelligence Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah – Black Pride Sue Sanders – Schools OUT UK Glynn Fussell – Sink The Pink took part in a Zoom conference along with Louka, a representative of Comic Relief, to learn more about LGBT+ issues and to consider various questions about LGBT+ Pride in the UK, given […]
UPDATED 22nd June – Schools OUT UK: #PrideInEducation2020
Schools OUT UK, the education charity working towards equality in education for LGBTQ+ people, today announces #PrideInEducation, the first-ever global equality inclusion conference aimed at educators, teachers, publishers and anyone looking to make education more inclusive. This one-day event will take place online on 27th June 2020 and draw together 25 international speakers across six webinars […]
History Month 2021 Is Go! PHSE – Body, Mind, Spirit
Dan Vo’s Museum At Home Podcast with Sue Sanders In 2017, the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, we chose ‘PHSE, Citizenship and Law’ as our theme. For 2021, we are returning to PHSE, but to highlight some other aspect of its syllabus – namely physical and mental health. The Five Faces For 2021 – […]