LGBT+ History Month 2025
In 2025 Schools OUT is celebrating its 50th year and 20 years of UK LGBT+ History Month.
The theme for UK LGBT+ History Month 2025 will be released publicly on Friday 8th November 2024. On this date we will reveal the official badge for 2025, the five LGBT+ historical figures we are highlighting, along with the first batch of resources to help you celebrate and #educateOUTprejudice.
Register below to get early access to the theme launch, updates and resources to help you celebrate UK LGBT+ History Month in February 2025.
The official 2025 UK LGBT+ History Month badge will go on sale from the 9th November 2024. In the meantime you can visit our shop to purchase previous years badges and lanyards.
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What is UK LGBT+ History Month?
Who is LGBT+ History Month for?
LGBT+ History Month is for everyone; whether you work in education, a museum, a library or an art gallery, a business, a service, or are a member of a network/social group or an individual.
When is it celebrated?
It is celebrated every February across the UK and was founded in 2004 by Schools OUT UK co-chairs, Paul Patrick & Professor Emeritus Sue Sanders. It was first celebrated in February 2005 and 2025 will be its 20th year.
Why was it founded?
For so long LGBT+ people’s history was hidden, following the repeal of Section 28 Schools OUT created UK LGBT+ History Month to:
- claim our past
- celebrate our present
- create our future
We wanted to create a dedicated opportunity to share our rich and diverse history so everyone could learn more.
How do we help you celebrate LGBT+ History Month?
Every year Schools OUT sets the theme for LGBT+ History Month and provides free resources for education settings, businesses, services, organisations and individuals to help them celebrate and ‘Usualise’ LGBT+ lives in their full diversity.
Why is it called LGBT+ History Month and not LGBTQ+ History Month?
We wanted to ensure that LGBT+ History Month celebrates LGBTQIA+ communities in all our diversity. Adding ‘Q’ for ‘Queer’ was considered but we decided to use ‘plus’ instead in order to include all our communities, and because for some of our communities the term ‘Queer’ is associated with a time it was used in a negative context.