SCHOOLS
UT UK
The LGBT Education Charity
Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 1156352
Presents
LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANS
HISTORY MONTH
2016
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The Campaign for Homosexual
Equality is the oldest surviving LGBT
organisation in the UK.
Founded in 1964, when all gay male
sex was illegal, CHE grew to have a
membership of thousands, and a network of local groups throughout the
country.
CHE has a fascinating story to tell, and we
have commissioned the author Peter ScottPresland to research and document it. Volume
One of Amiable Warriors, Peter’s history of
CHE and its times, was published to great
acclaim in February 2015, and further volumes
will follow over the next few years.
CHE also works with other organisations to
preserve and document the history and
archives of Britain’s LGBT communities. We
support the LGBT Archive (formerly the
LGBT History Project) which aims to create a
comprehensive online database of British
LGBT people, places, events and organisations,
from Julius Caesar to the present day. View it at www.lgbtarchive.uk.
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We continue to monitor issues of
relevance to LGBT people, for
instance opposing any possible
repeal of the Human Rights Act.
But we need new members and
supporters to help us carry on
the work. We have speaker
meetings open to all, and regular
mailings to keep members in touch. All our policies are decided at our
Annual Conference, when all members can come along and vote.
CHE, c/o London Friend, 86 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DN
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CHE – Part of LGBT History since 1964
Why are we doing Religion, Belief and Philosophy?
Why are we doing Religion, Belief and Philosophy?
We at LGBT History Month have chosen to focus on Religion, Belief
and Philosophy this year. The Equality Act says we must ‘foster good
relations between the protected characteristics’. Three of those ‘protected
characteristics are: ‘gender reassignment: religion and belief: and sexual
orientation’. We need to get on together. That is the law.
LGBT community and to other communities.
First of all of course we need to realise that lesbians, gays, bisexuals and
trans people are also Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists,
Zoroastrians, pagans, agnostics and atheists. Our duty as Schools OUT UK is
to represent the LGBT community in all its diversity, so it is incumbent upon us
to support LGBT people of all religions and none.
Second, we need to recognise that most people who belong to a faith group
have religion to bring peace and understanding to their lives. We also need
to acknowledge that there are some who use – or abuse – religion to justify
their own prejudices and bigotry. More perplexing for us is that each of the
Abrahamic religions has something in its scriptures that can be interpreted
to suggest that homosexual relations are sinful. We recognise that religious
doctrine has brought harm to many in the LGBT community and that at its
worst this has led to despair, suicide, murder and statutory murder; both in the
past and the present. The media feeds on conflict between religion and the
LGBT community because its job is to present disharmony and expose threats
to our accepted norms.
Fifth, on a number of occasions it has been pointed out to me by my BAME friends
that their sexual orientation or gender identity is a part of their identity and that their
religion, belief or faith is another part of that identity. For many their belief comes
first and they feel uncomfortable when their faith is challenged by westernised
activists for LGBT rights who don’t fully understand their position. We need to be
careful to avoid western perceptions and Eurocentric assumptions and be sensitive
to the diverse needs of the LGBT community. Please be aware that is this not
an argument for cultural relativism without frontiers. There are terrible crimes and
injustices committed in the name of family honour which often pre-date religious
beliefs and have often been adopted by faiths in a number of regions. These are
often barbaric and we have no interest in defending them.
Sixth, we have choices. If we are unlucky enough to find ourselves in conflict
between our faith and our true identity, we can walk away or we can seek
reconciliation. Those who do not have that choice are having their human rights
abused and that is a different, but massively important issue. Otherwise, that
choice is theirs and we as an organisation need to respect it. So if, for example,
someone who is LGB or T and belongs to a church that refuses to accept them as
they are, chooses to walk out of that church, they need our support. If they choose
to stay in that church and to defend their true identity, they need our support. Our
duty is to support them. Simple as.
Third, we also recognise that many in the LGBT community will hold prejudices
towards people of faith. This is not without reason. There is a history of
antagonism, some of which is alluded to above, apart from the current
struggles over same sex marriage, same sex adoption, conversion therapy and
gender reassignment. Religious orthodoxies continue to exclude us and deny
us access to opportunities enjoyed by cisgender heterosexuals. But religions
promote universal love, as well as demanding that we do not judge. These are
invaluable ideals and form the basis of a dialogue based on mutual respect and
understanding. We need to hand out the olive branch here.
Seventh, the UK is not a secular state. The Queen is the head of the Church of
England and the bishops within the House of Lords give the church a guaranteed
unelected role in the governance of the nation. Every school in the land has an
ethos. Most are Church of England and many are Voluntary aided Roman Catholic
or otherwise. With the growth of religiously led academy chains and legislation to
allow free schools, the current trend is towards more religious influence in schools
rather than less. We need to involve ourselves in these issues to make sure that
the LGBT community is protected, safe, and visible and has a voice in all of our
educational institutions.
Fourth, LGBT people of faith have made great strides to makes their own
places of worship inclusive at micro and macro levels; from the churchgoer who
talks to the church leader and is out to the congregation to ensure they see the
human face of LGBT, through to the brave campaigners who stick their heads
above the parapet to challenge those at the top of the hierarchy. As the recent
referendum on same-sex marriage in Ireland has shown, the hierarchy often has
a lot to learn from the grass roots of their ‘constituency’. Through the efforts
of the LGBT constituency that is allowed to be out and proud, many places of
worship will, one would hope, have become more open and welcoming to the
That is why this year we are taking up Religion, Belief
and Philosophy as our theme.
Tony Fenwick,
CEO of Schools OUT UK
LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANS
HISTORY MONTH
2016
LGBT History Month Patrons:
John Amaechi | Christine Burns| Dr Harry Cocks | Angela Eagle MP | Professor Viv Gardner |
Martin Harris | Professor Martin Hall | Sir Ian McKellen | Cyril Nri | Professor Ian Rivers | Professor
Sheila Rowbotham | Labi Siffre | Gareth Thomas | Professor Melanie Tebbutt | Jeffrey Weeks
Festival Headliners: Stuart Milk | Sir Ian McKellen | Ros Asquith | Prof. Susan Stryker
Peter Tatchell | Roz Caveney | Prof. Jeffery Weekes | Tom Robinson | Sue Sanders
stand up
for education
2nd year—even bigger!
Festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans History
celebrating every weekend in February 2016
The NUT has a proud history of representing LGBT teachers and
supporting all teachers to promote LGBT equality in their school.
Yorkshire
05-06
Victoria & Albert, & Museum of London
York St John University
Midlands
12-14
The Guildhall, Shrewsbury
North
19-20
South-West
19-21
Discovery Museum
(Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums)
North-West
25-27
York
Shrewsbury
At least ten per cent of all pupils will identify as lesbian, gay or
bisexual when they are teenagers or in their adult lives. The NUT
believes that wherever they are educated all young people need
to learn, see and hear positive messages about LGBT people
and be exposed to a wide range of LGBT role models.
Newcastle
Bristol
Manchester
Festival
Conference
Silence and invisibility about this issue in schools is the wrong
approach.
Imperial &
War
Museum,
Victoria
Albert,
& Museum of London
M Shed (Bristol Museums Service)
People’s History Museum,
Imperial War Museum North
Manchester Universities
27-28
we are
delighted to announce
‘What Is And How To Do LGBT History:
Methods, Subjects And Approaches’
www.teachers.org.uk/lgbt
Academic Conference 27-28 February Manchester Universities
Join the NUT at www.teachers.org.uk/join
or call the joining hotline 020 7380 6369
and we are expecting, as last year, presentations from around the world
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Supporting LGBT pupils and staff involves ensuring that the
attitudes which generate homophobia and transphobia are
eliminated across all areas of school life.
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for more information contact Jeff at [email protected]
and check:
www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/national-festival
for details
Schools OUT United Kingdom is registered in England as Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1156352
The programme for this evening...
The programme for this evening...
Sue Sanders & Tony Fenwick of Schools OUT UK to introduce
you to your compères for the evening Claire Mooney & Cyril Nri
Welcome back by your compères Claire and Cyril
A Multifaith Welcome by Rev Razia Aziz
Snapshots- 4 philosophers contributions to sexual equality and
diversity by Dr. Alison Ainley of Anglia Ruskin University
Sue Sanders to welcome our host Professor Eilis Ferran,
Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge,
with the LGBT History Month Silver Plate.
Welcome also to Dr Charlie Bell, Queens’ College
A civic welcome by the Mayor of Cambridge, Robert Dryden
A musical contribution - 2 songs - by Mark Jennett
Pink Humanists- a contribution by Roy and George
Other words of welcome
Coming out to my Punjabi mum by Manjinder Singh Sidhu
Something Inside so Strong sung by Labi Sifre
Nichiren Buddhism: Sexuality and Gender Identity
by Robert Brown
Tony Fenwick, CEO of Schools OUT UK to mark the
Cambridge Pledge
A Trans Jewish Perspective by Surat Shaan Knan
Benjamin Britten’s Music by Dr Lucy Walker
of the Britten-Pears Foundation
Quest, present a Catholic perspective with Terry Weldon
Sue Sanders as Chair of Schools OUT UK to say thank you to
everyone involved in today’s work
Everyone to sing ‘Something Inside so Strong’
A talk with animation by film-maker Bobby Tiawni
Closing multi-faith words sung by Rev. Razia Aziz
There will now be a 15 minute comfort break/interval.
During this time 2 of Bobby Tiawni’s animated films
will be shown
LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANS
HISTORY MONTH
2016
Voices and Visibility:
Uncovering hidden histories
FREE TO
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There is a new FREE TO DOWNLOAD LGBT wallchart available,
highlighting key legal LGBT milestones, events and individuals within UK
context. Produced by the Forum for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Equality in
Further and Higher Education and a group of trade unions in association with Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) History Month, the wallchart focuses particularly on the
contributions of the labour movement.
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Voices and
Visibility
a number of terms to describe themselves including: trans, transgender,
transman, transwoman, man, woman, transsexual,
crossdresser, transvestite, androgynous, genderqueer...
Edward Carpenter
1871
1861 England and Wales
1889 Scotland
Criminal prosecution
Offence of ‘gross indecency’ created
Radclyffe Hall
Uranians
Poet and author
1928
Inverts
1914 British Society for the
Study of Sex Psychology
Homosexuals
Socialist, poet, philosopher and
anthropologist
1906
Publishes
‘Love’s Coming of Age’
Composer and member of
the suffrage movement
1911
1958 Homosexual Law Reform Society
1960s
First British rabbi publicly to
‘affirm his homosexual orientation’
Member of Gay
Liberation Front
Peter Tatchell
LGBT activist
1983
Jan Morris
Fights Bermondsey
By-election
Historian, author and travel writer
1972
Dudgeon v the United Kingdom
Shipping Clerk
and gay activist
Belfast
We passionately believe in diversity being celebrated in all its forms. Therefore, we
present a simple but effective methodology to enable you to be an inclusive practitioner
and promoter of equality and diversity.
1952
Chemically
castrated
Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster
1970
1981
Mathematician and
computer scientist
Lionel Blue
LGBT activist and trade unionist
1967 England and Wales
1980 Scotland
1982 Northern Ireland
1992 Isle of Man
Alan Turing
Composed
‘The March of Women’
Ted Brown
by two men over the age of 21 ‘in private’
More information and download
http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/wallchart/
Ethel Smyth
1969 Campaign for Homosexual Equality
1969 Scottish Minorities Group
Publishes
‘The Well of Loneliness’
Decriminalisation
of homosexual acts
lesbian, gay,
People who do not identify with their assigned gender (only) have used
Frederick Park and Ernest Boulton
Law student, bank clerk,
theatrical performers
Death penalty for buggery abolished
Chris Smith
Travels abroad for gender
reassignment surgery
Jeffrey Dudgeon
Politician
1984
Jimmy Somerville
First out gay and
HIV positive MP
Singer
1984
Labi Siffre
Linda Bellos
‘Pits and Perverts’
benefit concert
Poet, singer
and songwriter
1987
Businesswoman and LGBT activist
1986
Kath Gillespie-Sells
(Something Inside)
So Strong
Leader of Lambeth Council
1989
Christine Burns
Founder
Trans activist
Regard
Lisa Power
1989
1995
Stephen Whittle
Parliamentary Forum
on Transsexualism
1992
Founder member
Stonewall
Founder
Angela Eagle
Press for Change
Politician
Section 28 and 2A
Prohibits ‘promotion’ of homosexuality
1988 England, Wales and Scotland
First elected
out lesbian MP
1998
Waheed Alli
Publishes ‘Trumpet’
1999 Trangender across UK
Media entrepreneur
and politician
Barbara Burford
2000 Scotland
2003 England and Wales
2006 Isle of Man
1998
Writer and medical researcher
Youngest and
first out gay peer
1999
Director of Equality
Department of Health
Duty to promote equality
2000 Northern Ireland
Employment rights
1997
Jackie Kay
Poet, novelist and academic
Employment rights
Repeal Section 28 and 2A
Our teaching methods of ‘usualising’ and ‘actualising’ enable any subject teacher the
opportunity to do this. We do not advocate the inclusion of LGBT content where it
appears forced, at odds with the lesson narrative, or incompatible with the learning
objectives. Our methods have been designed with this in mind. The classroom lessons
have been downloaded and used with success many hundreds of times both in this
country and round the world.
bisexual, queer, pansexual, asexual...
Fanny and Stella
Legal timeline
Go to http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/wallchart/ to download your copy, and so you can
print and post it somewhere visible!
The Classroom aims to:
• Provide new and user-friendly ways of challenging homophobia/transphobia across
curriculum.
• Link to a wide range of resources, lessons, tool kits and guidance that offer
alternate solutions.
• Provide subject specific resources, to enable the teaching and learning.
• Detail a user-friendly methodology that underpins our work.
of terms to describe themselves including: homosexual,
Uncovering
hidden
histories
1885 across the UK
The Classroom aims to be an accessible space for teachers to locate a range of
resources to make Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans people visible in education. We believe
that to eradicate homophobia and transphobia, the lives and contributions of LGBT
people need to be visible throughout education. This can be done by delivering a broad
and balanced curriculum.
People who do not identify as heterosexual (only) have used a number
Sue Sanders
Educator, activist and
Founder of LGBTHM
Russell T Davies
2003 Sexual orientation across UK
Gender recognition
2004 across the UK
Civil Partnerships
2005
Television producer
and screen writer
1999
Queer as folk
broadcast
First LGBT History Month
Phyllis Opoku-Gyimah
Trade Unionist
Founder of Black Pride
2005 across the UK
2006
Offence of hate crime
This is truly a unique and exciting project which aims to provide a professionally
accredited approach to equalities work in education. You are
being invited to contribute to this ground breaking work.
2005 Sexual orientation across UK
2009 Transgender: Scotland
2012 Transgender: England, Wales,
Northern Ireland
www.the-classroom.org.uk
2014 England, Wales and Scotland
Equality Act
2010 England, Wales and Scotland
Marriage (same sex couples)
First UK Black Pride
Tom Daley
Sportsman
2013
Announces relationship
with a man
Nicola Adams
Sportswoman
2012
First woman to
win Olympic
boxing title
History Wallchart (print version 2) June 2015 © Copyright the Forum TUC, PCS,UCU, UNISON,
Compere: Claire Mooney
Compere: Cyril Nri
Claire Mooney is a seasoned singer-songwriter and
activist who performs across the UK. Her songs
have received worldwide airplay. Claire is a patron
of Manchester Pride and The Proud Trust (formerly
lgbt youth NW). For three years she co-presented the
Gay Hour on BBC Radio Manchester (where she still
broadcasts on the Saturday Breakfast Show - writing
and performing a topical song about the news every
week - 20 months and counting!). For the last 3 years
she has co-presented the ALLOUT Radio Show on
ALLFM in Manchester - the show has regular online
listeners from around the globe! It’s a privilege to be
co-hosting tonight’s event!
Nigerian-born Cyril Nri Cyril Nri is an actor of 32 years
experience. Best known for playing Lance in Russell T
Davies’ “Cucumber” - for which he recently won Attitude
Magazine’s Actor of the Year Award; Supt. Adam Okaro in
“The Bill”; Graham in “This Life’; Ariel in Jonathon Miller’s
production of the
Tempest; and Cassius
in The RSC’s World
touring 2012 production
of Julius Caesar.
Cyril came in at 10th on
the 2015 Independent
Rainbow List and is a
patron of LGBT History
Month.
SCHOOLS
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to supporting Campaigns, Events and Charities
nationwide in order to help tackle Homophobia
and Transphobia in the world that we live.
We are proud to support LGBT History Month.
LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANS
HISTORY MONTH
2016
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