LGBT+ History Month 2025
24 Jan 2025
Social Justice and the LGBT+ Journey
Get involved in our programme of LGBT+ Month History events this February.
The theme for this year’s LGBT+ History month 2025 is Activism and Social Change. This year’s theme gives us an opportunity to celebrate the individuals and movements that have driven progress in the fight for equality and human rights.
Patrick Hackett, Registrar, Secretary and Chief Operating Officer and LGBT+ champion said:
‘We warmly invite you to get involved in our LGBT+ History Month programme of events during February. This year’s powerful theme of Activism and Social Change, gives us all the chance to reflect on how far we’ve come—and how much more we can achieve by working together.
In addition to our event programme, you can join one of our network groups or become a BeeProud ally – there’s lots of ways to show your support.’
Events
Tuesday, 11 February
Film Screening
Henry Royce Building, Room 1.014, 4.45 - 7pm
Join the screening of ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’, a story that focuses on Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a British man of Pakistani origin, and his reunion and eventual romance with his childhood friend Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), now a street punk. The two become the caretakers and business managers of a launderette.
Wednesday, 19 February
Film Screening: Carol, Lovell Room, Alan Turing, 4pm
- Just turn up.
Thursday, 20 February
LGBT+ Quiz and Social, 5.30pm - 8.30pm
The Church – Canal Street
Come along and test your brain power as Paul hosts our annual quiz and social – expect random questions, a sprinkling of Eurovision and a nod to Céline Dion. Open to everyone and teams can be submitted in advance (max 4 people) or formed on the night.
Wednesday, 26 February
Museum Lates: Queer Ecologies, Manchester Museum, 6 to 9pm
A takeover of the Wild exhibition for LGBTQ+ history month, exploring the natural world through a queer lens
Film Screening: Pride, Lovell Room, Alan Turing, 4pm
- Just turn up.
Thursday, 27 February
Campus Tour, 12-1
Assemble under the Arch in John Owens Front Quad
Learn a little about our own on campus History as we take in sights and hear stories about LGBT+ places of interest on our main campus.
Even if you can’t join in an event there are other ways you can support LGBT+ History Month:
Manchester University Press - Queer and Trans Histories
The Queer and Trans Histories series aims to serve as a go-to place for cutting-edge stories on earlier and existing LGBTQ+ formations, and encourages work on queer and trans lives that challenge identity frameworks. Spanning premodern to modern eras, global perspectives, and across genders and sexualities, it explores intersections of age, race, class, religion, dis/ability, and more.
Support
We aim to take a holistic approach that celebrates individuals and their many identities.
We have a number of policies and guidance documents to support our LGBT+ community.
These include: