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All the latest news from Just Like Us.

  • Just Like Us launches new website, putting LGBT+ young people at the forefront

    Published On: September 4, 2026Categories: News2.1 min read
  • Teach Secondary Logo that reads: Awards 2026 Shortlisted

    Just Like Us’ Pride Groups resource shortlisted for TeachCo Awards for positive impact on pupil wellbeing

    Published On: September 2, 2026Categories: News, Pride Groups3.7 min read
  • LGBT+ young people celebrate at the Just Like Us Ambassador awards. (Paul Grace)

    Just Like Us Ambassador awards celebrate ‘life-changing’ achievements of young LGBT+ volunteers

    Published On: September 1, 2026Categories: News5.9 min read
  • A group photo of ambassadors at the Just Like Us Ambassador Awards

    Just Like Us is seeking a new Chair of Trustees

    Published On: July 15, 2026Categories: News2.8 min read

  • The 190 challenge for Pride: Show your support for LGBT+ young people

    Published On: June 20, 2026Categories: News2.5 min read

  • Statement on draft bill to ban conversion therapy

    Published On: June 10, 2026Categories: News1.1 min read
  • anti-LGBT+ bullying in schools

    Report shows sharp rise in anti-LGBT+ bullying in schools

    Published On: May 28, 2026Categories: News2.7 min read

  • International Women’s Day 2026 resources for schools

    Published On: March 6, 2026Categories: Education1.5 min read

  • World Book Day: LGBT+ inclusive ideas and resources

    Published On: March 4, 2026Categories: Education1.6 min read

  • Statement on the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) draft guidance regarding ‘gender questioning children’

    Published On: February 25, 2026Categories: News5.7 min read
  • A group photo of ambassadors at the Just Like Us Ambassador Awards

    The movement starts with you: Change lives with LGBT+ volunteer work

    Published On: February 9, 2026Categories: Blog2.4 min read
  • Examples of slides from LGBT+ History Month assembly and inclusive posters

    Free LGBT+ History Month assembly and resources for secondary schools

    Published On: January 27, 2026Categories: Education1.5 min read

  • Free LGBT+ History Month resources for primary schools

    Published On: January 1, 2026Categories: Education1.6 min read
  • A progress pride flag reads: Everyone is welcome here

    New research shows majority of English schools are taking ‘active steps’ to be LGBT+ inclusive

    Published On: December 2, 2025Categories: News2.5 min read
  • Posters for Anti-Bullying Week 2025

    Anti-Bullying Week – free resources for schools

    Published On: October 27, 2025Categories: Education2.2 min read
  • Two Just Like Us ambassadors smile together behind a Pride flags

    From shame to pride: How volunteering with young people helped me reclaim my identity

    Published On: October 23, 2025Categories: Blog3.5 min read

  • Reading for pleasure: Young people need stories that celebrate difference

    Published On: September 17, 2025Categories: Blog3.5 min read

  • School Diversity Week 2026 dates announced

    Published On: September 12, 2025Categories: News1.8 min read

  • Bisexual Awareness Week 2025: Free Resources and Activities For Schools

    Published On: September 8, 2025Categories: Blog2.3 min read
  • School pupils watch a video in a classroom decorated with rainbow bunting for School Diversity Week

    Back To School 2025: Free LGBT+ Inclusion Resources for UK Teachers

    Published On: September 2, 2025Categories: Blog2.3 min read

  • Trailblazing LGBT+ volunteers honoured at the Just Like Us Ambassador Awards

    Published On: August 8, 2025Categories: News4.2 min read

  • Festival of Education: Are educators doing enough to support LGBT+ young people?

    Published On: July 19, 2025Categories: Blog3.6 min read

  • South Asian Heritage Month 2025: Free LGBT+ inclusive resources

    Published On: July 18, 2025Categories: Education1.5 min read

  • Festival of Education: Are educators doing enough to support LGBT+ young people?

    Published On: July 8, 2025Categories: Blog3.6 min read

  • How did schools celebrate School Diversity Week 2025?

    Published On: July 3, 2025Categories: News2.7 min read
  • A headshot of Dr Ronx Ikharia in front of multicoloured lights

    Emergency medicine doctor Ronx Ikharia joins LGBT+ young people’s charity Just Like Us as patron

    Published On: June 24, 2025Categories: News2 min read
  • A photo from School Diversity Week celebrations taken from above of around 75 pupils in a playground, each holding up a different coloured piece of paper to represent the Pride flag

    Rainbow Friday: Join our non-uniform fundraiser on 27 June

    Published On: June 23, 2025Categories: News1.4 min read
  • A teacher wearing a hijab stands in front of a class of children during School Diversity Week

    School Diversity Week: Just Like Us makes all LGBT+ inclusion programmes free

    Published On: June 22, 2025Categories: News1.9 min read

  • Take part in the 190 challenge for LGBT+ young people

    Published On: June 17, 2025Categories: News2.2 min read

  • The LGBT+ community is scared, but won’t be divided

    Published On: May 27, 2025Categories: Blog3.2 min read
  • Two LGBT+ ambassadors hold a Pride flag while volunteering for Just Like Us

    Just Like Us shortlisted for Rainbow Honours Award – vote now!

    Published On: May 2, 2025Categories: News1.5 min read

  • Just Like Us wins Charity of the Year at the DIVA Awards 2025

    Published On: April 28, 2025Categories: News1.2 min read

  • Get ready for School Diversity Week 2025

    Published On: April 23, 2025Categories: News3.1 min read
  • A trans Pride flag painted with chalk on a pavement

    Statement on the Supreme Court ruling on interpretation of the Equality Act 2010

    Published On: April 17, 2025Categories: News0.9 min read
  • One of our volunteer ambassadors giving a Just Like Us school talk

    LGBT+ School Talks programme now free for schools in Wales

    Published On: March 28, 2025Categories: News1.8 min read

  • Book LGBT+ speakers for schools with Just Like Us

    Published On: March 14, 2025Categories: Blog1.9 min read

  • LGBT+ inclusive art teaching resources for KS1

    Published On: March 13, 2025Categories: Education1.5 min read

  • Just Like Us wins Charity of the Year at Metro Pride Awards

    Published On: February 28, 2025Categories: Blog, News0.9 min read

  • How Not To Screw Up Your Kids podcast episode on Just Like Us’ LGBT+ Guide for Parents and Carers

    Published On: February 27, 2025Categories: Blog, News1.9 min read

  • Volunteer in Wales: Charity Just Like Us calls for LGBT+ volunteers

    Published On: February 18, 2025Categories: Blog1.7 min read

  • National Storytelling Week: LGBT+ inclusive reading lists and story time

    Published On: January 27, 2025Categories: Education1.6 min read

  • Free LGBT+ History Month assembly and resources for secondary schools

    Published On: January 22, 2025Categories: Education1.4 min read

  • Free LGBT+ History Month resources for primary schools

    Published On: January 22, 2025Categories: Education1.5 min read

  • I spoke about being LGBT+ in a school and the pupils left me brimming with Pride

    Published On: January 17, 2025Categories: Blog3.3 min read

  • Disability awareness for schools – free resources to download

    Published On: December 10, 2024Categories: Education2.4 min read

  • A wish for change – Just Like Us launches LGBT+ Christmas appeal

    Published On: December 10, 2024Categories: News1.7 min read

  • Disability History Month: Paralympian Lauren Rowles on the power of visibility

    Published On: December 10, 2024Categories: Blog2.8 min read

  • Cyber bullying resources KS2 – free downloads for teachers

    Published On: November 6, 2024Categories: Education2.4 min read
  • Cyberbullying-primary-school-resources

    Cyberbullying resources for teachers

    Published On: November 5, 2024Categories: Education3 min read

  • Homophobic language heard by 78% of primary school pupils, new research finds

    Published On: October 21, 2024Categories: News5.2 min read

  • Homophobic language in schools – free resources to address and tackle the issue

    Published On: October 17, 2024Categories: Education3 min read

  • Secondary school reading list to be more LGBT inclusive

    Published On: October 15, 2024Categories: Education2.8 min read

  • Children’s books about different families – our primary school reading list

    Published On: October 15, 2024Categories: Education3.5 min read

  • International Pronouns Day resources for schools

    Published On: October 14, 2024Categories: Education1.9 min read
  • Anti-bullying activities for primary schools, including posters, videos and assembly idea, pictured

    Anti-bullying activities for primary schools

    Published On: October 3, 2024Categories: Education4.3 min read

  • Anti-Bullying Week poster ideas for schools – free resources to download

    Published On: October 2, 2024Categories: Education1.5 min read

  • Just Like Us publishes 2024 Impact report

    Published On: September 20, 2024Categories: Blog, News2.3 min read

  • National Coming Out Day 2024: Book LGBT+ speakers for your school

    Published On: September 20, 2024Categories: Blog2.3 min read

  • Jonathan Bailey wins award for supporting LGBT+ charity Just Like Us

    Published On: September 19, 2024Categories: News1.9 min read
  • A group of school pupils smiling and chatting

    UK LGBT+ schools programme to become free to all secondaries

    Published On: September 10, 2024Categories: News1.9 min read

  • I thought I’d never go to Pride – now I volunteer for a LGBT+ charity in Scotland

    Published On: September 9, 2024Categories: Blog4.7 min read

  • Volunteer in Glasgow with LGBT+ charity Just Like Us

    Published On: July 22, 2024Categories: News2.7 min read

  • Jonathan Bailey, T’Nia Miller and Charley Marlowe shine light on LGBT+ trailblazers at Just Like Us 2024 charity awards

    Published On: July 12, 2024Categories: News4.4 min read

  • Suzi Ruffell presents BBC Radio 4 Appeal for Just Like Us

    Published On: June 28, 2024Categories: News3.6 min read

  • LGBT+ Parents report finds many schools are failing to be inclusive

    Published On: June 24, 2024Categories: Blog, Education, News4.2 min read

  • More than 7,000 schools set to celebrate LGBT+ inclusion for School Diversity Week 2024

    Published On: June 18, 2024Categories: News3 min read

  • Transition to secondary school resources: free video and lesson activities

    Published On: June 4, 2024Categories: Education2.6 min read

  • Pride products donating to charity Just Like Us in 2024

    Published On: May 22, 2024Categories: News1.6 min read

  • Jonathan Bailey raises £30,000 for Just Like Us in under 24 hours

    Published On: May 20, 2024Categories: News2 min read

  • Trans History Week: Older and younger trans people in conversation

    Published On: May 7, 2024Categories: Blog5.5 min read

  • School Diversity Week 2024 guide

    Published On: April 22, 2024Categories: Education1.7 min read
  • One of our volunteer ambassadors giving a Just Like Us school talk

    Book LGBT+ speakers for school assemblies with Just Like Us

    Published On: April 19, 2024Categories: Blog2.1 min read
  • Rainbow flags displayed in a classroom

    How to improve attendance in school with LGBT+ inclusion

    Published On: April 18, 2024Categories: Blog, Education4.5 min read

  • Majority of school pupils wouldn’t know how to support a trans friend, new research finds

    Published On: March 31, 2024Categories: News3.7 min read

  • Paralympian Lauren Rowles to support ‘vital’ work of Just Like Us as charity patron 

    Published On: March 8, 2024Categories: News2.5 min read

  • World Book Day 2024: School librarian suggestions for LGBT+ books to celebrate

    Published On: March 5, 2024Categories: Blog3.2 min read

  • How can Just Like Us support your school’s equality club?

    Published On: February 27, 2024Categories: Blog1.8 min read
  • Two LGBT+ ambassadors hold a Pride flag while volunteering for Just Like Us

    Volunteer in Birmingham with LGBT+ charity Just Like Us

    Published On: February 19, 2024Categories: Blog3.1 min read

  • My Daddies author Gareth Peter on why LGBT+ families need representation

    Published On: February 14, 2024Categories: Blog3.1 min read

  • Teachers still as uncomfortable discussing LGBT+ topics as they were two years ago, new research finds

    Published On: February 1, 2024Categories: News3.3 min read

  • Just Like Us launches inclusive schools billboard campaign for LGBT History Month

    Published On: February 1, 2024Categories: News1.9 min read

  • ‘Gender questioning children’: Just Like Us’ response to the government’s draft trans guidance for schools

    Published On: January 22, 2024Categories: News2.2 min read

  • Everything you need to know about becoming a LGBT+ career mentor with Just Like Us

    Published On: January 12, 2024Categories: Blog2.8 min read

  • LGBT+ History Month 2024: Free assembly resources for schools

    Published On: January 12, 2024Categories: Education2 min read

  • Jonathan Bailey condemns ‘debate over trans lives’ in powerful speech

    Published On: December 14, 2023Categories: News2.8 min read

  • Actor Jonathan Bailey ‘immensely proud’ to join LGBT+ young people’s charity Just Like Us as patron

    Published On: November 17, 2023Categories: News1.4 min read

  • Why you need a Pride Group at your school/college – a guide for students

    Published On: November 14, 2023Categories: Education1.2 min read

  • Free secondary resources on LGBT+ allyship for Anti-Bullying Week

    Published On: November 6, 2023Categories: Education1.8 min read

  • Free LGBT+ inclusive primary resources for Anti-Bullying Week 2023

    Published On: November 6, 2023Categories: Education1.7 min read

  • Dannii Minogue backs LGBT+ representation in UK schools through Just Like Us’ Ambassador Programme

    Published On: October 25, 2023Categories: News1.9 min read

  • Volunteer in Manchester: LGBT+ young adults needed to share their experiences in schools

    Published On: October 11, 2023Categories: News2 min read
  • One of our volunteer ambassadors giving a Just Like Us school talk

    Book a LGBT+ school speaker for Anti-Bullying Week 2023

    Published On: September 26, 2023Categories: Education1.5 min read

  • LGBT+ inclusive reading list for KS3, KS4 and KS5, from Alice Oseman to Virginia Woolf

    Published On: September 25, 2023Categories: Education1.7 min read

  • KS1 and KS2 reading books: Download free LGBT+ inclusive reading lists

    Published On: September 22, 2023Categories: Education1.8 min read

  • Our LGBT+ club sends school leavers out into the world empowered and secure

    Published On: September 20, 2023Categories: Blog4.4 min read

  • The National Lottery Community Fund supports Just Like Us to empower LGBT+ young people and allies in England and Wales

    Published On: September 13, 2023Categories: News3.1 min read

  • LGBT+ volunteers needed in London to speak in schools and prevent anti-LGBT+ bullying

    Published On: September 11, 2023Categories: Blog2.1 min read

  • Just Like Us offers unique online volunteering opportunity for LGBT+ young adults

    Published On: September 4, 2023Categories: News1.7 min read

  • KS4 History: Free LGBT+ lesson plans and resources

    Published On: August 9, 2023Categories: Education1.8 min read

  • KS3 Religious Studies: Free lessons on being an LGBT+ person of faith

    Published On: August 9, 2023Categories: Education1.7 min read

  • Just Like Us launches new campaign: For you, for me, for all of us

    Published On: July 31, 2023Categories: News2.2 min read
  • Being LGBT+ is something to be celebrated! poster in a secondary school for School Diversity Week 2023

    School Diversity Week 2024 dates announced

    Published On: July 17, 2023Categories: Education, News1.5 min read

  • LGBT+ athletes Michael Gunning and Lauren Rowles honour Just Like Us ambassador who has inspired more than 20,000 school pupils with talks

    Published On: July 14, 2023Categories: News2.6 min read

  • Mentor honoured for supporting LGBT+ young people at Just Like Us 2023 charity awards

    Published On: July 14, 2023Categories: News3.1 min read

  • Heartstopper stars Corinna Brown and Tobie Donovan present school pupils with LGBT+ award at Just Like Us charity ceremony

    Published On: July 14, 2023Categories: News3.6 min read

  • Welsh teacher wins LGBT+ Inclusive Teacher of the Year at Just Like Us Awards 2023

    Published On: July 14, 2023Categories: News3.2 min read

  • Salesforce’s Alan Kan wins Corporate Volunteer of the Year at Just Like Us LGBT+ charity awards 2023

    Published On: July 14, 2023Categories: News2.3 min read

  • How schools celebrated School Diversity Week 2023

    Published On: June 30, 2023Categories: Blog, News2.8 min read

  • As a headteacher, I know how vital it is for all pupils to experience LGBT+ inclusion at school

    Published On: June 29, 2023Categories: Blog3 min read
  • A photo of KS3 computing resources

    KS3 computing resources: Free diversity lessons

    Published On: June 28, 2023Categories: Education1.7 min read

  • Anti-LGBT+ language kept me in the closet at school, but School Diversity Week gives me hope for the future

    Published On: June 28, 2023Categories: Blog3.3 min read
  • School Diversity Week : Martin Boyle with his husband Graham.

    School Diversity Week is vital for children of LGBT+ parents like me

    Published On: June 27, 2023Categories: Blog5.3 min read
  • Sarah Lodge with her daughter

    Anti-LGBT+ bullying forced my daughter out of school – School Diversity Week could have made all the difference

    Published On: June 26, 2023Categories: Blog2.6 min read
  • School pupils watch a video in a classroom decorated with rainbow bunting for School Diversity Week

    Thousands of schools across the UK celebrate School Diversity Week 2023

    Published On: June 26, 2023Categories: News1.9 min read
  • Laura Mackay

    Just Like Us appoints new Chief Executive Laura Mackay

    Published On: June 23, 2023Categories: News1.6 min read
  • Pride products 2023: side by side images of Eylure's good to glow lashes and Garnier's limited edition micellar water

    Pride products donating to charity Just Like Us in 2023

    Published On: June 16, 2023Categories: News2 min read
  • Matthew and Ryan sit side by side in the School Diversity Week resource video on coming out

    Love is Love authors Matthew and Ryan share their coming out stories in School Diversity Week video

    Published On: June 7, 2023Categories: Education, News1.5 min read
  • Primary school children hold signs that read Just Like Us in a playground - a screenshot from the School Diversity Week video

    Watch pupils share why School Diversity Week 2023 matters

    Published On: June 5, 2023Categories: News2.3 min read
  • The cover of the Positive Futures report, which features two smiling Just Like Us ambassadors

    Positive Futures: Just Like Us report finds support is key to LGBT+ young people’s success as adults

    Published On: June 1, 2023Categories: News2.9 min read
  • A Just Like Us ambassador sits at a laptop, there are Pride flags in the background

    Young adults say pansexual, intersex and trans representation is the worst of all LGBT+ representation in media

    Published On: May 25, 2023Categories: News3.4 min read
  • A trans couple smile at each other while sitting in the park

    Trans people are loved: positive messages to give you hope

    Published On: May 17, 2023Categories: News3.6 min read
  • Two young adults hug in the street

    Three quarters of trans young adults have been victims of verbal abuse in the last year

    Published On: May 17, 2023Categories: News3 min read
  • Pupils share why they love celebrating School Diversity Week

    How to ask your teachers about celebrating School Diversity Week

    Published On: May 12, 2023Categories: Blog, Education2.9 min read
  • Two Just Like Us ambassadors smile together behind a Pride flags

    Run a Pride fundraiser to help LGBT+ young people

    Published On: May 10, 2023Categories: Blog, News1.7 min read
  • A pair of hands hold a paper rainbow heart

    LGBT+ young adults more than twice as likely to have self-harmed than their non-LGBT+ peers

    Published On: May 3, 2023Categories: News2.4 min read
  • A slide from the free LGBT+ inclusion resources for SEND schools on diversity

    Just Like Us releases free LGBT+ resources for SEND schools

    Published On: April 27, 2023Categories: Education, News2.1 min read
  • A presentation slide reads: LGBT+ youth homelessness and the albert kennedy trust

    Just Like Us partners with akt on LGBT+ youth homelessness lesson resource for schools

    Published On: April 26, 2023Categories: Education, News1.6 min read
  • One of the free resources reads in English and Welsh : We embrace diversity in our school

    Welsh language LGBT+ school resources launched by Just Like Us

    Published On: April 26, 2023Categories: Education, News1.4 min read
  • A young woman hides her face behind a rainbow Pride flag

    Lesbian Visibility Week: Lesbians most likely of young adults to feel ashamed of being LGBT+

    Published On: April 24, 2023Categories: News2.3 min read
  • 'It's never OK to out someone' and more LGBT posters for schools

    It’s never OK to out someone – download our free School Diversity Week posters

    Published On: April 20, 2023Categories: Education1.4 min read
  • An LGBT+ family - two parents and two children - hold a rainbow kite

    New research shows almost half of LGBT+ adults are estranged from family and a third ‘not confident’ their parents will accept them

    Published On: April 19, 2023Categories: News2.3 min read
  • A pupil raises their hand in school

    New research shows majority of LGBT+ young adults wish LGBT+ education started in primary school or nursery

    Published On: April 17, 2023Categories: News2.5 min read
  • Three young adults walk down a corridor at a workplace

    A quarter of LGBT+ young adults go back into the closet after starting work, and many earn less than straight peers

    Published On: April 12, 2023Categories: News4 min read
  • A group of young adults lying on the grass

    Asexual Awareness Day: A quarter of asexual young adults feel excluded from the LGBT+ community

    Published On: April 6, 2023Categories: News2.5 min read
  • A trans Pride flag painted with chalk on a pavement

    Trans Day of Visibility: Majority of anti-trans adults don’t know a trans person in real life

    Published On: March 31, 2023Categories: News3.5 min read
  • Fox Fisher and Roberta Cowell in the Trans visbility day form time resource

    Free school resource celebrates trans trailblazers ahead of Transgender Day of Visibility

    Published On: March 17, 2023Categories: Education1.5 min read
  • The cover of the 2023 School Diversity Week guide

    School Diversity Week 2023 guide

    Published On: March 17, 2023Categories: Education, News1.8 min read
  • Two LGBT+ ambassadors hold a Pride flag while volunteering for Just Like Us

    LGBT+ volunteers needed in Wales to bring positive representation to young people in schools

    Published On: March 16, 2023Categories: News2.1 min read
  • A teacher wearing a hijab stands in front of a class of children during School Diversity Week

    Just Like Us launches LGBT+ resources for faith schools

    Published On: February 20, 2023Categories: Education, News3.6 min read
  • Baroness Featherstone stands at the head of a long table and gives a speech to Founders' Circle members

    Architect of same-sex marriage Baroness Featherstone: ‘The need for supporting LGBT+ young people is escalating’

    Published On: February 17, 2023Categories: News2.9 min read

  • Why book an online LGBT school talk?

    Published On: February 17, 2023Categories: Education2.4 min read
  • Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) speaking to pupils in Scotland

    Time for Inclusive Education and Just Like Us announce new partnership

    Published On: February 13, 2023Categories: Education, News2.7 min read
  • Dominic Arnall, Chief Executive of Just Like Us

    Dominic Arnall, Chief Executive of Just Like Us, to stand down

    Published On: January 23, 2023Categories: News2.5 min read
  • Two photos of the 2023 LGBT History Month resources - one shows Keith Haring, the other Sally Ride

    LGBT History Month 2023: Free primary resources for KS1 and KS2

    Published On: January 19, 2023Categories: Education1.9 min read
  • Pride Groups in action at a secondary school

    What is a Pride Group? Why join Just Like Us’ Pride Groups programme?

    Published On: December 15, 2022Categories: Education1.5 min read
  • Maxine Heron, Char Bailey, Dom&Ink, Benjy and Cairo Leon back

    Divina De Campo backs campaign highlighting issues LGBT+ young people face this winter

    Published On: December 12, 2022Categories: News6.5 min read
  • A trans flag covered in flowers for Trans Day of Remembrance

    Trans Day of Remembrance is a wake up call for more inclusive education

    Published On: November 18, 2022Categories: Blog3.4 min read

  • Why book a LGBT school talk from Just Like Us?

    Published On: November 14, 2022Categories: Education3.6 min read
  • A photo of Dom&Ink

    Dom&Ink: ‘Keep staying true to yourself and who you are’

    Published On: October 6, 2022Categories: Blog2.7 min read
  • A photo of Joelle Taylor

    Joelle Taylor: ‘There were no lesbian or butch role models’

    Published On: October 6, 2022Categories: Blog2.4 min read
  • A photo of free primary maths lessons

    Free primary maths lessons for EYFS, KS1 and KS2

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo showing two diversity assembly presentations

    Free KS3 and KS4 diversity assembly presentations

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo of a diversity assembly plan

    KS1 and KS2: Free diversity assembly

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.7 min read
  • A photo of primary ideas

    Free storytime primary ideas: From Elmer to Prince Henry

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education2 min read
  • EYFS art ideas_owned by Just Like Us

    KS1, KS2 and EYFS art ideas: Rainbow crafts and different families

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.9 min read
  • A photo of KS2 science resources

    KS2 science resources: Free lesson plan on LGBT+ scientists

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo of various KS2 computing lesson plans

    Free KS2 computing lesson plans

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo of two KS3 science lessons

    Free KS3 science lessons on diversity and LGBT+ people in STEM

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo of a PSHE secondary school lesson

    PSHE secondary school: Free LGBT+ lesson plans

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education2 min read
  • A photo of a KS3 lesson plan

    KS3 PE: Free lesson plan on LGBT+ sports role models

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo of KS3 music resources

    KS3 music resources: Free LGBT+ lesson plans

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.9 min read
  • A photo of a KS3 design and technology lesson plan

    Free KS3 design and technology lesson

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.9 min read
  • A photo of GCSE maths resources

    GCSE maths resources: Free LGBT+ lesson plan

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education2 min read
  • A photo of a GCSE citizenship studies lesson plan

    GCSE citizenship studies: Free LGBT+ discussion plan

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo of a KS3 maths lesson plan

    Free inclusive KS3 maths lesson plans

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.7 min read
  • A photo of a KS2 dance lesson plan

    Free KS2 dance lesson plan: Who can be a dancer?

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.7 min read
  • A photo of two form time ideas

    Form time ideas: Free LGBT+ sessions for KS3 and KS4

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo of a KS4 Religious Studies lesson

    KS4 Religious Studies: Free lesson plan on being an LGBT+ person of faith

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education2 min read
  • London skyline

    LGBT+ Londoners three times as likely to have been lonely at school

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education, News3.2 min read
  • A teacher writing on a whiteboard in an article about LGBT+ teachers

    Only a third of LGBT+ teachers think a colleague would be comfortable coming out

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: Education, News3 min read
  • Pupils and staff get ready to join the march

    LGBT+ adults in Birmingham twice as likely to have been bullied at school than straight peers

    Published On: October 3, 2022Categories: News2.5 min read
  • Manchester

    Almost half of LGBT+ adults in Manchester bullied at school

    Published On: September 30, 2022Categories: News3.5 min read
  • Volunteer Charlie in Manchester

    Volunteer in Manchester – it helped me embrace being LGBT+

    Published On: September 30, 2022Categories: Blog4 min read
  • School pupils march with Just Like Us at Birmingham Pride

    Just Like Us’ school trip to Birmingham Pride helped pupils “to not feel so alone”

    Published On: September 26, 2022Categories: Education, News7.4 min read
  • Cherry Valentine

    Statement on the passing of Cherry Valentine

    Published On: September 23, 2022Categories: Blog, News1 min read
  • A photo of a KS4 drama lesson plan

    KS4 drama: Free lesson on non-traditional casting

    Published On: September 15, 2022Categories: Education1.7 min read
  • A photo of a KS3 drama lesson

    KS3 drama: Free lesson plan on LGBT+ spoken word poetry

    Published On: September 15, 2022Categories: Education1.7 min read
  • A photo of KS2 English resources

    KS2 English resources: Free Anne Lister lesson plan

    Published On: September 14, 2022Categories: Education2.1 min read
  • A photo of PSHE primary school resources

    PSHE primary lesson plans on diverse families

    Published On: September 14, 2022Categories: Education1.8 min read
  • A photo of EYFS English activities

    EYFS English activities: Free lesson plan on why it’s OK to be different

    Published On: September 14, 2022Categories: Education1.7 min read
  • A photo of a KS2 poetry lesson

    Free KS2 poetry lesson plan on blackout poetry

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