LGBTQIA+ History Month 2025 Events Programme
Here you can find details of all the events, activities and more taking place as part of LGBTQIA+ History Month 2025 at Queen Mary.
All are open to our staff and students to mark this important month, so please join us. We will be adding to and updating our listings throughout the month, so check back regularly!
If you are a student at Queen Mary, you can also check out the Queen Mary Students' Union campaign for the month to keep up with what's on.
LGBTQIA+ History Month flag raising event
Date: Monday 3 February
Time: 1.00pm-1.30pm
Location: Outside the Queens' Building, Mile End
You are warmly invited to a flag raising ceremony marking the beginning of LGBTQIA+ History Month at this flag raising event. The Intersex Inclusive Progress Pride flag will be flown as a visible symbol of Queen Mary’s commitment to championing our LGBTQIA+ community.
QMOut Coffee Social
Date: Wednesday 5 February
Time: 3.00pm-4.00pm
Location: Ground Café, Mile End
QMOut is Queen Mary's LGBTQIA+ Staff Network that connects staff who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Non-binary, Queer, Asexual (Ace) or those who identify with other marginalised sexual orientations and / or gender identities. The network is also open to allies of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Join QMOut for a coffee social to chat with colleagues, meet the network Co-Chairs and pick up a rainbow lanyard.
Whether you identify as LGBTQIA+ or are an ally, everyone is welcome to attend!
LGBTQIA+ History Month Pop-up
Date: Thursday 6 February
Time: 2.00pm-3.00pm
Location: Whitechapel; Blizard Building
Have a chat with colleagues and members of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team and collect a rainbow lanyard and pronoun badge, to signify your commitment to providing a safe and comfortable environment for all of our LGBTQIA+ staff and students.
LGBTQIA+ Cancer Care with Dr Alison Berner
Date: Tuesday 11 February
Time: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Location: Online via MS Teams - Register to attend
Join Dr Alison Berner (she/her/ella) as she discusses the issues faced LGBTQIA+ people with cancer and her research and clinical work to improve cancer care for the trans and gender diverse community.
Dr Alison May Berner (she/her/ella), BA Hons, MBBS, MSc, PhD, MRCP. Academic Clinical Lecturer, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Alison is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology at Barts Cancer Institute, practicing clinically at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. She is the UK’s only oncologist to be dual trained gender identity medicine, and leads the UK Cancer and Transition Service (UCATS), a world first national clinic to integrate local oncology and gender affirming care or transgender and gender diverse people in the UK. Her research focusses on investigating the role of sex, gender and sexual orientation in cancer predisposition and outcomes. She is also Trustee of the OUTpatients LGBTIAQ+ cancer charity.
Science & Engineering Faculty Lunch
Date: Thursday 13 February
Time: 1.00pm-2.00pm
Location: Maths Common Room (Fifth Floor)
The Faculty of Science & Engineering are holding regular Faculty Lunches, as an opportunity for colleagues to get in contact with each other and share experiences, ideas and suggestions. The lunch being held during February has an open invitation for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and allies across the faculty to attend.
Discovering and enjoying great reads : An LGBTQIA+ History Month event
Date: Monday 17 February (online only) - Wednesday 19 February (in-person)
Time: 1.00pm-2.00pm for both events
Location: Online via MS Teams on Monday 17 February and in-person at Mile End Seminar Room on Wednesday 19 February. Staff can register for either event via the CPD Booking System. Students please register for either the online event or in-person event.
In this engaging workshop, James Soderman, Faculty Liaison Librarian for Science and Engineering, invites you to explore the vibrant realm of LGBTQIA+ materials within the Queen Mary Library collection.
You can also check out the book display at Mile End Library in celebration of LGBTQIA+ History Month (photo credit: Chloe Daniel).
QMOut Pop-up event
Date: Wednesday 19 February
Time: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Location: Graduate Centre foyer
The Co-Chairs of the QMOut LGBTQIA+ Staff Network are holding a pop-up at the Graduate Centre. Drop by the foyer to say hello, find out more about the network and meet other members. Those interested in becoming new members are very welcome to come along!
QMOut Panel Discussion
Date: Wednesday 26 February
Time: 1.00pm-2.00pm
Location: Join in person at the Graduate Centre, Room 101 or email: Michael Wooley for details of how to join online.
The QMOut LGBTQIA+ Staff Network will be hosting a panel discussion with members of Queen Mary's LGBTQIA+ community, focusing on the 2025 theme of LGBTQIA+ History Month, 'Activism and Social Change'.
Coffee Social hosted by the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences (SBBS)
Date: Wednesday 26 February
Time: 2.00pm-3.00pm
Location: Postgraduate Common Room (7th floor of the Graduate Centre)
Are you a Biology or Psychology student or member of School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences (SBBS) staff? Join us for coffee, tea and biscuits to celebrate LGBTQIA+ History Month! All LGBTQIA+ students, staff and allies welcome.
Lunch and Learn: Pronouns Matter
Date: Monday 24 February
Time: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Location: Online via MS Teams - Register to attend
Join Eleanor McDavis (EDI Manager, LGBTQIA+ Equality) (She/Them), Darren Hunwicks (EDI Officer) (He/Him) and Adam Khan (MA PT International Relations and President of QM LGBT+ Society, QM/BL Trans Representative) (they/xe), for a discussion about gender identity, what is a pronoun, why does using the correct pronoun matter and how members of the Queen Mary community can be good allies and show support for gender diverse staff and students.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Forum: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion
Date: Wednesday 5 March
Time: 1.00pm-2.30pm
Location: Online via MS Teams. Please complete this form to reserve your place. Registration closes Friday 28 February at 5.00pm.
All staff and students are invited to attend the next EDI Forum that will focus on LGBTQIA+ Inclusion.
The EDI Forum is a specially designed initiative, led by Queen Mary’s EDI Team, which aims to provide a platform for staff and students to discuss ideas, challenges, good practice, and concerns related to EDI. Recommendations put forward during the Forum will be collated and shared with Queen Mary’s EDI Steering Group for discussion and appropriate action.
If you are looking for details of Resources & Support available please take a look at on our dedicated page.