We are a network of LGBT+ teachers and leaders, empowering us to be authentic in schools, colleges and universities, to support students and to be an advocate for increasing LGBT+ visibility in our education system. Launched in 2018, we have already seen a range of successes including national recognition from the DfE, investment from a large publisher and four successful leadership programmes where 75% of participants have achieved promotions in their schools.

We are affecting real change for teachers and leaders in order to make schools more inclusive. We use our links with universities to share research into being ‘out’ at work in schools and colleges. Our Proud Leadership and LGBTed Leadership programmes support LGBT+ teachers who need our guidance – including coaching and mentoring – with the aim to be the ‘go to’ provider of leadership development for LGBT+ educators.

The first LGBTed book, ‘Big Gay Adventures In Education’ – edited by co-founder and director Daniel Tomlinson-Gray – was released in early 2021. It contains 24 unique and empowering accounts by ‘out’ teachers and students of ‘out’ teachers, showing the importance of visible and authentic LGBT+ role models in schools. With contributions by Andrew Moffatt MBE, Sue Sanders, David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE, Adele Bates and Hadley Stewart, it is unique and unmissable.

Let’s be the role models we needed at school.