Usualising Our Lives: LGBT+ History Month with Lynne Nicholls

1946: The Culture Shift Tour – UK

Usualising Our Lives: LGBT+ History Month with Lynne Nicholls

In this episode of 1946: The Culture Shift Tour – UK, hosts Sharon “Rocky” Roggio and Josie Peres are joined by Lynne Nicholls, Chair of Trustees for Schools OUT and one of the leading voices behind LGBT+ History Month in the United Kingdom.

As the UK prepares to celebrate LGBT+ History Month each February, Lynne offers a powerful and deeply personal conversation about why history, education, and visibility are essential to protecting the future. She traces the origins of Schools OUT in the 1970s, the devastating impact of Section 28, and how an entire generation of LGBT+ people grew up without representation in schools, libraries, or public life.

This episode explores:

How Schools OUT was formed to protect LGBT+ teachers and students

The legacy of Section 28 and why it still shapes education today

How LGBT+ History Month began and why February matters

This year’s LGBT+ History Month theme: Science and Innovation

Why “usualising” LGBT+ lives saves lives

The current state of LGBT+ rights in the UK

The role of faith and education in shaping culture