1946 The Culture Shift Tour Usualising Our Lives: LGBT+ History Month with Lynne Nicholls
1946: The Culture Shift Tour – UKUsualising 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
Lynne’s involvement with One Body One Faith, supporting LGBT+ Christians
For anyone who has supported 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture, lived through educational erasure, or believes stories can change lives, this conversation offers context, history, and hope.
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Lynne Nicholls Chair of Trustees, Schools OUT Diversity and Inclusion Consultant
Schools OUT Team Page https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/about/meet-the-team/
Schools OUT UKUK charity supporting LGBT+ inclusion in education and founder of LGBT+ History Monthhttps://www.schoolsout.org.uk
LGBT+ History Month (UK)Founded by Schools OUT. Celebrated annually in Februaryhttps://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk
LGBT+ History Month 2026 Themehttps://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history-month-2026/
Schools OUT Shop (Badges & Resources)https://www.schoolsout.org.uk/shop/
One Body One FaithUK grassroots charity supporting LGBT+ Christians and advocating for change within the churchhttps://onebodyonefaith.org.uk
Open Table NetworkInclusive Christian worship spaces across the UKhttps://opentable.lgbt
Creating SanctuaryFaith-based inclusion project (Church of England context)https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/creating-sanctuary
Inkbrew ProductionsTheatre company specialising in dramatizing LGBT+ archiveshttps://www.inkbrewproductions.com
“The BBC’s First Homosexual” (Play)Based on a rediscovered BBC documentaryhttps://www.scenemag.co.uk/bbcs-lost-first-documentary-on-homosexuality-rediscovered-and-transformed-into-stage-play/
The Pink Singers
Europe’s longest-running LGBT+ choir
Stonewall UKhttps://www.stonewall.org.uk
Royal Society of Chemistryhttps://www.rsc.org
Tate Modernhttps://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
British Museumhttps://www.britishmuseum.org