LGBT+ History Month is an annual event in the United Kingdom taking place every February. Its goal is to raise awareness of – and combat prejudice against – the LGBTQ+ community while celebrating its achievement and diversity and making it more visible.

History Month has three taglines: -“Claiming our past. Celebrating our present. Creating our future”, as well as the ‘Educate OUT Prejudice’ motto of parent charity Schools OUT UK.

It was founded by Sue Sanders and Paul Patrick, then co-chairs of Schools OUT UK, and first took place in February 2005. The event came in the wake of the abolition of Section 28 in 2003, the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, as well as the government’s proposed single equality act.