What's on for LGBT+ History Month 2026

Academic departments, student groups, and staff networks from across the school are celebrating LGBT+ History Month!

LGBT+ History Month provides an opportunity to raise awareness and celebrate the lives and achievements of the LGBT+ community, while also remembering the challenges and discrimination the community has faced and continues to face.

LSE is proud to present an exciting programme of events and activities for this year's LGBT+ History Month.

In addition to these events below, keep an eye out for additional events being held by the LSESU! (more information to come)


  LGBT+ History Month events

LGBTQ+ Guided Tour at Tate Modern (for students) - Sunday 8 February 2026, 1.40pm - 3.00pm

Location: Outside of Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TQ

Celebrate art and diversity at our LGBTQ+ guided exhibition at Tate Modern - an inclusive experience for everyone. Open to all, the tour offers welcoming space for learning, conversation, and shared discovery through art. 

The tours are aimed at exploring the Tate Collection through the lens of gender identity and sexuality.

Tickets are heavily discounted, making this an accessible and welcoming opportunity for any student to take part.

Get a ticket here

Be bold, Be You! LGBTQIA+ Themed Arts (for students) - Sunday 8 February 2026, 6.00pm - 7.00pm

Location: Sidney Webb House Common Room

Love is Art!

Join us for a FREE fun and colourful arts and crafts events celebrating LGBTQIA+ creativity and self-expression! 

 Everyone is welcome and the event includes refreshments!

Learn more here

Equity & Equality in Finance: Fireside Chat (for students) - Tuesday 10 February 2026, 5.00 - 6.00pm

Location: CBG.1.06.

In collaboration with the LSE LGBTQ+ Society, InvestHer is hosting a Finance Fireside Chat with Sarah Finegan, Associate Partner at Antler.

Find out more and register for a ticket here

Student Volunteering Week LGBTQ+ Charities Panel Discussion (for students) - Wednesday 11 February 2026, 2.00pm - 3.00pm

Location: CBG.1.06

Join us for an LGBTQ+ Charity & Volunteering Panel featuring charity representatives from LGBTQ+ organisations across London. The session will include a panel discussion, open Q&A, and networking opportunities.

Learn more here

Rainbow Trap: Diversity Policies, LGBTQ Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion (for all) - Thursday 12 February 2026, 1.00pm - 2.30pm

Location: OLD 2.21 or Online

Kevin Guyan shares ideas from his new book Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025). In this work, Guyan reveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities is shaped – and constrained – by the classifications we encounter every day.

Learn more here

Registration is not required for in-person attendance. If you would like to attend online, register to do so here.

LGBTQ+ panel & networking: Exploring Trans, Non-Binary & Gender Diverse Career Journeys (for all) - Thursday 12 February 2026, 6.00pm - 7.30pm

Location: MAR 2.06

At LSE Careers, we strive to provide opportunities for our LGBTQ+ student, alumni, and staff community to share their career stories.

 At this event, part of the LSE Careers LGBTQ+ 2026 programme, you'll learn from the diverse and inspiring career journeys of trans, non-binary, and gender diverse professionals across a range of industries and roles. Designed to be both informative and welcoming, the evening begins with a panel discussion featuring speakers (including LSE alumni) who will share honest reflections on their career paths. You'll gain insights into their successes, challenges, pivots, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

Panellists will discuss topics such as navigating the workplace, finding your communities, advocating for yourself, and defining success on your own terms. You'll be invited to ask your own questions also (there will be an option to submit questions anonymously via Slido too). 

Following the panel, the event will transition into an informal networking session with refreshments. This relaxed space is an opportunity to continue conversations from the panel and connect one-on-one.

Book a free ticket here

Archives Tour: LGBTQ+ History Month (for all) - Thursday 19 February 2026, 5.00pm - 6.00pm

Location: LSE Library: The British Library of Political and Economic Science

Join us behind the scenes to explore material related to LGBTQ+ history!

Step behind the scenes of the Hall-Carpenter Archives for a special opportunity to explore one of Britain’s most important LGBTQ+ collections. Preserving the histories, activism, and cultural records of LGBTQ+ organisations and individuals, the archive traces its roots to the gay rights movements of the 1980s and continues to grow today.

Places are strictly limited, so please arrive on time to avoid missing out. Book your place here.

Alternatively, explore the LGBT+ collections highlights hereor stay up to date with LSE Library public events and exhibitions by joining the NEW monthly email newsletter here!


  Further events in March

TBC