University of Exeter launches LGBT+ History Month resources for South West Secondary Schools

The University of Exeter will mark LGBT+ History Month in the UK with a series of events and the launch of free classroom resources for secondary schools and museums that highlight the achievements of LGBT+ individuals working in maths and science.

The teaching resources were announced in November and are now free to access and download to mark LGBT+ History Month in February.

The resources pack includes slides, posters, postcards, videos and class activities, produced in collaboration with LGBT+ education charity Schools OUT to support the usualisation of LGBTQ+ identities in Key Stage 3 and 4 science and maths.

The resources are based on entries to the Queer Science Competition, led by the PRISM Exeter LGBTQ+ network, which challenged secondary school, college, and university students across the South West to discover and celebrate lesser-known LGBT+ scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians and medics.