Sue Sanders
Emeritus Professor Sue Sanders of the Harvey Milk Institute, an “out and proud” lesbian, is the CEO of Schools OUT UK. In 2004 she co-founded the UK’s LGBT History Month with Paul Patrick, an annual event which happens every February.
In 2007 she was responsible for The Classroom which has lesson plans that ‘usualise’ LGBT people in all their diversity for all ages across the curriculum.
She co runs OUTing the Past an annual international festival of LGBT+ history.
As an educator and activist, Sue is a proponent of an inclusive and relevant curriculum in education and works to ‘educate out’ all forms of prejudice.
She has worked extensively in the criminal justice system attempting to challenge hate crime in all its forms.
She has been a member of a variety independent advisory groups to the police and the CPS and has been a member of the National Advisory Group on hate crime since 2007.
She has been a teacher, theatre director and administrator, therapist, assertive trainer, management consultant and Equality and Inclusion trainer to both NGOs and Government. She has been the recipient of several awards.
She is extensively published and frequently speaks on the radio.
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