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Celebrate and mark Pride Month 2022

A crowd of people in central London wearing colourful clothes and waving rainbow pride and trans pride flags.
  • Written byInternal Communications
  • Published date 12 May 2022
A crowd of people in central London wearing colourful clothes and waving rainbow pride and trans pride flags.
Pride London, 2018 | Photography: Yole Quintero

What does Pride and Pride Month mean to you?

Pride Month in June is a time for us all to stand together in solidarity, in celebration of what we have achieved and the progress we have made, but more importantly in recognition of the need for further change to address the barriers and discrimination still faced by members of the LGBTQ+ community today.

To celebrate and mark 50 years since the first ever Pride march in the UK in 1972, UAL students, staff and alumni are invited to tell us, ‘What Pride and Pride Month means to you?’.

The responses shared will form this year’s campaign which will see quotes from our diverse community appear across UAL sites and across our channels.

How to get involved in our ‘50 people for 50 years’ campaign

Submit a photograph

  • Send us a photo of yourself and a short quote (up to 50 words) telling us ‘What Pride and Pride Month means to you?’
  • Email your submission to IC@arts.ac.uk by 5pm, Wednesday 18 May.

Have your photo taken

    If you would like to come and get a photo taken of yourself as part of the campaign, be sure to visit one of our photography pop-ups.

    You will also be able to share what Pride and Pride Month means to you whilst having your photograph taken.

    The pop-ups will take place:

    Thursday 12 May

    • The Street - CSM at King's Cross, 10.30am - 12.30pm
    • Blueprint Cafe - LCF at High Holborn, 1pm - 3pm

    Tuesday 17 May

    • Typo Cafe - LCC, 10.30am - 12.30pm
    • Parade Grounds - Chelsea College of Arts 1pm - 3pm

    We welcome submissions from the LGBTQ+ community and allies. We particularly welcome submissions from staff and students from marginalised groups in the LGBTQ+ community. Your voices and experiences matter.

    If you would like to contribute to the University’s Pride campaign in a different way please get in touch with IC@arts.ac.uk.

UAL’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work

Our work towards equality and inclusion is ongoing. Achieving systemic change and social justice are part of UAL’s mission. While we are proud of our diverse community that we are building every day, we acknowledge there is more that must be done to create a truly inclusive working, teaching and learning environments for all our students, staff, alumni and visitors.