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A calendar over June with a shape that reads 'Pride' over it.
  • Written byStudent Communications
  • Published date 01 June 2026
A calendar over June with a shape that reads 'Pride' over it.
Pride | UAL Creative

Pride is a month-long observance, held each June, which is dedicated to the celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, commemorating the contributions of queer culture and community. It takes place in June to coincide with the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in the US that are often seen as representing a new beginning for the gay rights movement around the world.

Pride at UAL

At UAL, we have a fantastic LGBTQ+ Staff Network that is open to all staff who identify as LGBTQ+. The network aims to progress an LGBTQ+ agenda at UAL, provide mutual support and organise social events for members. In recent years, the network have organised fantastic UAL groups to attend Pride in London, Trans+ Pride and UK Black Pride.

The network will march in this year's Pride in London on 4 July, kicking off the day with a brunch at CSM's platform bar. Colleagues are invited to join them and can do so by signing up via Eventbrite.

Colleagues and students are also invited to Representation 365 with UK Black Pride on Wednesday 3 June, where UK Black Pride founder Lady Phyll will discuss grassroots organising and what it means to organise from the ground up.

Queer Cartographies Showcase collection

Explore the Queer Cartographies Showcase collection guest-curated by Amelia Abraham, a journalist, editor and author who writes about arts and culture for various publications and has published books including Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture, We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights and Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife (editor).

This collection explores gaps, deficits and under-explored areas in storytelling around queer experiences, whether that is the experience of East Asian queer people or of those growing up queer in a rural, agricultural setting. The work shows the role of space and setting in queer lives, as well as how very various spaces and settings can serve us but also limit us. Several projects explore the possibilities beyond physical or interior space.