Pride Month 2025
Pride Month represents a unique opportunity for us all to reflect on who we are as a diverse University community and to show up to support our LGBT+ colleagues and students, enhancing their voice and understanding the difficulties they face, while celebrating the valuable contributions they make to life at the University.
There are several important initiatives and activities that the University is involved with throughout the year to support and raise awareness of the issues and barriers that are faced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBTQ+) people both in the UK and across the world. By listening to and working with our LGBTQ+ community our goal is to move towards the elimination of discrimination and unfair treatment on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.
Raising the Progress Pride flag - 4 June
We will be continuing our tradition of raising the Progress Pride Flag on Greg’s Place on Wednesday 4 June, 1.30pm to 2.30pm to mark the start of the Pride Month. Come along to hear from colleagues as we raise the flag. This event will be sponsored by UNISON and UCU who will be providing refreshments and cakes.
Please be aware that photography and video recording will take place during the Progress Pride flag raising event, which may be used for marketing purposes by the University of York. If you have any concerns or would prefer not to feature, please email communications-support
@york.ac.uk . For further information about how we use photography or video which includes you please see our privacy notice.
We would like to invite all members of our community to join us for these Pride Month celebrations, and if you would like more information about how you can get involved in any of these activities, please contact us at equality
York Pride Parade - 7 June
This year the University will take part in the York Pride parade, marching from the Minster to the Knavesmire on Saturday 7 June, where we welcome all members of our community to join us and to stand in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ community.
If you would like to join us for the parade, the University group will be meeting in St Sampson’s Square between 11am and 11.20am.
The parade starts at 12 noon: further information is available on the York Pride website.
If you have any questions about the parade or if you would like to get involved by volunteering to be a University marshal, please contact equality
What's on
A Queer Walk of York
You are invited to join StreetLife's annual Queer Walk of York, an LGBTQI+ heritage trail of sites of significance to the city's queer communities. Part of the York Festival of Ideas programme.
- Sunday 8 June, 2pm to 4pm.
City-wide and national events
There are other Pride Month events taking place within the city - the York Pride website lists official and community events.
You can also keep an eye out for local events on the York LGBT Forum events calendar and find national and online events on the LGBT Foundation website.
Resources and related links
There are a number of useful internally and externally produced resources related to the LGBT+ community hosted on the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion web pages:
- Guidance on how to support our trans and non-binary community
- Our commitment to supporting our trans and non-binary community
- Trans awareness staff training sessions
- Guide for HR staff, managers and staff supporting students who are transitioning
- LGBT Foundation - A guide to being a trans ally
- Guidance for LGBT+ staff and students travelling outside the UK
- Trans staff and students in higher education: improving experiences (internal use only)
Glossary of EDI terminology
We believe that in order to understand who we are as a University community and to gain a better insight into the diverse identities of our staff and students, it is important for us to be aware of the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) terminology that is associated with individuals and groups.
With that in mind, we have compiled a glossary of EDI terms, intended as a starting point for people to further their knowledge and understanding of this area.
Networks and support
The University is committed to working closely with and supporting our LGBT+ staff and student communities throughout the year on a number of initiatives, you can find out more about our staff and student network below:
Staff networks
Student networks
- LGBTQ Student network YorQueer