Learn with Pride
What is Learn with Pride?
Learn with Pride is Glasgow Caledonian University’s LGBTQIA+ awareness and inclusion campaign. It aims to promote visibility, belonging and understanding across our community. The campaign encouraging allyship to ensure that every student and member of staff feels respected, welcomed and valued while celebrating LGBTQIA+ identities.
Look out for Learn with Pride across our campus and online throughout the year. You can expect to see:
- flagpole displays
- poster boards and TV screens
- University social media channels
- student and staff events
How we created the campaign
Learn with Pride was created by master's student, Louise Mooney, and GCU Alumnus, Donald Lapsley, as part of GCU’s Design for Change module. The module is offered to final year Digital Design students at GCU.
Following consultation with students and staff, the campaign was redeveloped to better reflect the experiences and priorities of our community. This is the second iteration of the project, and we have continued our collaborative approach to ensure the campaign is authentic and inclusive – truly representing GCU.
The campaign name draws on inspiration from discussions surrounding the commercialisation of Pride, which reminds us that Pride remains firmly rooted in visibility and activism with the ultimate goal of social change.
Why Pride matters
Pride is more than a celebration or simply raising awareness. It is a movement rooted in the fight for equality and human rights. Modern Pride movements trace their origin back to the Stonewall uprising on 28 June, 1969, which took place in New York. At a bar named the Stonewall Inn, members of the LGBTQIA+ community resisted police raids and discrimination. These events were a turning point in the LGBTQIA+ rights movement and inspired the first Pride marches the following year.
Pride matters because it:
- Celebrates the diversity of LGBTQIA+ identities and experiences
- Raises awareness of the discrimination and challenges LGBTQIA+ people still face
- Honours the activists and community members who fought for equal rights
- Provides a sense of belonging, visibility, and support
- Encourages acceptance, inclusion, and respect in society
- Reminds us that the fight for equality and human rights continues.
