ABSTRACT
Sue Sanders is a teacher, equalities trainer and a member of several independent advisory groups to the Criminal Justice System. She is also co-founder of the UK LGBT History Month (https://www.theclassroom.org.uk" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.theclassroom.org.uk) and co-ordinator of OUTing the Past, the biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) history festival in the UK. In this chapter, Sue writes about being an "out" lesbian during a time when lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and others (LGBT+) people were mostly invisible and how she used her experiences to improve the lives of others.
