Sue Sanders
A trailblazing educator and activist, Sue Sanders helps companies foster equality, inclusion, and allyship through transformative keynote experiences.
Why book Sue Sanders for your next event!
- Co-founder of UK LGBT History Month, Sue Sanders has spent decades shaping how organizations and schools celebrate diversity and inclusion across the UK and beyond.
- Award-winning international speaker and activist, Sue Sanders delivers keynotes that combine lived experience, academic insight, and powerful storytelling to inspire measurable change.
- CEO of Schools OUT UK, Sue leads national initiatives that train businesses and educators to challenge prejudice and implement meaningful diversity strategies.
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Emeritus Professor Sue Sanders, founder of UK LGBT History Month and CEO of Schools OUT UK, empowers organizations to embed true inclusion, challenge prejudice, and drive cultural transformation through powerful, evidence-based keynotes on equality, leadership, and social change.
Keynote Speaker Proff Sue Sanders is an internationally recognized educator, activist, and equality advocate dedicated to creating inclusive environments where everyone can thrive. As the co-founder of the UK’s LGBT History Month and CEO of Schools OUT UK, Sue has spent decades leading transformative initiatives that challenge discrimination and celebrate diversity across education, business, and public sectors.
Her pioneering work includes The Classroom a groundbreaking resource that usualises LGBT inclusion across the curriculum and OUTing the Past, an international festival celebrating LGBT+ history and representation. With a background spanning teaching, leadership training, and policy advising, Sue brings a rare combination of academic expertise, practical insight, and compelling storytelling to every stage she steps on.
When you book Proff Sue Sanders for your event, you invite a speaker who doesn’t just inform she inspires lasting change. Her keynotes empower organizations to embed diversity and inclusion into their core values, strengthen team cohesion, and “educate out” prejudice at every level. Drawing from her work with the UK police, the Crown Prosecution Service, and government advisory groups on hate crime, Sue delivers messages that are both visionary and actionable.
Keynote Speaker Sue Sanders challenges audiences to think differently, lead inclusively, and build workplaces where authenticity and respect drive innovation and success.
Keynotes
Keynote by Proff Sue Sanders:
Unlocking the Power of LGBT+ History to Build Inclusive Workplaces
Are you struggling to create a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and loyal? In a world where inclusion drives innovation, understanding LGBT+ History is more than awareness it’s a business advantage.
Through her transformative keynotes, Sue Sanders helps organizations unlock the power of inclusion. She demonstrates how language shapes culture, showing leaders and teams how to communicate with respect and authenticity.
Sue connects history with modern organizational challenges, revealing how lessons from the LGBT+ movement can strengthen customer trust, employee engagement, and brand integrity. Her sessions empower audiences to challenge unconscious bias, celebrate diversity, and build cultures that last.
Audience takeaways:
- Understand how LGBT+ History provides valuable lessons for building inclusive and loyal workplaces.
- Learn how the power of language shapes respect, trust, and engagement across teams.
- Gain practical strategies to challenge bias and create a culture of belonging.
- Discover how inclusive leadership strengthens customer relationships and brand reputation.
Keynote by Proff Sue Sanders:
The Power of Personal Activism: Turning Experience into Lasting Change
With over 50 years of frontline activism in LGBT+ and diversity issues, keynote speaker Sue Sanders brings the power of personal experience to every stage. Her captivating storytelling reveals how courage, resilience, and respect can transform not just individuals, but entire organizational cultures.
Through her keynotes, audiences gain actionable insights into the power of language, the importance of authentic allyship, and how genuine inclusion drives customer trust and workforce loyalty. Her real-world lessons bridge the gap between intention and impact, helping organizations move from performative action to meaningful progress.
Book Sue Sanders for your event and experience how personal activism can ignite empathy, inspire leadership, and build workplaces where respect and belonging thrive.
Audience takeaways:
- Learn how the power of language shapes respect, inclusion, and meaningful communication.
- Gain tools to move from performative diversity actions to genuine, impactful inclusion strategies.
- Understand how empathy and allyship strengthen customer trust and employee loyalty.
- Be inspired to lead with authenticity, courage, and a commitment to equality in every aspect of business.
Keynote by Proff Sue Sanders:
The Power of Language: How Words Shape Inclusion and Trust
Do misunderstandings or careless words ever damage trust within your teams or customer relationships? In today’s interconnected world, language is leadership, it can either divide or unite.
Sue Sanders reveals how the way we use language directly shapes inclusion, loyalty, and organizational success. Her powerful keynotes explore how everyday communication can foster respect, break down prejudice, and build stronger connections across all levels of a business.
Audiences gain practical insights on using language to deliver respect, create psychological safety, and strengthen both employee engagement and customer trust. By transforming how people speak and listen, organizations unlock greater collaboration, innovation, and belonging.
Audience takeaways:
- Understand how language shapes workplace culture, trust, and inclusion at every level.
- Learn practical strategies to use language that fosters respect and psychological safety.
- Gain tools to identify and eliminate biased or exclusionary language in daily interactions.
- Transform communication into a powerful driver of collaboration, innovation, and belonging.
- Discover the importance of Usualising.
Keynote by Proff Sue Sanders:
Confronting Hate: Building Safer, More Inclusive Workplaces
With over five decades of experience challenging discrimination and advising national bodies on hate crime prevention, keynote speaker Sue Sanders delivers compelling insights that turn awareness into action. Her powerful keynotes reveal how prejudice manifests in everyday behaviors and how organizations can actively combat it through education, empathy, and leadership.
Audiences gain a deeper understanding of the power of language, the roots of bias, and the strategies needed to create workplaces that stand firmly against hate in all its forms.
Book Sue Sanders for your event and empower your teams to move beyond compliance toward a culture of respect, accountability, and meaningful social responsibility.
Audience takeaways:
- Understand how hate crime impacts workplace culture, safety, and community trust.
- Learn to recognize and address subtle forms of bias and discrimination in daily interactions.
- Gain practical strategies for building a zero-tolerance culture toward hate and prejudice.
- Discover how inclusive communication and empathy prevent division and foster unity.
'Visibilising and Usualising' the LGBTQ+ Community | Sue Sanders | TEDxGoodenoughCollege
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