What is our OUTAcademy?
OUTAcademy is our global education and training platform, built to inform, challenge, and inspire action.
Driven by what we witness around the world, OUTAcademy exists to educate the wider public about the realities facing LGBTQI+ communities across different nation states, including the United Kingdom. It is also our hub to train the next generation of LGBTQI+ leaders, researchers, and advocates. We turn lived experience into learning that matters.
From professional training that strengthens practice, to podcasts amplifying activists’ voices, to engaging workshops for schools, colleges, universities, and the wider public, our Education and Training Officers bring global LGBTQI+ realities to life.
Whether you’re an institution or an individual wanting to learn, reflect, and act, our OUTAcademy is for you. Explore our past and upcoming work below.
Educating the public about LGBTQI+ human rights
OUTAcademy: MOOCs (coming soon!)
We make global LGBTQI+ human rights education accessible to everyone, everywhere.
Designed for the public and open to all, our self-paced online courses explore the realities facing LGBTQI+ communities across different countries, cultures, and political systems. Grounded in real-world research, lived experience, and global activism, these courses give learners the tools to understand human rights challenges, and the movements working to address them.
Learn at your own pace, on your own terms, and join a growing global community committed to equality, dignity, and justice.
OUTAcademy: Courses for LGBTQI+ people to make change happen
OUTAcademy’s campaigner, advocacy, research, and deadership courses are built for the next generation of LGBTQI+ activists, across the United Kingdom and around the world. They are delivered online and in-person.
These programmes equip emerging LGBTQI+ leaders with the practical tools to drive change: from campaign and advocacy leadership, to founding and running NGOs, to engaging in rigorous, ethical research that shapes policy and public debate. Blending theory with real-world practice, our courses are led by experienced campaigners, researchers, and movement leaders who know what it takes to win change.
Whether you’re strengthening an existing movement or building something new, OUTAcademy helps you lead with confidence, strategy, and impact.
OUTAcademy: Courses and guest speakers for your organisation
As part of OUTAcademy, we also deliver a range of paid training courses, public speakers, and consultancy services for wider professionals and organisations working locally, nationally, and globally.
Our offer helps organisations build inclusive, informed, and effective practice, improving staff confidence, introducing innovative approaches, and enhancing credibility with partners, funders, and communities. We deliver global LGBTQI+ awareness training, participatory methods such as photovoice, and insight-led sessions featuring LGBTQI+ activists as speakers, alongside tailored workshops and consultancy.
We also provide talks and events for key moments in the calendar, including IDAHOBIT, LGBTQI+ History Month, and Human Rights Day, helping organisations engage meaningfully with global equality issues throughout the year.
From tailored workforce training to strategic consultancy for all organisations, we support you to embed LGBTQI+ inclusion in a way that is practical, ethical, and impactful.
Explore the training courses currently on offer below.
OUTAcademy: Hidden Voices Podcasts
Hidden Voices was a powerful podcast series recorded between 2020 and 2022, capturing the lived realities of LGBTQI+ people across the globe.
Featuring 20 voices from 20 different nation states, the series was created in close collaboration with individuals and activists who bravely shared their stories, often in contexts where being heard carries real risk. These conversations document resilience, resistance, and everyday life, offering rare insight into global LGBTQI+ experiences beyond headlines and statistics.
We warmly invite you to listen, learn, and bear witness to these voices here.
How our research and education informs our campaigning
ReportOUT’s research and education programmes directly power our global campaigns and advocacy. Our evidence-based research identifies urgent human rights violations and systemic gaps, while our training equips LGBTQI+ activists, leaders, and organisations with the skills to respond strategically.
Together, they create a cycle of impact: research informs advocacy priorities, education strengthens grassroots and global leadership, and our campaigns translate knowledge into action at national and international levels, including engagement with UN mechanisms and global policy spaces.