#SaferToBeMe summit, the only global LGBTQ+ summit held in the UK, to take place in Newcastle in October

The 2025 #SaferToBeMe summit, the only global LGBTQ+ summit held in the UK, returns this year and promises to be the biggest one yet since its inaugural launch in 2023.

Taking place in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, the 2025 #SaferToBeMe summit promises an ambitious and exciting programme of events from October 20 – 25, all held around the theme of LGBTQ+ rights and ‘allyship’ being ‘local to global’.

Organisers say: “In an uncertain world, it can feel like LGBTQ+ rights are under attack and diminished by populist leaders and moral entrepreneurs.

“So, it is more important than ever as individuals, organisations, politicians, governments, and businesses, to pull together in solidarity and to make a visible stand as allies.”

Check out the programme of events HERE.

#SaferToBeMe will bring this rich programme of events as part of three North East-based LGBTQ+ organisations: Pride Action North, OUT North East and ReportOUT.

To launch this year’s #SaferToBeMe programme, organisers draped a 40 foot-long Pride flag to visualise its statement of intent.

​They said on social media: “Since the venue’s history of hosting Oscar Wilde as a speaker, and the formation of the Newcastle upon Tyne Society for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in the British Dominions, we thought that this was a perfect place for the launch of a LGBTQ+ and global majority summit.​”

Check out the programme of events HERE.