HISTORICAL FACTS: Just like us - The Untold Story

Wicked: For Good's Jonathan Bailey felt 'scared and alone' growing up gay in school

Wicked: For Good star Jonathan Bailey did not feel safe growing up as gay in school.

BANG Premier · Nov 16, 2025

Jonathan Bailey ‘so proud’ to support LGBT diversity week in UK schools

The initiative, launched by the young people’s charity Just Like Us, is a celebration of LGBT+ equality, running in schools from June 23-27.

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2025

Charity launches guide for parents of LGBT children to help tackle homophobia

Research by Just Like Us, the LGBT+ young people’s charity says 78% of primary school children have reported hearing derogatory comments.

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025

‘Unsupportive backgrounds’ make LGBT+ youth twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts – report finds

As Pride Month begins, a new charity report highlights the harmful impact of lack of support for LGBT+ young people. Imy Brighty-Potts reports.

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023

Half of LGBT+ young adults in UK are estranged from a relative, survey finds

Charity says many people are fearful they will not be accepted because of their sexuality or gender identity

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2023

‘A double life’: Quarter of LGBT+ young people hide their sexuality at work

‘I referred to my boyfriend as my partner. I stopped enjoying being there. I was putting on my work mask,’ man who worked for probation office tells The Independent

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

LGBTQ+ young adults earn less than straight peers – data shows

Straight or gay, it may show in your pay, new research suggests.

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

'It should never have taken me until university to feel at least mostly accepted by society'

Tristan Wood, 20, said he was bullied at school because of his sexuality and gender-identity

Wales Online · Mar 21, 2023

'School was a very dark time in my life': The generations of LGBT+ people left mentally scarred by their childhoods

Some LGBT+ adults in Cardiff found school so traumatising they've blocked it from their memories completely

Wales Online · Sep 5, 2022

'I was bullied for being gay at a top Greater Manchester school - one lesson changed my life'

“We’ve made so much progress yet society hasn’t truly caught up"

Manchester Evening News · Sep 3, 2022