THURSDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2026

#QSD2026

Brought to you by the team behind The Queer Student Awards, National Queer Students Day is a LGBTQ+ national awareness day dedicated to amplifying the voices of LGBTQ+ students and early career professionals.

supported by the QSA2026 headline partner

DOWNLOAD AND USE THE QSD LOGO HERE

HOW CAN STUDENTS AND
EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS GET INVOLVED?

  • QUEERS & EARLY CAREERS

    Launching on QSD2026, Queers & Early Careers is a new research initiative which will work closely with, and learn from, LGBTQ+ students across the UK as they share their experiences of the world of work and what they need from student employers to thrive in their transition from education into employment.

  • SUPPORT OUR 'ACTIVE ALLIES' SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

    On THURSDAY 5th FEBRUARY join LGBTQ+ students and early career professionals across the UK as we ask them to ‘activate their allies’ by sharing posts on social media which tell the allies in their lives how they can stand more strongly in solidarity with them and other students across the UK.

    This year QSD2026 will also be happening on ‘Time To Talk Day’ - we will be encouraging LGBTQ+ students to also share their mental health experiences on social media to support this important day hosted by Mind charity.

    FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM AND TIK TOK FOR MORE INFORMATION

  • NOMINATE IN OUR NEW QSA CATEGORIES

    LGBTQ+ students and early career professionals will be able to nominate their favourite content creators and brand advocates when entries for two new QSA categories open:

    The CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR shortlist will be put to a national student vote. There will be no judges for this category - only UK students voting will decide the winner.

    Brands nominated for BRAND ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR will be judged by some of the previous QSA2025 finalists and winners who will be joining the judging panel this year.

    NOMINATIONS FOR BOTH CATEGORIES WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY 5TH FEBRUARY.

  • ATTEND AN EVENT HOSTED BY A QSA PARTNER

    EON Next and Middlesex University are both hosting their own virtual events on QSD2026 which are opne to UK students to attend for free.

    FIND OUT MORE HERE

REGISTER INTEREST IN SUPPORTING OUR NEW INITIATIVE ‘QUEERS & EARLY CAREERS’

NOT A STUDENT OR
EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONAL?

  • STUDENT EMPLOYER

    Student employers interested in engaging LGBTQ+ students and their own LGBTQ+ apprentices, interns and graduates with QSD2026 can CONTACT US to access to our comms kit.

  • WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR STUDENT SELF

    LGBTQ+ professionals are invited to write a letter to their student self. The contents of the letter are completely up to you, but we encourage you to use this opportunity to reflect upon your career experiences to date and to ‘send a message of hope back in time’ that today’s LGBTQ+ students could also benefit from. We will publish the letters we receive on this website on National Queer Students Day.

    IF YOU’D LIKE TO WRITE AND SUBMIT A LETTER TO US GET IN TOUCH.

- QSA2026 ENTRIES NOW OPEN

- QSA2026 ENTRIES NOW OPEN

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ENTERING HERE