Take Back Harvard

2009

Anti-Gay Hate Group Comes to Harvard

Homophophic hate group Westboro Baptist Church came to picket at Harvard against the new President…

Tags: Advocacy, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2009

Allegedly Anti-Gay Remarks Spark Inquiry

A dining manager allegedly accused two dining hall workers of being lesbians in a derogatory manner.…

Tags: Incident Report, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2002

An 82-Year-Old Mistake

This article discusses Harvard's secret court, created in 1920 to persecute students for…

Tags: Administrative Response, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2003

HLS Holds Nation’s First Ever GLBT Reunion

50 alumni returned to campus to celebrate the nation's first reunion of GLBT graduates. Attendants…

Tags: LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2018

‘A Toxic Space’: BGLTQ Graduate Students Say Harvard Fails to Support Them

Madeleine F. Jennewein and other BGLTQ Harvard graduate students have long sought more resources…

Tags: Administrative Response, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2010

Students Call for LGBTQ Funding

Harvard students are concerned that the University fails to give enough resources for LGBT support,…

Tags: Administrative Response, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

1999

Conservatives Come Out, 'Queer' Group Protests

A student group called the Queer Resistance Front protested the appropriation of 'coming out' by…

Tags: Advocacy, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

1980

Attack

The writer shares a personal experience in which they witnessed people harass and threaten violence…

Tags: Advocacy, LGBTQ Community, Race, Student Publications

1999

Students Criticize Homophobia Response

Members of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance criticize the Dean of…

Tags: Administrative Response, Incident Report, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

1981

Two Gay Students Attacked in Subway

Two gay undergraduate students were attacked by people shouting homophobic epithets in the subway,…

Tags: Incident Report, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

1999

Mather House Tutor Resigns After Vandalism

After being the victim of repeated acts of homophobic vandalism, Mather House tutor K. Kyrielle…

Tags: Administrative Response, Incident Report, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2021

‘We’ll Keep Telling the Truth’: A Century Later, Harvard Affiliates Continue Pushing Harvard to Address 1920 Secret Court

A group of Harvard affiliates at the Born This Way Foundation's launch pushes for Harvard to…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2020

Harvard Law School Receives Backlash Against Religious Freedom Clinic

Students at Harvard Law School criticize administration for a lack of transparency regarding their…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2019

United in Anger

This article describes the experiences of gay Harvard students in the 1980s and 1990s against the…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2019

After Vandalism, Adams House Convenes Committee to Review Bathroom Signage

Following several incidents of vandalism in an Adams House gender-neutral bathroom, House…

Tags: Administrative Response, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2020

Secret Court Centennial Begins with Faculty, Student Panels

Harvard affiliates created two panels to commemorate the centennial of Harvard's Secret Court. The…

Tags: LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

1993

Mansfield Calls Gay Love `Stunted And Frustrated'

Professor of Government Harvey Mansfield says in a telephone interview that gay love is "shameful"…

Tags: Advocacy, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

2010

Male Undergrad Victim of Hate Crime

A male undergraduate student was pursued by unidentified man who called him homophobic slurs and…

Tags: Incident Report, LGBTQ Community, Student Publications

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