Harvard University

Celebrating Pride

Join our celebration of the LGBTQ+ community at Harvard. Explore student and faculty profiles, lessons from history, actions we’re engaged in today, and solutions we’re beginning to explore.

A year-round commitment

At Harvard, we believe that our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and belonging is foundational for every community member's pursuit of excellence. We celebrate queer voices and stories from our community this month, but our pride in our core values is everlasting.

The power of one person

Austin Marshall

Austin Marshall wants to be a physician-advocate for the LGBTQ+ community—to care for patients as a doctor, as well as to steer policy to help improve health systems that serve many.

Rebecca Scofield

“There isn't American history, and then LGBTQ+ history, and then Black history, and then women's history. It's all American history,” Rebecca Scofield said about her research into the tradition of gay rodeos.

Keyon Lo

Keyon Lo realized that he didn't have to choose between art and law; instead, he could be an “alchemist,” combining his skills to create a platform to help the LGBTQ+ community fight for complete equality.

Stephanie Burt

“I spend my time teaching, writing poetry, writing about poetry, writing about transgender robots in space, writing about queer and trans topics that do not include robots or space …" Stephanie Burt said.

Marilena Dania

Marilena Dania was awarded the Derek Bok Public Service Prize in recognition of creative initiatives and long-standing dedication as an advocate of LGBTQ+ mental health.

Schuyler Bailar

“Sometimes, people disagree with my identity as a trans person, and while that can get exhausting, that constant questioning centers me and helps strengthen my conviction that this is who I am,” said Schuyler Bailar, the first openly transgender swimmer in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and a member of the Harvard men's swimming team.

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Jeff Perrotti

As the director of the Safe Schools Program for LGBTQ+ Students, Jeff Perrotti highlights ways in which schools can better address the needs of transgender youth.

The lessons from history

A black and white photo of protesters with a sign that reads, "Stonewall means fight back! Smash gay oppression!"

Stonewall then and now

Harvard scholars reflect on the history and legacy of the milestone queer rebellion triggered by a police raid at a bar in Manhattan.

Plague wisdom

Learning from queer elders who cared for the dying through the AIDS crisis.

Witnesses to an uprising

Timothy Patrick McCarthy offers a wide-ranging examination of the 1969 Stonewall uprising.

Vice Age

Anna Lvovsky chronicles the policing of gay life in the mid-20th century.

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Reckoning with our past

In 1920, a secret Harvard “court” identified and punished gay students.

A black and white photo of Harvard Yard in 1920

AIDS at 40

Gearing up for the endgame of a global scourge.

The support of a community

Harvard’s commitment to inclusion and belonging has helped to foster a variety of support resources, activities, information, and social groups that serve our LGBTQ+ community.

Explore resources from the Office of Gender Equity

LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic launches at Harvard Law School

The clinic will provide students the opportunity to work directly on cutting-edge issues involving LGBTQ+ rights, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting underrepresented individuals and groups within the LGBTQ+ community.

For exceptional service to the LGBTQ+ community

A new award recognizes Professor Evelynn Hammonds and the unsung heroes of LGBTQ+ life at Harvard.

LGBTQ+ events

The Office for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging has collected a variety of Harvard community events happening online this month.

Explore all of our events

The impact of creativity and research

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Exploring equity: gender and sexuality

The Graduate School of Education’s guide to creating loving spaces in which students of all gender and sexual identities can flourish.

HMS physicians provide LGBTQ+ health care training at U.S. Army base in S. Korea

Theater as chaplaincy for the LGBTQ+ community

Opening health care access to the trans community

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LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing during COVID-19

The stories we still need to tell

Waiting for queer theology

"[Q]ueer theology matters. It matters because it helps us to discern where we do and don’t belong in churches. … It helps us to shape our lives for a strangely hopeful future."

COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ activism

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs hosted “Rethinking Resistance Politics in Troubling Times: Transnational Queer Solidarity During COVID-19,” an online panel discussing recent work examining the international situation.

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Alice in Rainbowland

The 30-minute Virtually Oberon production features dancers, musicians, and other members of the LGBTQ+ creative communities of New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

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What can educators do?

Explore areas where educators can help transgender students and be supportive of the full spectrum of gender identity.

Mental health benefits associated with gender-affirming surgery

Gender-affirming surgeries were associated with a 42% reduction in psychological distress and a 44% reduction in suicidal ideation, according to the findings.

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A global look at LGBTQ+ violence and bias

"I have seen many people suffer as a result of stigma and discrimination, and this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something about it and put my skills at the service of a cause," said Madrigal-Borloz.

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Gender fluidity: What it means and why support matters

Gender fluidity refers to changes over time in gender identity and gender expression. Understanding and supporting young people exploring gender is important to their emotional and physical well-being.

Sexuality and the 377 Supreme Court decision in India

A landmark ruling in India decriminalized same-sex relations and could put into motion the reevaluation of colonial-era laws that police sexuality across the former British Empire.

Pride at Harvard

Hear more from our LGBTQ+ community at The Harvard Gazette.