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.
Learn more from our Office for Diversity, Inclusion, and BelongingThe power of one person
The lessons from history
- Plague wisdom
Learning from queer elders who cared for the dying through the AIDS crisis.
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- Witnesses to an uprising
Timothy Patrick McCarthy offers a wide-ranging examination of the 1969 Stonewall uprising.
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- 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](https://web.archive.org/web/20210625104759im_/https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Harvard_Yard_1920_Americana_1920_Harvard_University_H_2500-375x281.jpeg)
- AIDS at 40
Gearing up for the endgame of a global scourge.
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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.
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.
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.