Tag: Office of BGLTQ Student Life

  • Nation & World

    Voices, faces, and a forum to make trans students visible

    Conference on trans rights puts activism and advocacy front and center.

    5 minutes
    Kris King.
  • Nation & World

    Inclusion is the key

    Harvard College’s Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, which includes the Office of BGLTQ Student Life, finds new home in renovated space inside Grays Hall.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Hitting the books after hitting a wall

    Miguel Garcia ’17 found meaning and salvation in his humanities studies after a bout with mental illness forced him to take a sabbatical in his Junior year.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Seeking a bisexual revolution

    A successful bisexual movement would lead not only to more freedom for bisexuals, but to “liberation of all other groups. In fighting for its goals, it would not forget how all forms of oppression are interlinked,” said Shiri Eisner, author of “Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution,” in delivering the annual Nicholas Papadopoulos Lecture.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A transformative TV role

    Transgender actress Laverne Cox visited campus to discuss her breakout role on the acclaimed Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘Orange Is the New Black’ star to share her story

    Laverne Cox, who stars as Sophia Burset, the imprisoned African-American, transgender woman in the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” will discuss her life and career with Harvard students on Feb. 24 at Farkas Hall.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    New chapter in student life

    Harvard administrators, faculty, and students converged on Boylston Hall March 27 for the much-anticipated opening of the new Office of BGLTQ Student Life. The reception in the BGLTQ lounge and ceremony in the Fong Auditorium celebrated the beginning of a new chapter in the University’s ongoing effort to embrace diversity and inclusion.

    3 minutes