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This weekend, Harvard Law School (HLS) will hold the first-ever reunion for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) graduates to commemorate the founding of the school’s first gay student group 25 years ago, known then as the Committee on Gay Legal Issues and today as HLS Lambda...
...HLS has held celebrations in recent years for its African-American and female alumni, but this is the first reunion for its GLBT alumni—in fact, as far as is known, this is the first such event at any law school in the nation. For both Harvard and the world of law, this reunion marks a significant milestone. Just months after the Supreme Court held anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional, this event, in its own small way, underscores the dramatic progress that gays and lesbians have made in the law and in American society during the past 25 years...
...lesbian graduates of HLS have influenced the profession in countless ways, taking leading positions in academia, the judiciary and public interest law, and proving to the world that openly gay people have as much of a place in the law as anyone. HLS’s gay alumni include two of the most prominent openly gay elected officials in the country; the nation’s first openly gay or lesbian federal judge; several of the nation’s top authorities on sexual orientation and the law; and many, if not most, of the leading courtroom advocates...
...past year, 352 Harvard College seniors and alums applied to HLS, she said...
...understanding that last year we did see a fairly significant increase [in applicants],” said Trach, who is a third-year student at HLS...