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...according to media reports the act surprised those who know Schroeder, who served as co-president of Lambda, the school’s LGBT student organization, during his time as a student...
...Through the efforts of these law students and of the LGBT community at large, the law school was certainly more bearable for sexual minorities in this decade than when Lambda was founded. However, with these improvements, the sense of urgency so present in the early days of Lambda has waned somewhat. The focus of Lambda has shifted to social and community building events, with activism and political organization taking more of a backseat role. While we have a yearly conference addressing cutting edge LGBT legal issues, it tends to be more academic than rabble-rousing...
...This change in Lambda is a mixed blessing. It would be ungrateful to disregard the difficulties that spurred the action of earlier Lambda members and naïve to be nostalgic for a period when being out was itself a struggle, but the decrease in activism has frustrated those of us who think there are important LGBT battles yet to be won. We recognize the value of building community and coming together for social activities. And we’d hate to see queer night at Daedalus disappear (see you on Thursdays)! But this weekend gives us a valuable opportunity...
...university recently changed its nondiscrimination policy to forbid discrimination on the basis of gender identity. Discussions have just begun, however, about how to make our campus truly trans inclusive. Building on the significant efforts of the Trans Task Force and the undergraduate bathrooms campaign, Lambda has begun conversations with the law school administration to make our restrooms safe and accessible for people regardless of their gender identity or expression. We should also urge the law school and Harvard in general to be more attentive to the needs of LGBT people from low-income backgrounds and LGBT people of color. Moreover...
Lela Klein is a third year student at Harvard Law School and political chair of Lambda. Lee Strock, also a third year law student, is the co-president of Lambda and the chair of the Harvard Queer Student Leadership Network. The authors would like to thank Geoffrey C. Upton, J.D. ’03, whose history of Lambda informed this piece. His piece is available at http://hlslambda.org/about/history/