BGLT RESOURCES AT ADAMS HOUSE
BGLT at Adams, a brief History
Adams House has a long history of being a safe and supportive space for all students, particularly those who identify as gender- and sexual-minorities such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students. In 1998, the history of the relationship between Adams House and the BGLT community was mentioned in an interview by Ken Gewertz with former House Masters Robert and Jana Kiley in the Harvard Gazette:
By the late '70s and early '80s another revolution was taking place, and Adams House again was on the forefront. It was the first House that openly welcomed gay and lesbian students as well as being the House where BGLTSA (the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliances) got its start.
"It took a lot of courage for those students to stand up and ask for recognition, but once they did, word got around," Robert said.
Added Jana: "That was really how the community began, by welcoming everyone." (Full Article)
Today, Adams House remains committed to embracing diversity of all sorts. From House events like Drag Night (which Adams House lore says arose from days when students would hang out in the dining hall in drag to make the statement that only in Adams would someone be allowed to express himself this way...) to an ongoing relationship with the BGLTSA, Adams House is a good place to be gay (or lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, straight, or none of the above).
Harvard BGLT Resources
On Campus
Contact Peer Counseling is located in the basement of Thayer Hall. Open Wednesday - Sunday for calls (5-8111), and Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday for drop-in visits.
BGLTSA Resource Center is located in the basement of Holworthy Hall. Open Monday - Friday, 11 am to 5pm and staffed by undergrads, it featuers a great lending library of books and videos, a non-circulating collection of magazines, and a comfortable place to hang out.
On the Web
BGLT Health Information UHS web page listing health and wellness resources
BGLTSA Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance
HGLC Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus, a group for faculty, staff, alumni, and students
Resident Tutors
Matthew Corriel
corriel@fas.harvard.eduMusic and Drama
C-16 | 3-7423
Hey Adams! I grew up in Nanuet NY, a small town 19 miles northwest of New York City. I was Adams '05 - living in C44, B32 and B12 - and graduated from the Literature Department with a focus on French-speaking literatures, notoriously writing my thesis on Jackson Browne and T.S. Eliot. Since graduation, I've been keeping busy writing music and lyrics for musical theatre (at work on my sixth show now), and I've been lucky enough to have had some work published and performed across the country. I've also done plenty of music directing, including for the Hasty Pudding (stories abound), Camp Broadway's National Tour (stories abound), and the Boston Children's Theatre (stories, not so much). I lead a co-curricular seminar right here in Adams called "How Songs Work" which is open to everyone, even if you only want to drop by for a bit. So drop by - anytime. The door to C-16 is usually wide open, and favorite topics of discussion include Moliere, the worthiness of bringing non-traditional figures into the academic spotlight, putting the B in BGLT, chocolates, living your dream, vespa scooters, and whatever's on your mind. I can also be a great resource for questions on working professionally in any aspect of the arts - if I haven't done it myself, I know someone well who has! So in the words of Three's Company, come and knock on my door. There will likely be Entenmann's.
Sarah Downer
sdowner@law.harvard.eduPreLaw and BGLT
A-33 | 3-2017
Born in Poughkeepsie, NY, Sarah graduated from Harvard with a degree in English and embarked on a somewhat chaotic career path that included publishing, paralegaling, and the planting of hundreds of trees. She moved back to Cambridge in 2006 for law school, and has since worked for an NGO in New Delhi, the public defenders in DC, and legal services in Brooklyn. She spent the past year traveling in Spain with her partner, Erika. Likes: Yoga, coffee, hiking, ocean towns. Dislikes: airplanes. Sarah and Erika live in A-33 and love visitors.
Chris Hanson
chanson@hds.harvard.eduBGLT
G-12 | 3-2051
Chris Hanson is returning for his second year in Adams House as the LGBT tutor. Originally hailing from Longwod, Florida, Chris has now survived 8 winters in New England. Chris studied sports and military history at Yale as an undergraduate, and he is now completing his last year of the Masters of the Divinity program at HDS before going off to law school. His interests are varied: from tennis and political activism to running and the Golden Girls. Chris is always up for meeting new people and is excited to assist Adams House in all things LGBT.
Erika Rickard
erickard@law.harvard.eduPreLaw and BGLT
A-33 | 3-2017
Erika hails from Tucson, AZ, where she was born and raised on cacti, coyotes, and cowboy boots. She spent her second adolescence in the San Francisco Bay Area, first at Mills College and then as a Capital Fellow in the San Francisco Superior Court. Since coming to Harvard Law, Erika has spent a lot of time on airplanes. She's worked for a children's rights organization in Bangalore, a law firm in DC, and studied same-sex marriage in Madrid. Likes: free food; gender and sexuality discussions; heist movies; public policy. Dislikes: court delay; healthy cereal; losing at Scrabble to her partner, Sarah. Pre-career advising topics: advocacy, activism and policy; blending academica and public service; working before applying to law school.
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