Recent Rally a Success!

A few media articles:
The Crimson
The Globe
others

Pictures!

History

TTF is working on a brief timeline. Submit history things that you know about to TTF.

UC Bathroom Bill's Text

Media Links

Theorist Questions Gender Emphasis, Harvard Crimson, 11-23-1992 - Kate Bornstein Performed on campus in 1992!

Council Debates Transgender Discrimination, Harvard Crimson, 2-24-1997 - UC supports protection of transgender students from discrimination, using the Harvard non-discrimination code.

Transgender Activist Speaks, Harvard Crimson, 10-15-1997 - Nancy Nangeroni speaks at Harvard. Alex Myers outlines his goal of including trans people in Harvard's non-discrimination code.

Harvard Mulls Including Transgendersim in Non-Discrimination Policy, Harvard Crimson, 11-6-1997 - In 1997, Harvard was in the same place we are now.

Students Protest Transgender Deaths, Harvard Crimson, 12-11-1998 - one of the first articles about Trans Day of Remembrance at Harvard

Lympdick: Standing Tall, Harvard Crimson, 5-5-2000 - it mocked the Vagina Monologues. (See article on the 2006 performance of a trans piece in the VM.)

Remember the Transgendered, Harvard Crimson, 11-20-2002

BGLTSA Petitions For Housing Policy Change, Harvard Crimson, 11-20-2002

Our Vaginas, Not Ourselves, Harvard Crimson, 2-13-2003 - Endes in "Eve, stay out of my vagina."

RUS Redefines Face of Feminism, Harvard Crimson, 2-19-2003 - Oussama Zahr discusses trans issues.

Fake IDs for Social Justice, Harvard Crimson, 8-1-2003 - Stephanie Skier worked for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.

Trans Activism and Mourning, Harvard Crimson, 11-20-2003 - Nico Carbellano, Yumi Lee and Jess Rosenberg call for queer and progressive activists to recognize their own transphobia and to take trans activism seriously.

Transgender Supporters Mark Remembrance Day, Harvard Crimson, 11-21-2003

BGLSTA Bathroom Study Released, Harvard Crimson, 4-29-2004 - these propoals were ultimately adopted a couple of months later. Noteworthy is also the UC endorsement.

Bathroom Gender Segregation at Harvard, Harvard Crimson, 5-3-2004 - an explanation about why bathroom needs to be done differently.

Council Pushes Restroom Access, Harvard Crimson, 5-10-2004 - Undergraduate Council passes legislation supporting safe bathroom use (bill text will be posted on this website soon.)

Going Gender-Neutral: The University should adopt BGLTSA's recommendations on transgender bathrooms Harvard Crimson, 5-12-2004, The Harvard Crimson Staff endorses the BGLTSA bathroom initiative.

Amendments to Bathroom Bill Fail, Harvard Crimson, 5-17-2004 - In the Undergraduate Council, an ammendment designed to "strike a clause from the bill that allowed people to use the bathroom that they deem appropriate." In a victory for trans students on campus, this ammendment was defeated and the bill was passed.

I am a transsexual, written by a student at Harvard Law School, HLS Record, 4/28/05.

LAMBDA lawyer discusses challenges facing transgendered, HLS Record, 4/28/05

Words, Words, Words, The Crimson, 12-14-2005 - Ryan Thoreson explains that gender-neutral pronouns are not silly.

Bringing Everyone into the Fold, Harvard Crimson, 3-1-2006 - Another Piece about the trans piece in Harvard VM. , Harvard Crimson, 12-14-2005 - gender-neutral pronouns are defended as not silly.

Laughter, Tears Erupt From 'Vagina', Harvard Crimson 2-27-2006 - Trans Piece included in Harvard Vagina Monologues.

Gender Bent, Harvard Crimson 3-22-2006 - an article about gender identity and expression non-discrimination at Harvard

Undergraduate Council Calls for Non-Discrimination, Harvard Crimson, 4-10-2006

University to Include Gender Identity in Non-Discrimination Policy, Harvard Crimson, 4-11-2006

Our Supporters

So far, the proposal to change Harvard's non-discrimination code to protect people from discrimination on the basis of "gender identity and expression" has been endorsed by the following groups:

• Harvard Trans Task Force
• Harvard BGLTSA
• Lambda at HLS
• Faith for All at HDS
• Girlspot
• BAGELS
• Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
• Radcliffe Union of Students
• Cornerstone
• Community Church of Boston
• Association of Black Harvard Women Action Committee
• Association of Black Harvard Women
• Diversity and Distinction Magazine
• Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
• Kinsey 2-to-6ers (at HMS)
• Progressive Jewish Alliance
• Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus (alumni)
• ACLU at HLS
• Society of Arab Students
• GLBT Health Access Project, a Program of JRI Health
• Queer Caucus at Northeastern University School of Law
• Socialist Alternative
• LBGGS (GSAS)
• Harvard College Unitarian Universalists
• Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM)
• Reform Minyan at Hillel
• Mental Health Advocacy and Awareness Group (MHAAG)
• Harvard LGBT Faculty & Staff Group
• Harvard Queer Asian Forum
• Undergraduate Council
• Quench.
• Greater Boston PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, and Transgender People)