Harvard becomes first university to create gay studies chair
Harvard University announced Thursday that it is creating an endowed visiting professorship in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies, staking its claim as the first American university to create such a chair.
The milestone hits a sour note at Yale, given that the University passed up the chance to create such a position more than a decade ago. In 1997, the prominent AIDS activist Larry Kramer '57 offered Yale funds to create either an endowed chair in gay and lesbian studies or a student...
