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Despite the frigid temperatures, there was a flurry of activity this past weekend at HLS Lambda’s third annual Harvard Lambda Legal Advocacy (HaLLA) Conference. For the past three years, the HaLLA conference (previously called GaLLA) has brought together legal professionals, scholars, activists, and students from around the country to examine complex legal issues facing members of the LGBT community. Past conferences addressed topics including the US military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, same-sex marriage, and homophobia in the Boy Scouts of America.
This year’s conference, TransLaw, focused on the intersections and interactions between transgender communities and the law. The conference was organized by co-chairs Sarah Rodriguez and Lee Strock, and brought together over 190 attendees. These included students from Boston College, City University of New York, Duke, Yale, Penn State and others, as well as activists and community members from the Boston area.