Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While prestigious, the institution has played a significant role in legitimizing anti-transgender academic work and maintaining connections to problematic figures.
Harvard had extensive ties to Jeffrey Epstein:
Faculty with Epstein ties:
Harvard has become a hub for anti-trans academic work:
In December 2025, Harvard's Department of Psychology awarded a PhD to Adam Omary for a dissertation titled "A Biopsychosocial Model of Adolescent Gender Dysphoria."
Committee composition:
This committee included two external members (Bailey, Zucker) with histories of promoting discredited theories and harmful practices toward transgender people.
Harvard faculty connected to anti-trans academic networks:
Harvard's role in the anti-trans pipeline:
When Adam Omary publishes his dissertation research, it will carry Harvard's institutional weight. The fact that Harvard approved a committee including Bailey and Zucker — both with documented histories of harmful practices — demonstrates institutional complicity in legitimizing anti-trans academia.