“… Even with all of the privilege afforded to us at YLS, the decision to allow police officers in as a response to the protest put YLS’ queer student body at risk of harm.”
“Understandably, a large swath of students felt that decision to lend legitimacy to this hate group by inviting its general counsel to speak at profoundly undermined our community’s values of equity and inclusivity at a time when LGBTQ youth are actively under attack in Texas, Florida, and other states,” the open letter reads. In the open letter, the students pointed in particular to the history of anti-LGBTQ actions taken by the group. Over 400 law students - more than half of the current Law School student body - have signed an open letter condemning the presence of armed police at a student protest at the Federalist Society meeting. However, Waggoner’s role as the general counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization that has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, generated a large student protest to which police were called. Waggoner was invited by the Federalist Society, alongside Monica Miller, an associate at the American Humanist Association, to discuss civil rights litigation in light of a recent U.S. At least four armed police were called to respond to the protest.
Read our most recent coverage on the event here.Īt a Thursday event at the Yale Law School, more than 120 students gathered to protest Kristen Waggoner, a controversial anti-LGBTQ speaker invited by the Federalist Society.
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