The National LGBTQ+ Bar is frequently consulted by law students, distressed by learning that other student groups have invited anti-LGBTQ+ speakers to speak on their campus, and seeking advice as to how best to address the situation. We know that these events are almost inevitably deeply painful and harmful for LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty, who face discrimination both inside and outside of academic spaces. We are mindful that LGBTQ+ students may hold intersectional and additional marginalized identities which both enhance the discrimination they face on a regular basis and which may also be subject to attack by the
