The Sager Series presents high profile and prominent speakers who serve and represent the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities funded by the Sager Fund. Previous events have explored sexual politics in the bedroom, boardroom, and classroom; queer media; coalition building across queer differences; queer people of color; the intersections of race, religion, and gender; queer activism; same-sex marriage and queer families; and transgender movements. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other community members gather to attend lectures, engage in discussion, and reconnect.

The Sager Fund was created in 1988 by Richard Sager '74. The purpose of the fund was to provide programs of interest to the gay and lesbian community that helped to overcome homophobia and related discrimination. The original Sager Fund Committee organized a symposium which became, over time, the longest running uninterrupted annual academic symposium in LGBT studies. In 2009, the operating guidelines of The Fund were amended to say that the Sager Fund Committee shall have as its first priority the development and production of "The Sager Series," presenting high profile and prominent speakers who shall be public figures who serve/represent the needs of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/queer communities and whose presence will attract the broadest audience. Co-sponsors are also welcome to contribute, along with the Fund, to events that are part of the Sager Series.