2004 POINT SCHOLARS

Christopher Scoville

Duke University

Public Policy with Sexuality Studies

Christopher was raised in a somewhat religious environment in Kansas City that instilled in him a fear of eternal damnation and endless personal torment when he first came out to his family as a sophomore in high school. But this experience became the wellspring for Christopher’s activism. He is making a difference at a university with a rather homophobic reputation, working on a Presidential LGBT Taskforce to bridge the gap between academia and the practical application of LGBT policy. He was the organizer of his high school’s first World AIDS Day Conference and a volunteer at the SAVE Home AIDS Hospice. Christopher has worked with StandUp For Kids in Atlanta, where many of the street kids had been disowned by their families due to their identification as LGBT.

In Christopher’s own words: “Point Scholars embrace their sexuality to establish secure identities, choosing to give back in some way to their community. I am honored to be in the company of other Point Scholars.”