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Discover stories about how Point Foundation LGBTQ+ and ally students, alumni and network are impacting communities world-wide. 

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Discover stories about how Point Foundation LGBTQ+ and ally students, alumni and network are impacting communities world-wide. 

In recent weeks, news has been reported of the possibility of cuts to the Department of Education (ED), rule changes targeting LGBTQ+ student support and other groups, or the dismantling of the...

November 15, 2022, teampoint

The Intersection of Native and LGBTQ+ Identities

For Point Scholars like Z, the personal is very much political. A Two Spirit individual from the...

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November 09, 2022, teampoint

Building Community & Making Change on Campus

Our closing panel for #OutInHigherEd Week 2022 streamed across Point's social media platforms on...

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October 31, 2022, teampoint

Challenging School Policies and Decisions

DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE Updated March 2025 Despite great strides in LGBTQ+ belonging in recent years...

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October 25, 2022, teampoint

Existing as an Asexual Student

What is Asexuality? For those who don’t know, asexuality is an umbrella term that categorizes...

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August 19, 2022, teampoint

3 Strategies for Managing Stress as an LGBTQ+ Student

Long-term or chronic student stress can interfere with studying, class attendance, grades, and...

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August 19, 2022, teampoint

Alum Spotlight: Mentorship & Representation

Ten years ago, as part of an exercise at Point’s National Leadership Conference, Adaobi Kanu wrote...

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July 01, 2022, teampoint

What Disability Pride Month Means to Me

What does disability pride mean? Every July, Disability Pride Month commemorates the passage of the...

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April 01, 2022, teampoint

Navigating Your New Queer Independence

As an LGBTQ+ high schooler, it was incredibly difficult to imagine a life beyond those four years....

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March 19, 2020, teampoint

Should I come out in my application?

I was dressed in a navy suit with red corgi socks and a pink bow tie. I had looked at myself in the...

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March 10, 2020, teampoint

I’m Queer and I Know Nothing

Photo: Point Scholar Tayler Hammond receiving her certificate as a Community College Scholarship...

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February 04, 2020, teampoint

Trans stories written by trans kids

Photo by Foluke Oshin/Libraries Taskforce I spent a couple of hours in between classes browsing...

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January 30, 2020, teampoint

Returning to College Post-Transition

Image by Fredrik Andersson It had been 3 years since I had returned to Ohio University to finish my...

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