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

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

As college and university students around the country flip tassels and throw caps into the air, Point Foundation will be celebrating our 107 graduates who are completing their degrees and classes....

February 10, 2023, teampoint

Black Students Create Change for LGBTQ Communities in the Heartland

Black students have faced years of institutional racism, debt, and low rates of degree attainment....

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February 01, 2023, teampoint

4 Black LGBTQ Icons You Should Know

Representation is important. Students seeing other individuals at the same intersections of...

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January 09, 2023, Sarah Mason

Winter 2023 BIPOC Class Breaks Scholarship Record

This January, Point Foundation celebrates the largest class of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People...

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January 09, 2023, teampoint

Defining Mentorship for LGBTQ Students | Point Foundation

Since 2008, every Point Flagship Scholar has been matched with an individual mentor who connects...

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December 07, 2022, teampoint

LGBTQ Scholars: The Leaders of Tomorrow

On Dec. 8, 2022, we celebrated the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act and embraced the effort...

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December 01, 2022, teampoint

Honoring World AIDS Day

Faces of Point: Jahn Jaramillo Jahn Jaramillo, a Point Flagship Scholar pursuing a PhD in...

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November 15, 2022, teampoint

The Intersection of Indigenous and LGBTQ Identities

For Point Scholars like Zhaida Wilbanks, the personal is very much political.   A Two Spirit...

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November 09, 2022, teampoint

Out In Higher Education: 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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November 03, 2022, Sabine Maxine Lopez

Being the Queer Elder I Needed in College

When I decided to go back to community college in the Fall of 2020 (at the age of 39), I knew my...

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October 31, 2022, Hope Harris

Working with Student Activists

DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATORS Despite great strides in LGBTQ inclusion in...

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October 31, 2022, Point Foundation - The National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund

Challenging School Policies and Decisions

DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE Despite great strides in LGBTQ inclusion in recent years at college campuses,...

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October 31, 2022, Point Foundation - The National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund

Building LGBTQ Community on Campus

DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE A joint report with Point Foundation and the Williams Institute at UCLA found...

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