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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 campuses across the country enact the anti-LGBTQ, and anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies passed in 2023, 2024 begins with more than 470 proposed anti-LGBTQ bills in state...

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

Challenging School Policies and Decisions

DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE Updated October 2023 Despite great strides in LGBTQ inclusion in recent years...

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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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October 31, 2022, Hope Harris

LGBTQ Terms We Actually Use

Updated October 2023 DOWNLOAD RESOURCE INTRODUCTION Language within and about the LGBTQ community...

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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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September 22, 2022, Nicole Rizzuto

International Coffee Day and the LGBTQ Community

“You could say I’m a little … obsessed with coffee.” Point Scholar and MIT student Ari Peró spent...

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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

Immigration Status & LGBTQ Activism

As if seeking asylum and separating from his family wasn't already a difficult and stressful...

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August 19, 2022, Hope Harris

Supporting Nonbinary Students

by Point Community College Alum Alexzander Baesten Nonbinary individuals are often subject to...

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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, Hope Harris

History & Definition of Nonbinary Gender

by Point Community College Alum Alexzander Baesten What is the definition of nonbinary? Nonbinary...

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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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June 27, 2022, Sarah Mason

2022 LGBTQ Student Cohort Announced

Largest number of students selected in Point Foundation History for scholarships and support. This...

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