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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. 

The rights of LGBTQ people nationwide are under attack. In the past year, legislators erased LGBTQ identities from schools and sports, and cut funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on...

November 15, 2022, teampoint

The Intersection of Indigenous and LGBTQ Identities

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

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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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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 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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