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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...

December 14, 2016, teampoint

When “Picking and Choosing Your Battles” Feels Like Surrender

My medical school’s first year curriculum dedicates a single hour-long small-group discussion to...

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December 07, 2016, teampoint

Affirming Identity Documentation for Michigan's Trans Community

In my home state of Oregon, we vote at home via mail-in ballots. But in Michigan, where I go to...

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November 30, 2016, teampoint

World AIDS Day is not only about AIDS

"What do you think is the biggest barrier to viral suppression?” “Stigma.” I scribbled this down on...

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November 23, 2016, teampoint

With Change Comes Surprises

They say that when you come out of the closet, you pass your parents going in. Not long after I...

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November 08, 2016, teampoint

America Together: Moving Forward After Election Day

As a Political Science major and a political nerd, it has been exciting to witness and take part in...

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October 28, 2016, teampoint

The Importance of Voice & Interning at NCAAN

Since the start of this semester, I have been interning at the North Carolina AIDS Action Network...

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October 21, 2016, teampoint

Embracing Diversity

Our times are charged with issues of diversity--now more than ever before, minority issues are in...

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October 14, 2016, teampoint

La discriminación y sus intersecciones

In this post, HBO Point Scholar Daniel Berezowsky discusses the complexities of intersectionality...

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October 05, 2016, teampoint

University of Arizona Trans*Studies Conference

At the beginning of September, the University of Arizona hosted the inaugural Trans*Studies...

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August 11, 2016, teampoint

LEAD & New Directions in LGBTQ Advocacy

A few weeks ago, Point Foundation hosted its Leadership Education & Affinities Development (LEAD)...

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July 14, 2016, teampoint

Point Scholar Valentin Sierra & Mentor Ed Callahan share their thoughts on the Mentoring Program

With our National Leadership Conference only one week away, we decided to share a throwback post...

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July 07, 2016, teampoint

Ask a Scholar: Is it harder to be considered by Point if you haven't attended college yet?

Question: I was looking through the previous Point Scholars and it seems to me that the majority of...

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