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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...

November 12, 2021, Hope Harris

Meet Point Flagship Scholar Jessie Melina Garcia Gutiérrez

Why did you choose your major or program? I choose to pursue an MPH because I believe that the...

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November 09, 2021, Hope Harris

Meet Point Flagship Scholar Mikiko Thelwell

Why did you choose your major or program? I chose medicine because it is inherently...

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January 21, 2021, Andrae Vigil-Romero

Meet Point Scholar Abigail Reed

What college/university are you attending and what made you choose it? I am attending University of...

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January 21, 2021, Andrae Vigil-Romero

Meet Point Scholar Diego Antonio Quintana Licona

What college/university are you attending and what made you choose it? New York University (NYU);...

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January 21, 2021, Andrae Vigil-Romero

Meet Point Scholar Maddie Klementyn

What college/university are you attending and what made you choose it? Portland State University -...

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July 02, 2020, Andrae Vigil-Romero

Social Distancing is a Privilege

Photo Credit: NBC Bay Area I am fortunate and privileged to live in a one-bedroom apartment with my...

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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 16, 2020, teampoint

Queer Legal Activism in New Haven

On October 7th, the country eagerly awaited oral argument in the Supreme Court case Harris Funeral...

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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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January 21, 2020, teampoint

Finding My Voice With Point

Throughout my childhood, I lived my life with a closed mouth. I was every parent’s dream. It only...

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January 06, 2020, teampoint

Updating UCLA's all-gender restroom map

Photo credit: Daily Bruin Many trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people often have to...

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November 26, 2019, teampoint

The Pride House: A Place to Grow

Point Scholar Valerie Weisler standing in front of the Pride House I did not fully understand the...

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