Community Blog

May 01, 2017, teampoint

The Need for Trans Inclusive Educators

When most people think of Title IX – the 1972 law that prohibits sex discrimination in public...

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March 06, 2017, teampoint

Lack of Queer Sex Ed is More Than Tragedy, It’s State Violence

For my community service project this year, I chose to compile sexual health resources that were...

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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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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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May 13, 2016, Eugene Patron

Fighting for the Global Good: LGBT Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

One of my favorite afternoon activities is my weekly card game. I tend to lose, and I am pretty...

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April 01, 2016, Eugene Patron

Public Health Spotlight: Sexual Violence Against Bisexual Women

Thanks to the help of a few Point alums, I was published in the Advocate last September with an...

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February 11, 2016, teampoint

Expressing Myself by Writing About Others

By NBCUniversal Point Scholar Julia Horwitz There are a lot of reasons I love writing, but one of...

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August 06, 2015, teampoint

From the Courtroom to the Ballroom: The Next Steps of LGBTQ Equality

Photo: Point Scholar Kyle Ranieri (left) celebrates the Supreme Court's ruling that all states must...

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September 15, 2014, teampoint

Kyle Vey Leads Alternative Service Break to San Francisco Focusing on LGBTQ Youth and Homelessness

Photo: Point Scholar Kyle Vey and students from North Carolina State University volunteer at GLIDE...

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June 30, 2014, teampoint

Point Scholars Celebrate Pride Coast to Coast

Wells Fargo Point Scholar (right) marches with his fiancé Andrew (photo by: Megan Prakash) Wells...

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June 25, 2014, teampoint

Point Scholar Sarah Young Produces Photography Exhibit Featuring LGBTQ Youth from Alabama

Point Scholar Sarah Young with Ian Stewart I’m entering my fourth year with Point Foundation, and...

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March 24, 2014, teampoint

Scholar Nicole Robert Collaboratively Queers the Museum of History and Industry with the opening of the "Revealing Queer" History Exhibit

Opening panel of the Revealing Queer exhibit. Photo by Nicole Robert. A little over two years ago,...

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