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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...

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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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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May 31, 2016, Eugene Patron

Family Ties - caring across the generations

Recently, I took my grandmother out to lunch. It was a beautiful day, and there was a restaurant...

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January 26, 2016, teampoint

Tips for Transitioning to Fieldwork: Preparing for Your First Expedition as an FTM Grad Student

by Point Scholar Shayle Matsuda Last year, 2015, was a big year. I defended my biology masters’...

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September 22, 2014, teampoint

Scholar Jamie Weinand Attends Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) Conference

My name is Jamie Weinand, and I am a second-year medical student at the Boston University School of...

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March 20, 2014, teampoint

Scholar Jamie Weinand Meets Queer Historian Susan Stryker

Recently, I had the honor of meeting Susan Stryker, a renowned historian in transgender studies and...

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January 02, 2014, teampoint

Scholar Siddarth Puri Creates LGBTIQQ Lecture Series at UC Davis School of Medicine

Photo: Scholar Sid Puri (left) with students from the LGBTIQQ lecture series. Point Scholars are...

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November 16, 2012, teampoint

Cary Crall Launches Sexual Health Symposium

I was frustrated by the serious health consequences suffered by several of my friends due to...

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