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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. 

For many LGBTQ Americans, coming out means letting go of their faith communities. A 2020 Williams Institute study found that LGBTQ people between the ages of 18 and 24 are the least likely of any age...

July 19, 2021, Hope Harris

Meet Point Foundation Board Member Paul Thomas

What is your current occupation? Healthcare/ Community & Business Development What is your alma...

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January 15, 2021, Andrae Vigil-Romero

Meet Point Scholar Darid Prom

What college/university are you attending and what made you choose it? Swarthmore College. I choose...

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October 28, 2019, teampoint

Placing LGBTQ Health Disparities Under a Microscope

  Throughout my life, I have always tried to follow my curiosity. I was a Freshman in high school...

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October 19, 2018, teampoint

Reproductive health is also LGBTQ health

  I have always been cognizant of the health disparities and difficulty in accessing care that is...

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May 01, 2018, teampoint

The language of my queer difference

Photo by: Nicolas Vigier “Hola tío, que majo eres!” Since arriving in Madrid in January for my...

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June 06, 2017, teampoint

Bridging the Gap Between Nursing and Activism

  A radical organizer who I love and respect has a saying that goes something like “you can do...

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April 27, 2017, teampoint

My Experience with Trans Healthcare, From Patient to Doctor

  In 2006 I was sitting in the waiting room of a monthly free trans health clinic in Portland. It...

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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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February 13, 2017, teampoint

Being Transgender In Family Medicine

I am eternally grateful to the Point Foundation as a I write this, with my graduation both from the...

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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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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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