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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...

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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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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February 11, 2014, teampoint

Scholar Isaias Guzman Attends Creating Change Conference

Photo: Conference & Program Manager Chris Garcia and Point Scholar Isaias Guzman at the Latino...

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November 21, 2013, teampoint

Scholar Gregory Davis Attends Historically Black College & University Leadership and Career Summit

Pictured (left to right) are Bummah Ndeh and Timothy Tukes, attendees of the 2013 HRC HBCU...

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November 11, 2013, teampoint

Alum Paul von Bex* Curates Circus Arts Show with a National Cast

To defy gender norms and standards of aesthetic acceptability in the public sphere is to be subject...

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October 29, 2013, teampoint

Point Scholars and Alumni Join Future LGBTQ Business Leaders for ROMBA Conference in New Orleans

(Clockwise from Top Left): Scholars Eric Nakano and Adaobi Kanu, alumnus Jason Nichols, scholar...

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October 17, 2013, teampoint

#AskPointScholars Responds to Question: Should I apply even though I don’t feel as qualified?

Point Foundation invites students to submit questions online about applying for scholarships which...

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October 11, 2013, teampoint

'Not Just Another Coming Out Story' A Play by Maggie Keenan-Bolger & Green Chimneys Youth

Green Chimneys youth perform alongside Broadway actors in a reading of "Not Just Another Coming Out...

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October 07, 2013, teampoint

Scholar Mary Susman Reflects on Out for Work Conference

I am incredibly grateful that Point sent me to the Out for Work conference in Chicago Sept. 27-29....

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September 24, 2013, teampoint

Scholar Cary Crall Reflects on Conference for Gay & Lesbian Mormons

When my Mormon ancestors first trekked the thousands of miles from the Eastern United States to...

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May 30, 2013, teampoint

Scholar Noël Gordon Returns from Trip Working on HIV/AIDS Prevention in Jamaica

Notes from a Jamaican Son Prior to coming on this trip, I had to write up several grant proposals...

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September 26, 2012, teampoint

Point Scholars Invited to BBQ with Vice President

On Wednesday, September 19, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden hosted an end of summer BBQ...

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