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Discover stories about how Point Foundation LGBTQ students, alumni and network are impacting communities world-wide.

Discover stories about how Point Foundation LGBTQ students, alumni and network are impacting communities world-wide.

March 16, 2023, Point Foundation - The National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund

Creating Space for LGBTQ People in Religious Communities

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...

September 10, 2021, Hope Harris

5 Fall Must-Reads For LGBTQ Students

Looking for your next great read? Add these recommendations from this year's class of Point...

January 13, 2021, Andrae Vigil-Romero

Meet Point Scholar Ranen Miao

What college/university are you attending and what made you choose it? Washington University in St....

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...

November 06, 2019, teampoint

Showing Up to the Polls

On November 5, 2019, state and local elections were held in communities across the United States,...

January 01, 2019, teampoint

Significant Impact

Mission: Point Foundation empowers promising LGBTQ students to achieve their full academic and...

April 23, 2018, teampoint

We have the right to marry, but not the right to be parents

While Obergefell v. Hodges prevented States from banning same-sex marriage, it did not stop...

February 27, 2018, teampoint

Diversity in the Legal Profession: There is Hope

The lack of diversity in the legal profession, particularly in the nation’s largest law firms,...

January 16, 2018, teampoint

Hashtag allyship is not enough

Photo: Petit_louis on Flickr These days, it’s hard to distinguish whether we were living in a...

January 03, 2018, teampoint

Top 9: LGBTQ Resistance in Trump’s First Year

As members and supporters of the LGBTQ community, 2017 was a difficult year. A hostile President...

September 19, 2017, teampoint

What it means to be UndocuTrans

Photo Source: @nysylc Instagram Undocutrans: a person at the intersection of being an undocumented...

September 05, 2017, teampoint

#ScholarlyAction: Point Alum Ryan Karnoski’s lawsuit against Transgender military ban

Photo: Plaintiffs Point Alumni Ryan Karnoski, Staff Sergeant Cathrine “Katie” Schmid and Drew...

July 31, 2017, teampoint

For the Trans Community, Military Means Opportunity

HSBC Point Scholar Landon Marchant (credit: Williams College) "Greater love has no one than this:...

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