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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...

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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May 01, 2016, Eugene Patron

Queering Justice

Before I was a Point Scholar, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to come out professionally as a queer...

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April 18, 2016, Eugene Patron

The Abundance of Self (aka gay bingo is the next big thing)

Recently, I was forced to navigate the fine line of what Derrick Barry/Britney Spears would...

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February 03, 2016, teampoint

Weaving A Coming Out Safety Net

by HSBC Point Scholar Angelique Gonzalez When it comes to allyship in the LGBTQ community, I’ve...

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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 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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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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September 04, 2012, teampoint

'Queering History' with Maggie Keenan-Bolger

Thanks to The Palette Fund for underwriting Point Foundation's Summer Internship Program, I spent...

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