LGBTQ+ and Ally Student Resources

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Highly-trained advocates are available 24/7 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or information, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship.

Helps protect young people’s right to express themselves, start gay-straight alliance clubs, have their gender identity respected, and be taught in a safe environment.

Helps young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

Education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources through peer support, leadership development and training.

OutRight seeks to advance human rights and opportunities for LGBTIQ people around the world by developing partnerships at global, regional, and national levels to build capacity, document human rights violations, advocate for inclusion and equality, and hold leaders accountable for protecting the rights of LGBTIQ people.

Campus Pride serves LGBTQ and ally student leaders and campus organizations in the areas of leadership development, support programs and services to create safer, more inclusive LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities. It exists to develop, support and give “voice and action” in building future LGBTQ and ally student leaders.

A social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.

Goal is to support colleagues and develop curriculum to professionally enhance this work; to seek climate improvement on campuses; and to advocate for policy change, program development, and establishment of LGBT Office/Centers.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Presents the history of LGBT. It includes hundreds of original texts, discussions, and [soon] images, and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world.

StartYourRecovery.org provides helpful information for people who are dealing with substance use issues — and their family members, friends, and co-workers, too. We know that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges faced by those who misuse alcohol, prescription or illegal drugs, or other substances, and we aim to break through the clutter to help people at any stage of recovery.

Online health and fitness magazine for Trans, gender variant, and intersex people.

Point Scholars share 5 ways to start your LGBTQ advocacy on campus.

What does nonbinary mean and how can you support nonbinary students? 

What does nonbinary mean and what’s the history of the term? Learn about the history of this gender identity from educator and Point Alum Alexzander Baetsen.

Recognizing the shared experiences of LGBTQ students across the country, Point Community College Scholars share their top tips for peers starting or continuing their community college journey.

Point BIPOC Scholar Mo Pirela shares thoughts on why we must include all women’s voices in our feminism and shares resources for continued learning.

In this guide, Point Scholar Manuel Faria provides some tips that hopefully will be useful in making this holiday season more peaceful for LGBTQ students.

Heading back to school? These  Point Scholars have some tried and true tips to help you start the year off right!

Coming out is an immensely personal choice. Everyone arrives at their sexuality differently, and everyone has the right to tell (or not tell) other people about it in their own time.

In STEM, greater rates of discrimination and harassment mean LGBTQ students often change majors or drop out altogether in order to move somewhere safer.

Point Scholar Stabble teaches how to sign queer in ASL.

The many letters of “LGBTQ+” have a complex, often tense relationship: supposedly all under the same umbrella, but still somehow divided. Knowing one’s place and respecting these divisions can often be just as important as solidarity. These tensions often bubble over into the media, such as the now infamous debates  (with varied opinions) over slurs in RuPaul’s Drag Race. A while back for Point’s blog we went into the history of the word “homosexual”- if we go into the history of the word “transgender,” we see how blurry these lines are.

Helps protect young people’s right to express themselves, start gay-straight alliance clubs, have their gender identity respected, and be taught in a safe environment.

Provides critically needed financial and technical support to lesbian-led, LGBTQI and progressive organizations.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area.

This piece includes informational resources for nonbinary youth about navigating gender diversity to help build a positive self-image and positive mental health. The article is broken down by digital resources such as articles and podcasts for teens and support resources for parents and clinicians.

A non-exhaustive list of terms, practices, and tips for engaging with members of the LGBTQ community. 

Discover how you can be a steward by learning about your community, uniting advocates, finding allies, and checking in.

 Tips and stories from LGBTQ students who have successfully made an impact by challenging school policies and decisions.

Supporting student activism can unite the campus community while increasing students’ sense of belonging while improving their collegiate experience.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to research colleges and review additional topics such as the unique challenges LGBTQ students face and the resources and legal rights available to them.