ADDITIONAL LGBTQ RESOURCES
Financial & Scholarship Aid
Below are websites for organizations that assist with the costs associated with being a student. This includes tuition help, scholarships — general and LGBTQ specific — living stipends, textbook costs, child care benefits, work grants, entrepreneurship support and more.
AffordableColleges.com provides a guide to LGBTQ colleges that breaks down the individual components that make a campus LGBTQ-friendly, and is intended to help you navigate potential schools.
Best Private Student Loans of 2018
Find the right student loan to pay for college expenses. See how to maximize federal and free financial aid and choose a student loan with the best terms.
The Best Student Loan Consolidation Lenders of 2018
Manage payments and save money with student loan consolidation. Find the best terms to consolidate your student debt with a federal or private student loan.
Campus Pride/Point Foundation Sponsored National LGBT Scholarship Database
Free online dynamic database provides LGBT and ally students with the largest, most comprehensive source of LGBT scholarship and funding resources in the nation. Individuals can find how to apply and search scholarships available at certain campuses, state by state, regionally or nationally. New scholarships may be listed by a campus or any funding organization by simply logging into the database. There are no charges to view scholarships or to list scholarships.
It’s more important than ever for students and former students to make smart decisions about financing their college education. Whether you’re attending college soon, are a current student, or already have student loans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau put together some tools and resources to help you make the best decisions for you.
Based on their comprehensive student profile, they can match students to over $1 billion in scholarships and merit aid awards. Chegg allows students to learn about, get recruited by, and interact with more than 850 colleges and universities from all over the world.
Online Scholarship Clearing House – Provides massive scholarship database with matching technology.
An interactive website educates and engages students, parents, families, and high school counselors on how to plan and prepare for college. Whether you’re just beginning to prepare for college or well on your way, WellsFargo experts will help you get all the college financial know-how you’ll need. #GetCollegeReady
Provides clear, correct info and advice on the many options students have to reduce the cost of their degree, and to offer a fresh analysis of which colleges are doing the most to make high-quality education affordable.
CollegeScholarships.orgExtensive Directory of All Financial Aid Opportunities – Allows you to browse scholarships, provides resources, browse grants and student loans.
Educators for Fair Consideration, Scholarship Lists and GuidesEach year, E4FC releases lists of undergraduate and graduate scholarships and fellowships that do not require proof of U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residency.
Expertise.comImportant tips on how to avoid or how to deal with student loan debt, and information on what happens if you default on your loans.
FinAidFinancial Aid for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students – Comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools — on or off the web.
Money Geek
Information for young people on student loans, scholarships, jobs, and more. The site also includes info on mortgages, credit cards, and other financial steps to help you make smarter decisions.
Tuition Funding SourcesPlenty of scholarships along with career and financial aid information.
IBRinfoLearn about two federal student loan payment and forgiveness programs.
LearnHowToBecome.orgThis guide aims to reduce the stress of college for LGBTQ students by assisting with one key element: financial aid. Read on to find scholarships and other financial aid for LGBTQ students.
DoSomething.orgDoSomething.org offers scholarships for students between the ages of 13-25 who participate in their volunteer campaigns.
Homelessness and Poverty Among Students: Raising Awareness and Providing SupportTulane University’s School of Social Work resource guide on homelessness and poverty among students and youth.
LGBTQ Hotlines
If you are in need of help, the below organizations are here to assist you as either a source of information or emergency help.
(1-888-THE-GLNH)
Dedicated to meeting the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and those questioning their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Indiana Youth Group National
Hotline
(1-800-347-TEEN)
Provides a safe place, a confidential environment and services which foster self-esteem, resiliency, and positive decision-making skills among self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people, and to advocate on their behalf in schools, on the streets and in the community.
Trans Lifeline
(1-877-565-8860)
Trans Lifeline is a non-profit dedicated to the well being of transgender people. The hotline is primarily for transgender people experiencing a crisis and staffed by transgender people for transgender people.
(1-800-799-7233)
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.
Trevor Helpline
(1-866-488-7386)
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
Websites
Point Foundation would like to support the LGBTQ community by providing informational websites below.
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.
Asian and Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA)
DC-based volunteer organization serving the LGBTQ members of the Asian and Pacific Islander community in the metro Washington, DC area.
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
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.
Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits
Exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirited people within the American Indian community by creating forums for the spiritual, cultural, and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people.
An online magazine for LGBT people of color.
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.
College Scorecards in the U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordability and Transparency Center make it easier for you to find out more about a college’s affordability and value so you can make more informed decisions about which college to attend.
Information center for, by and about the Deaf Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex and Questioning communities (hereafter referred to as the “Deaf Queer community”).
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
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.
Provides after school programs, supportive services, internships and advocacy & capacity building. It is the home of the Harvey Milk High School in NYC.
Medical Student Pride Alliance
The Medical Student Pride Alliance (MSPA) is an activist and social organization committed to empowering sexual and gender minority medical students and allies, increasing the number of physicians trained in LGBTQ-inclusive healthcare, and addressing the unique needs of queer communities through research, advocacy, education, and service.
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.
LGBTQ-Friendly Campus Pride Index
Provides online access to search colleges and universities based on their LGBTQ-friendly campus life
LGBTQ Professional Societies & Caucuses
Resource list maintained by Academic and scholarly books publisher Harrington Park Press.
Provides street outreach and emergency shelter, primary medical care, transitional housing, and job training and scholarship assistance to get homeless and at risk kids off the streets.
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
A social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.
National Consortium of Higher Education Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Professionals
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, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
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.
Provides a fun and safe environment for queer Asians and Pacific Islanders in the South Bay to come out and be comfortable with their sexual identity and ethnicity, as well as be vital and visible to the greater community. Sylvia Rivera Law Project – NYC-based law project that provides free legal services to low-income and homeless transgender, gender variant, and intersex people facing gender identity discrimination.
Transgender support group in the Cleveland, Ohio metropolitan area.
Online health and fitness magazine for Trans, gender variant, and intersex people.
Provides aid, support and assistance to Trans-identified individuals.
Empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers and communities, to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected.
Non-profit organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people of South Asian descent based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Community Partners
The following represent Point Foundation’s community partners. If you are interested in partnering with Point Foundation to help LGBTQ students, please email info@pointfoundation.org.
Stonewall 50 Consortium
The Stonewall 50 Consortium is an organization that brings 
together scores of nonprofit institutions and organizations committed to producing programming, exhibitions, and educational materials related to the Stonewall uprising and/or the history of the LGBTQ civil rights movement in the context of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in June 2019.
Open to All is nationwide public engagement campaign to build 
understanding and discussion about the importance of our nation’s nondiscrimination laws—and the bedrock principle that when businesses open their doors to the public, they should be Open to All.
Harrington Park Press is a specialized academic/scholarly book publisher devoted to emerging topics in LGBTQ diversity, equality, and inclusivity. We are distributed internationally by Columbia University Press to the library, retail, and institutional markets.
The Gay & Lesbian Review is a bi-monthly magazine of history, culture and politics. Since 1994, the G&LR has been framing the discussion on the big questions about GLBT life and liberation.
Quist is a free mobile app that displays events from this day in LGBTQ history. Available on the App Store and on Google play.