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Picture this: It is September 6, 2018. Following a whirlwind of events, I’ve just landed in Los Angeles to attend a weekend conference with fellow scholarship recipients. I’m sitting in a room with over a dozen other LGBTQ+ community college students who have begun hurriedly getting to know each other and laughing. I am among […]
I spent a couple of hours in between classes browsing through children’s literature theory, as one does, not looking into anything too seriously. I had just been exposed to the genre of theory and was a little skeptical. What is there to say about Mother Goose and Captain Underpants? It wasn’t until I stumbled upon […]
Many trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people often have to weigh the risks that can be associated with using gendered restrooms and taking care of our basic needs if there are no gender neutral alternatives nearby. We must decide if we feel comfortable enough to even choose one gendered option or another, and evaluate if […]
I did not fully understand the idea of home until I stepped foot into the Pride House, my school’s official queer student housing, when I was 19. I dragged my suitcase into a small room under the stairs. I’ve lived in places longer — my house in New York was “home” for 18 years until […]
On November 5, 2019, state and local elections were held in communities across the United States, including in 63 of our 100 largest cities. That means that millions of other Americans got up, got in line, got their sticker, and got on with their day, just like I did — a ritual as strange as […]
Never having been to Los Angeles before, I was excited to see the city and visit the USC campus for the Point Foundation Community College Transfer Symposium. Because of a last-minute itinerary change, I was dropped off only a few hours before our tour, so I unpacked, relaxed, and took in the unprecedentedly best view […]
At my very first Point Foundation conference in 2014, I had the opportunity to hear Janet Mock speak. She introduced me to the concept of a ‘possibility model’- someone who reveals one possible way of being human in this world to you. After feeling a little lost at my school for the last couple years, […]
This year I’ve learned a lot about service. In high school, I earned the Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award for completing over 350 hours of service within a year. That same year I was kicked out of my school’s National Honor Society for missing a meeting. I knew back then that the way organizations like […]