April 11 2012 5:51 PM ET
College of Charleston Promotes a Safer Campus
The College of Charleston is drafting a plan to make the university's campus a safer place for LGBT students.
August 24 2011 4:00 PM ET
College to Ask Applicants: Are You LGBT?
Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Ill., has become the first college or university to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity on its undergraduate application.
August 01 2011 6:40 PM ET
Triumphs and Setbacks of Gay Straight Alliances
Since the late '80s, there have been many ups and downs for gay-straight alliances, both at public and private schools. The Advocate takes a closer look at some of the landmark cases that have paved the way for LGBT equality in American schools.
June 08 2011 3:30 AM ET
Meet the 2011 Point Scholars
The Point Foundation, the world's largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBT students, has just named its class of 2011. The 34 graduate and undergraduate students awarded financial assistance this year are from places as disparate as Malaysia, Morocco, and Massachusetts — the qualities all these young people share is an amazing work ethic, an ability to overcome hardship, and an ambition to change the world for the better. Meet the class of 2011 below, and click here to learn more about the Point Foundation. Mounia Abousaid- from Rabat, Morocco- pursuing a BA in philosophy at Columbia UniversityHow do you feel your Point Scholarship will change or help your future? There’s the obvious financial answer – I was raised by a single mother, and Point’s help will be invaluable in paying for college. However, the aspect of Point Foundation that I feel will affect my life the most is its community. I think that the mentoring, leadership training and friendships the Point Scholarship will make available to me will allow me to become much more involved in the LGBTQ community and a true queer leader.In conjunction with Point, how do you wish to make difference in the LGBT community?I wish I had a detailed plan. At this point, instead of a 12-point agenda of things to do to help the LGBT community, all I have is a series of lofty goals I’ve tried to work on and that I will continue to work on with Point’s help. I’d like to continue to work to make the schools safer for queer kids, through helping establish and sustain GSA’s. In conjunction with Point and its mission, I would generally like to help queer youth in every way I can: whether through volunteering at youth shelters or through helping Point fundraise. In addition, as a committed feminist as well as queer activist, I plan on conciliating both through work on sex education.
June 01 2011 3:15 PM ET
Zero Tolerance = Zero Help
COMMENTARY: Writer Bethany Woolman says zero-tolerance policies won't necessarily stop bullying in schools, but it will likely hurt LGBT kids.
October 04 2010 5:02 PM ET
Teen Suicides: What Now?
Eliza Byard, the executive director of one of the country's most prominent gay youth organizations, addresses the recent spate of teen suicides and how we can make them stop.
October 23 2009 1:45 PM ET
Theres No One Way to Be a Morehouse Man
Why can't a Morehouse man wear a fierce pair of Jimmy Choos to class?
August 13 2009 12:00 AM ET
Princeton Review's Approach Is Outdated
COMMENTARY: One of the nation's leading college ranking groups fails to keep actual LGBT students in mind when ranking the most gay-friendly campuses.
