Talk about it - mtvU's "Out on Campus" explores some of the issues facing LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) students at colleges around the country - from the lives of couples on campus to discrimination that can even come from within the LGBT community. mtvU is also teaming up with the Point Foundation and Public Interest.Org to bring you special programming as well as scholarships to students who are fighting discrimination.

Get Support

• Get the information and support you need to come out.
• Learn how to accept yourself or someone else as LGBT.
• Remember, you are not alone.

Get Involved

• Get involved with LGBT issues.
• Check out campus pride resources.

Get Information

• Learn more about embracing tolerance during LGBT month.
• See a list of some LGBT groups and clubs you can find on campus

mtvU & The Point Foundation Scholarship Winners

To celebrate students Out on Campus and to empower LGBT students and activism, mtvU teamed up with The Point Foundation to offer two $10,000 scholarships. This year's mtvU-Point Foundation scholars and their unique stories are below

Yve Cohen
Sophomore, University of California, Berkeley
Double major: Peace and Conflict Studies & Practice of Art
Professional goal: Law school or graduate school in public policy

Yve has been a queer activist since her sophomore year of high school, when she founded the Scripps Ranch High School Gay-Straight Alliance. Since then, she has expanded the scope of her activism by becoming a trainer and organizer for GSA Network and GLSEN on a national level. Currently, Yve is an organizer for BAMN, an affirmative action and immigrants’ rights coalition and a personal mentor to an inner-city Oakland youth. Although she works tirelessly to create change on the institutional level, it is these interpersonal relationships that she cherishes most. Post-graduation, Yve plans to be engaged in some sort of humanitarian or civil rights work.

Andrew Moe
Sophomore, Arizona State University, Main Campus
Double major: Journalism/Mass Communication and Political Science
Professional goal: Wisconsin State Legislator or U.S. Congressman

While many GLBT students usually have stories of how they have been marginalized by the straight population, Andrew had the opposite experience. As a freshman he was out on campus, but had not yet broken into the different activist GLBT organizations. He ran across an email about a trip to Wyoming for the anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death and decided he really wanted to explore his own sexual identity and understand himself by going. He met the organizers to discuss why he wanted to travel so far for this event and began by talking about self-exploration. He felt the interviewers questioned his motivations for joining the trip and discounted his experiences as a young gay man. Before this experience, he never believed that he could feel unaccepted and disheartened by the very people with whom he identified for all of these years.

The Point Foundation
Each year, The Point Foundation awards multi-year scholarships to support academic achievement in higher education among marginalized LGBT youth. Point Scholars have demonstrated leadership, scholastic excellence, and a passion for social change—often in spite of homophobia in their hometowns or families.