Titles "Point Honors New York," the event honors current and future champions of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Playwright Edward Albee received the Point Legend Award, and worldwide film company Focus Features received the Point Inspiration Award.
Point Foundation (Point) is the nation's largest scholarship- granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit. Point provides financial support, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBT individuals who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Point provides its scholars with the financial ability to attend the nation's foremost higher educational institutions and its donors and mentors with the rare satisfaction of directly investing their resources and time in future generations of leaders.