Important scholarships and internships for LGBTQ students highlighted in new Fastweb student resource

CHICAGO, June 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the Monster network, supports the LGBT community during LGBT Pride Month.

June is a month of celebration for the LGBT community as its supporters hold events in June to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City on June 28, 1969. Historians consider this date to be the initiation of the LGBT movement.

A collection of important scholarships, fellowships and internships for college bound and existing college students involved in the community and interested in advancing LGBT rights has been compiled in Fastweb's new resource, LGBTQ Community Scholarships & Internships. Applications for these undergraduate and graduate opportunities are being accepted now and for academic focused scholarships for students majoring psychology, public policy, fine arts and other areas. Additionally, internship opportunities are available at organizations concentrating on communications, political science, government affairs.

The Fastweb scholarship directory of LGBTQ scholarship opportunities is another strong resource students can utilize while looking for ways to pay for school. 

Helpful online resources that support all students seeking opportunities to help fund their education are available online and always at no charge at Fastweb.com.

About Fastweb:

Fastweb, a top site in the Monster Worldwide network, is the nation's recognized leader in helping students pay for school, by providing scholarship and financial aid information, as well as information on jobs and internships. As the oldest and most popular free online scholarship matching service, one out of three college-bound seniors use the site and more than 50 million users have benefitted from Fastweb's information and services. Fastweb lets students create personalized profiles that can be matched against its expansive databases of colleges and scholarships. To learn more about Fastweb, visit www.fastweb.com and follow Fastweb on social media for the latest on paying for school all year long: Twitter (at @PayingForSchool); Facebook; Pinterest; Google+.

About Monster Worldwide:

Monster Worldwide, Inc. is a global leader in connecting people to jobs, wherever they are. For more than 20 years, Monster has helped people improve their lives with better jobs, and employers find the best talent. Today, the company offers services in more than 40 countries, providing some of the broadest, most sophisticated job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management capabilities. Monster continues its pioneering work of transforming the recruiting industry with advanced technology using intelligent digital, social and mobile solutions, including our flagship website monster.com® and a vast array of products and services. For more information, visit monster.com/about.

SOURCE Fastweb