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LGBT mentoring lost without leader

Started by LostInTime, February 08, 2007, 08:53:58 AM

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The program was created so that mentees could receive support and advice from their mentors to assist in the development of a positive LGBT identity and "feel comfortable in their own skin," Alford-Keating said.

She said the program was also created to decrease fear and negative stigma associated with the LGBT community and to counsel people through their coming-out processes.

"Coming out is a very isolated process for many people," she said. "Most people suffer in silence and are very depressed and anxious about it."

Alford-Keating said she requested that the program continue after she left and does not understand why the mentoring program stopped since the need for it has not disappeared.
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