| College Pride was founded in 1997. The
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| | youth. College Pride also work closely
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| aim of the College Pride organisation is
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| | with gay youth organisations from around
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| to enhance college counselling for gay
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| | the world to exchange ideas and help
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| youth. College Pride also promotes
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| | strengthen the international gay youth
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| awareness of issues affecting gay youth
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| | friendship movement.
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| in colleges, universities and other
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| | The mission of College Pride is to help
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| higher education establishments across
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| | gay youth to deal with the problems
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| the United States.
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| | facing them as they decide to attend
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| Advising individual institutions about
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| | college. Often the gay student has
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| the concerns of gay youths gives College
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| | suffered immensely from intolerance,
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| Pride the ability to target specific
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| | rejection or even violence from people
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| issues that relate to a particular
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| | before college and College Pride want to
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| college and address ways to deal with
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| | ensure that the same does not continue
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| matters that arise that are perhaps
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| | once they begin their college course.
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| unique to that school. College Pride also
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| | Through education and support, College
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| produces articles and makes presentations
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| | Pride is taking the fear out of attending
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| to education professionals across America
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| | college for more and more gay youth of
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| to make them aware of the tremendous
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| | America and bringing a higher level of
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| challenges that gay youth have and offer
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| | understanding and acceptance from the
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| solutions to help give advice to those
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| | non-gay students and educational
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| attending the college.
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| | professionals.
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| The number of 'gay friendly' colleges and
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| | There will always be areas of America
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| universities in America has grown
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| | that are less accepting of gays or
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| substantially as a result of College
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| | lesbians but College Pride is making huge
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| Pride and the work of their members. A
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| | inroads into changing the perception of
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| large number of schools have their own
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| | many people who misunderstand the
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| college pride group that offers emotional
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| | difficulties that being a gay youth can
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| support as well as a social environment
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| | bring and helping bridge the gap between
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| for gay youth attending the college.
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| | gays and non-gays countrywide. College
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| The College Pride staffs are members of
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| | life can be hard enough without the
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| the National Association for College
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| | prejudice that many gay youth encounter
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| Admission Counselling and actively
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| | but now college Pride is making it more
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| support the work of the Human Rights
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| | possible for gay and lesbian students to
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| Campaign and the many other organisations
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| | start afresh at college and be accepted
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| making a difference in the lives of gay
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| | for who they are.
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