Summary
Many college students who find it difficult to come out to family and friends wind up living double lives -- gay at school and straight at home, experts say.
These young adults are already creating new identities at a place where no one knows them, so discovering or declaring their sexual preferences at the same time is fairly typical. They may live a gay lifestyle for years at college before telling family.See the full content of this document
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Gay Teens Can Find Identity in College
"Sometimes they have cultural or religious beliefs they are up against," said Amie MacMath, the program assistant for Montclair State University's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Center. "This area of the country is better than a lot of other places but students are st...
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