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CT: McHaelen: Despite social changes, LGBT kids continue to have more difficult adolescence

September 7, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway

CT: McHaelen: Despite social changes, LGBT kids continue to have more difficult adolescence
Connecticut Mirror – August 27, 2017
True Colors began as a field project for McHaelen when she was in social work school. At the time, she just wanted to help LGBT children realize that they weren’t alone, as she had felt growing up. She wanted to bring awareness to adults such as teachers who worked with them on a daily basis. She wasn’t planning to spend her life working in the field, but after that first conference, when she saw both the excitement and the need of the community, that all changed. The program now offers training, a mentoring program through DCF, LGBT social nights, Queer Academy summer camp and a yearly conference,
https://ctmirror.org/2017/08/27/mchaelen-despite-social-changes-lgbt-kids-continue-to-have-more-difficult-adolescence/

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