College Pride was founded in 1997. The aim of the College Pride organisation is to enhance college counselling for gay youth. College Pride also promotes awareness of issues affecting gay youth in colleges, universities and other higher education establishments across the United States.
Advising individual institutions about the concerns of gay youths gives College Pride the ability to target specific issues that relate to a particular college and address ways to deal with matters that arise that are perhaps unique to that school. College Pride also produces articles and makes presentations to education professionals across America to make them aware of the tremendous challenges that gay youth have and offer solutions to help give advice to those attending the college.
The number of gay friendly colleges and universities in America has grown substantially as a result of College Pride and the work of their members. A large number of schools have their own college pride group that offers emotional support as well as a social environment for gay youth attending the college.
The College Pride staffs are members of the National Association for College Admission...