I asked because, for my own end of it, I have not felt comfortable discussing the specific things I've wanted to, and I haven't felt like they really fit in the forums we already have. Maybe that's my own thing, I don't know. I have attempted to bring up race before in general and had mixed results. I just felt like having a forum geared toward dealing with multicultural issues in mental health might draw in more people who can relate to that, and make a place where those of us struggling with these issues and interested in these issues could interact, and learn, and find support. Some of these things are very, very hard to deal with and feel very isolating. Mixing them all in with the other forums, for me, still feels isolating and marginalizing. Especially since the major rationale for doing so seems to be that having a place that's set up just to talk about this might make people angry or hateful. But I fully admit the feeling of being marginalized may be my own issue here. I'm not immune to biases and distorted thinking, this I know.

There is not a forum here that I feel really does fit quite with the kinds of issues I want to discuss, in the way and in the depth I would like to discuss them. Sure, I could try to break them down into little pieces and distribute them all around where they might fit, so that most people could be more comfortable with them and so that it wouldn't be such an issue that I'm addressing "controversial" issues like race and sexuality. Still, I have a hard time seeing how any of the forums we have fully addresses what I'm looking for, is adequate for the kind of exploration and support I would like to find, or is a "safe zone" to discuss those things.

Obviously I am in the minority in my view that it would be nice to have a place just for these issues. It doesn't sound like too many people here want there to be a forum for it. Okay, fine. Fair enough. I asked for your opinions and I got them.

Thanks for all the input.