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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.

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I personally think it may be a good idea. Even tho I'm mostly uni-cultural, there are a lot of mixed races in my own family, and I know they go through things that I don't... but I'm Pagan, bisexual & polyamorous, so I go through things that they don't... I think you'll find your greatest support with people who feel pressured because of their racial heritage or sexuality or other things they feel are beyond their control, and probably the least support with people who don't see these issues as being 'issues'.

I do see potential for forums like these to become hotbeds of name-calling & self-righteousness, tho. On other bulletin boards I've been involved in, people who out themselves as being other-sexed or other-religioned often are subjected to abuse by people who feel being GLBT or being non-Christian as 100% WRONG. It's often difficult to maintain a sense of respect and tolerance when these subjects are brought into the general public, especially now when, at least in America, there seems to be a definite lean to the 'right' and more conservative values.