DePaul University in Chicago, the country’s largest Catholic school, is launching a new mentorship program for LGBT students called “Queer Peers.”
The program “connects current DePaul students with newly enrolled or newly out students,” meaning those who publicly identify as homosexual, according to the LGBTQA Student Services page. “The mentor relationship will last the duration of the 2014-15 academic year and will take the form of monthly meetings, peer support, and community engagement.”
The website provides little information on what that support, engagement, and meetings might actually entail.
Such programs are necessary because “there’s a lot of literature out there that says mentorship and direct support can help students in feeling acclimated to a university environment,” Katy Weseman, coordinator for LGBTQA Student Services, told The DePaulia. The program “will help students feel connected so that they are more likely to do well in school.”
Weseman did not respond to requests for comment from The College Fix, including whether the program is structured to avoid the charge of “advocacy” for a homosexual lifestyle in violation of Catholic teaching. (more...)
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