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Poll Results
Question
Did you have a mentor or someone to help you when you were a young gay man?
Did you have a mentor or someone to help you when you were a young gay man?
Results
| Votes | Percent | Answer | Graph |
| 58 | 18.1 | Yes, I had an older gay man help me. |   |
| 2 | 0.6 | Yes, I had an older gay woman help me. | |
| 0 | 0.0 | Yes, I had gay sibling who helped me. | |
| 1 | 0.3 | Yes, my gay father helped me. | |
| 0 | 0.0 | Yes, my gay mother helped me. | |
| 1 | 0.3 | Yes, my straight parent(s) was/were supportive. | |
| 6 | 1.9 | Yes, I had a straight man who was supportive. | |
| 4 | 1.2 | Yes, I had a straight woman who was supportive. | |
| 248 | 77.5 | No, I did not have anyone to help me cope with being gay when I was young. | |
About this Poll
Many gay men did not have any positive gay role models or people to support them when they are growing up. A fellow Apollo Man would like to know if you had an older mentor or someone who was accepting and supporting of you when you were growing up.