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How to navigate identity changes in business partnerships

My business partner came out as nonbinary six months ago and while I'm supportive personally, we haven't talked about how this affects our consulting practice where we work with a lot of conservative clients, and I can feel us both walking on eggshells around the business implications. We're both queer but we're approaching this differently and I don't know how to bring up the practical concerns without seeming unsupportive.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Partners are avoiding a conversation about how personal authenticity intersects with professional vulnerability.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Queer identity as political and personal?”

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