Our friend group from college has been tight for ten years but ever since Jake came out as gay, there's this weird dynamic where some people are trying so hard to be supportive that it feels performative, and others are acting like nothing changed but clearly something did change, and Jake and I are both feeling like we can't talk about any of it honestly. We're all walking on eggshells and losing the ease we used to have.
More people experience this than they realize.
A social group is struggling to integrate new information about identity without losing authentic connection or creating performative inclusion.
“Where Are You with Sexual orientation as identity?”
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