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How to survive workplace discrimination while closeted

A straight man at work keeps making jokes about hijras and eunuchs not knowing that I am kothi and it makes me want to quit.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Concealed identity creates a double burden of hearing hatred while being unable to respond authentically.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with South Asian gender diversity — hijra and kothi?”

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