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How to Survive Identity Suppression at Work

As the only openly gay person in our conservative law firm I feel like I am constantly performing straightness and it is exhausting but I need this job.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional survival requires you to hide fundamental aspects of yourself, creating chronic psychological strain.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Institutional ethics and organizational integrity?”

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