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Scenario

Why LGBTQ identity intersects with gender presentation

I am gay and masculine-presenting and other gay men keep telling me I have straight privilege but I still get harassed on the street and feel invisible in my own community.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Communities organized around shared oppression can reproduce exclusions when members' experiences of that oppression differ in visibility or severity.

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Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Responsibilities — the other side of rights?”

Peri

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