I have been passing as straight at work for three years because I need this job but now they want me to bring my partner to the company retreat and I do not know if I can keep pretending or if I can afford to stop.
More people experience this than they realize.
Economic survival and authentic self-expression become competing moral imperatives when society's acceptance remains conditional.
“Where Are You with Responsibilities — the other side of rights?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.