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When career success requires hiding cultural identity

I pass as a straight man at my corporate job but I am mahu and keeping this secret feels like I am betraying both my ancestors and myself.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional advancement can demand the erasure of cultural authenticity, creating internal fractures around belonging.

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