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When coming out changes longtime friendships

I told my best friend I am kothi and now they act completely different around me like I became a different person overnight.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Disclosure of authentic identity can reveal the conditional nature of seemingly solid relationships.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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