LibraryScenariosWhen sexual orientation conflicts with masculine presentation
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When sexual orientation conflicts with masculine presentation

I'm attracted to men but I present as traditionally masculine and I feel like I don't fit into any community.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Rigid gender expectations create isolation for those whose identity doesn't conform to assumed correlations between presentation and sexuality.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Masculinity — constructed and contested?”

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