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When personal truth threatens family harmony

I'm supposed to be the good daughter but I'm gay and I know telling my parents will destroy their image of me and maybe our relationship.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your authentic identity challenges family expectations in ways that risk fundamental relational rupture.

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