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When Coming Out Doesn't End the Performance

I've been out as queer for five years but I still feel like I'm performing my identity for my straight friends and my gay friends in completely different ways.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Authenticity can feel elusive when different communities require different presentations of the same fundamental truth about oneself.

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