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When professional success complicates authentic identity

I've been passing as straight at work for three years and just got promoted to a leadership role where I'm supposed to champion diversity and inclusion.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Career advancement built on concealment creates ethical tension between personal safety and public responsibility.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adopted identity — chosen and given?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.