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When workplace hostility affects closeted employees

My coworker keeps making homophobic jokes and I do not know if I should report it since I am not officially out at work yet.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Discrimination can create hostile environments even for those who have not disclosed their protected status.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gay and lesbian identity across cultures?”

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