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When Family Traditions Conflict with Sexual Identity

My parents want me to have an arranged marriage to preserve our traditions but I am gay, and I do not know how to honor my family without destroying myself.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The demand to preserve cultural practices collides with authentic self-expression, creating an impossible choice between family acceptance and personal truth.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cultural assimilation vs. preservation?”

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