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When friends expect you to educate them about all LGBTQ+ issues

My straight friends keep asking me to explain every piece of queer news or controversy like I'm the spokesperson for all gay people and I'm exhausted but don't want to seem ungrateful for their interest.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being positioned as the singular voice for an entire community creates burdensome expectations that strain authentic friendship.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Queer identity as political and personal?”

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