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When family dynamics shift after someone comes out

Our family has been planning my dad's 70th birthday for months but ever since my brother came out to our parents last year, family gatherings have this weird tension where everyone's trying too hard to act normal. We all love each other but nobody knows how to just be together anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love is present but hiding behind performance, and everyone is exhausted from pretending ease they don't yet feel.

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