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How to reconcile LGBTQ identity with Ubuntu belonging

I am gay and deeply connected to my Ubuntu community but I cannot be open about who I am without losing everything that gives my life meaning.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Authentic selfhood is being forced into opposition with communal acceptance in ways that diminish both.

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