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When homeownership requires compromising your identity

I finally saved enough to buy a house but it is in a neighborhood where I might be the only gay couple and I do not know if homeownership is worth feeling like I have to hide.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The dream of stability through property ownership becomes complicated when it requires moving to places where fundamental parts of ourselves must remain invisible.

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