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When your identity conflicts with ancestral ritual requirements

My Hindu family expects me to perform my father's death rituals but I'm gay and according to tradition I can't do them properly and everyone is pretending this isn't a problem.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Traditional practices may exclude you based on who you are while family pressure to participate continues.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancestor veneration across traditions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.