Were you out at work or with your family first? Would also love to hear if it was your gender or your sexuality (or both) too.

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I knew my sexuality as a tween and was out to everyone but my mom into my late teens.

Gender has been a harder time for even me to wrap my head around since I'm realizing there were a lot of signs I ignored when I was younger. Out at work, not with family.

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Work before family and just sexuality. At one job I was only out to the lgbtq group and not even my team.

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Both but my work is understanding whereas my family is challenging...(only sexuality)

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I was in high school, but my boss found out before my family did (my friend at school was his kid)

Never enjoyed going to work more than that time in my life. To have the support of someone you look up to, someone you consider a leader, someone “above” you, all when your family is struggling to behave about it, was a godsent gift. Loved that job because of him and his support

Sexuality to be clear. But every case is different obv. Luckily, advertising is a relatively liberal, open minded work space

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