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“I am”

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment volume 2, pages 453–454 (2021)Cite this article

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Coming out means becoming human, to share common struggles, to become vulnerable. In this space, fear of rejection about sexual identity dissipates into “I am” but human, and it can start as simply as with a conversation with someone you like and trust, states Jef Caers.

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Caers, J. “I am”. Nat Rev Earth Environ 2, 453–454 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00189-1

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