How revealing my secret changed my identity

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'Having to constantly pretend to be someone you're not, you slowly start losing parts of yourself.' Grace (not her real name), a young woman from Kenya, tells the story of how she came to finally accept who she really was. An extract from Secret Lives, soon to be broadcast as part of the World Service's Identity season. Image: Feet walking along a sidewalk. Credit: Thinkstock