{"id":1104,"date":"2024-07-23T23:13:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T23:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inclusionisinn.wpengine.com\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:24:27","slug":"freedom-in-self-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/2024\/07\/23\/freedom-in-self-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom in self-expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"single-1104\" class=\"mssrc-posts font-- has--theme\" data-clarity-region=\"article\">\n\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"mssrc-block-post-header is-style-full-width has-high-density has-text-align-left text--default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-header__image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/2024\/07\/23\/freedom-in-self-expression\/\" class=\"featured-image size-fullsize default\" aria-label=\"Read the story titled Freedom in self-expression\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1069\" src=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilus_01_Caroline_C-1-1900x1069.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fullsize size-fullsize wp-post-image\" alt=\"Caroline Scalley - Creative, Weird, Energenic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilus_01_Caroline_C-1-1900x1069.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilus_01_Caroline_C-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilus_01_Caroline_C-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilus_01_Caroline_C-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilus_01_Caroline_C-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilus_01_Caroline_C-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns post-header__content has-text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-basis-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"h1\">Freedom in self-expression<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"post__content\">\n\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post__author\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post__author__bylines\"><ul class=\"post__author__avatar-list\"><li class=\"post__author__avatar-list__item\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6350cb3523a4f9122f7070d8febb095467ece284b8e0ddcfafe0d33969ee6e46?s=144&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-144 photo' height='144' width='144' \/><\/li><\/ul><h5>Written by <\/h5><ul class=\"post__author__list\"><li class=\"post__author__list__item\"><span class=\"post__author__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/author\/dvictor\/\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post__date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Published<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/codeofus\/2024\/07\/\" class=\"kicker\"><time datetime=\"1721776406\">July 23, 2024<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post__tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Category<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\n<\/div><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emerging from a journey of self-discovery and embracing their nonbinary identity, C, senior business administrator at Microsoft, shares their distinctive qualities with pride. 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