Comments on: the truth about straight privilege http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html love. justice. family. equality. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Ralph http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-3116 Ralph Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:46:53 +0000 http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-3116 <strong>Ralph...</strong> Good job. I will certainly file this away for future reference. ... Ralph…

Good job. I will certainly file this away for future reference.
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]]> By: Eileen http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-2604 Eileen Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:05:53 +0000 http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-2604 HI Lisa, You are definately right about straight people having privliges, I actually was straight and married to a man for 13yrs and never realized how much I took my rights for granted. Now as a openly gay mom, I will fight to make sure everyone has the same rights, that it is equal....I am appauled that people have such an issue with being straight or gay....for me it is about love, but until I fell in love with a woman, and as some people say "crossed over" I never realized how rude people could be..... HI Lisa,
You are definately right about straight people having privliges, I actually was straight and married to a man for 13yrs and never realized how much I took my rights for granted. Now as a openly gay mom, I will fight to make sure everyone has the same rights, that it is equal….I am appauled that people have such an issue with being straight or gay….for me it is about love, but until I fell in love with a woman, and as some people say “crossed over” I never realized how rude people could be…..

]]> By: Family Pride’s Blog » Philadelphia Phillies “kiss cam” mocks gay couples http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-1877 Family Pride’s Blog » Philadelphia Phillies “kiss cam” mocks gay couples Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:06:10 +0000 http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-1877 [...] week, I got to touch a little bit on straight privilege. This past weekend, I had an experience that reminded me, yet again, why it is so important that we [...] […] week, I got to touch a little bit on straight privilege. This past weekend, I had an experience that reminded me, yet again, why it is so important that we […]

]]> By: Lisa http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-1735 Lisa Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:16:11 +0000 http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-1735 Luis- Not all! There's lots of us straight people who are proactively aware of our privilege. It's everyone's job to make sure that more people are not only aware of it, but also know what they can actively be doing to create a truly equal world. One good way to start is to encourage all of your friends-soon-to-be-allies to join our eNews and check out our "52 Ways" on the publications page of our website. Luis-
Not all! There’s lots of us straight people who are proactively aware of our privilege. It’s everyone’s job to make sure that more people are not only aware of it, but also know what they can actively be doing to create a truly equal world. One good way to start is to encourage all of your friends-soon-to-be-allies to join our eNews and check out our “52 Ways” on the publications page of our website.

]]> By: Harry Nagendra http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-1712 Harry Nagendra Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:47:21 +0000 http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-1712 "ACTIVELY work". That is a phrase worth remembering everyday. “ACTIVELY work”. That is a phrase worth remembering everyday.

]]> By: Luis http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-1702 Luis Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:21:21 +0000 http://www.familypride.org/blog/2007/06/the-truth-about-straight-privledge.html#comment-1702 Excellent blog post! Hopefully this will get picked up by the non-gay blogs as well. That's really where this exposure is needed. You've hit on all the major privileges that many, if not all, straight men and women take for granted. When they go to a church or a court house to get married, how many of them even realize that they are instantaneously getting so many rights and privileges just by being opposite sex and signing on the dotted line? As a gay man who has been in a loving, caring, monogamous, same sex relationship for almost eleven years, it's more than aggravating to us that so many people in our society just don't get it. Or even worse, are those that do get it and refuse to allow "us" to participate in society on equal "legal" footing. It is all about rights. Civil rights! Excellent blog post! Hopefully this will get picked up by the non-gay blogs as well. That’s really where this exposure is needed.

You’ve hit on all the major privileges that many, if not all, straight men and women take for granted. When they go to a church or a court house to get married, how many of them even realize that they are instantaneously getting so many rights and privileges just by being opposite sex and signing on the dotted line?

As a gay man who has been in a loving, caring, monogamous, same sex relationship for almost eleven years, it’s more than aggravating to us that so many people in our society just don’t get it.

Or even worse, are those that do get it and refuse to allow “us” to participate in society on equal “legal” footing.

It is all about rights. Civil rights!

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