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Nov. 12th, 2008 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmWhile there are a hundred reasons why straight people openly specifying that they are straight and also support the rights of GBLTQ people to marry their partners is a useful thing, think of the power of this:
Just saying that you support it. Without mentioning your own damn orientation.
Because I know it's not always or even often distancing when someone says, "I'm straight but I support gay rights," but trust me, trust me, trust me, trust me, when I tell you that's what it can feel like from over here.
Just try saying it without qualification. Picture _that_ as an LJ meme. You know?
Just saying that you support it. Without mentioning your own damn orientation.
Because I know it's not always or even often distancing when someone says, "I'm straight but I support gay rights," but trust me, trust me, trust me, trust me, when I tell you that's what it can feel like from over here.
Just try saying it without qualification. Picture _that_ as an LJ meme. You know?
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Re: Playing the devil's advocate...
Date: 2008-11-12 08:33 pm (UTC)I don't. I'm trying to understand, but I obviously just don't get it, because I don't have the same experience as you. I will take your word for it, though, that in trying to be helpful sometimes I (and others, I know, not just me) miss the mark.