Heterosexual Privilege

As a heterosexual...

• You can marry legally, with the benefits it offers.
• You can hold hands with a partner in public without getting harrassed.
• You can mention your partner at work, or have a picture of your partner on your desk, and not have people freak out.
• You can bring your partner to a company party, or a prom, or a family gathering, without people throwing a fit, or without it being considered a revolution or a militant act.
• People won't say you are unfit as a parent solely because of your sexual orientation.
• You have models of relationships readily available to you to examine, in real life and via the mass media.
• Doctors and psychiatrists don't tell you that your desires are sick, and you need to be cured.

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This page last revised Thu Jul 13 19:26:58 EDT 2000 by leaf