Straight but not narrow

[mamadeb]

spykeraven had an interesting point:

We need something to identify heterosexual supporters of lgbt rights.

So. Anyone want to make an icon for us - something worksafe (please!) that says "Straight, but not Narrow"?

Comments

[mommybird.livejournal.com]

*applauds your icon*

[rachel-wilder.livejournal.com]

I totally agree...I made a very simple icon and linked it in spykeraven's journal. Please use it if you like.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Yeah, I think that does the job.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

not that i'm looking to cause trouble -- but why?

seriously. isn't a straight person's sexuality as much her (or his) business as lgbts' sexuality is theirs? how is my choice of sexual partners in the least bit relevant to the fact that i think lgbts should have the same rights as straight people?

i dig, at some level, the idea that it's important to note that equal rights are not just something a minority group is whingeing about -- that a chunk of the mainstream feels a (legitimate) need to alert the rest of the mainstream to the fact that it's wrong, wrong, wrong to persist in making it an us-vs.-them struggle. (there are chunks of the minority group that need to be alerted to that fact as well, actually.) but at the same time, i feel like emphasizing the sexuality of people working for equal rights irrespective of sexuality is precisely the wrong message to be sending. it preserves the us-and-them division: "i'm not ________, but ..."

[catmoran.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting a bumpersticker that says "friend of the family" with family in rainbow colors...

[ailsaek.livejournal.com]

Adam once suggested getting one of those "I"m not gay, but my girlfriend is" T-shirts, but I realize that's not universally helpful.

[spykeraven.livejournal.com]

but at the same time, i feel like emphasizing the sexuality of people working for equal rights irrespective of sexuality is precisely the wrong message to be sending. it preserves the us-and-them division

I agree with you. It's complicated.

[quecojones.livejournal.com]

Pardon my dumbassness (is that even a word?), but what does "lgbt" mean exactly?

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

"Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender" (and being too lazy to capitalize, in my case.)

[quecojones.livejournal.com]

Something tells me I should have known this... ;)