tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85570594643139690682024-09-29T01:37:40.389-04:00A queer space to push the boundaries of being an 'other', where I will tackle the daunting but rewarding task of listing all privileges heterosexuals experience in their day to day lives. By privilege, I mean all benefits (visible and invisible) straight people experience, often without even realizing until hearing a 'different' perspective.Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-49155360718695984752012-09-29T14:46:00.002-04:002012-09-29T14:48:38.323-04:00

Name: Carwyn Age: 25 Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Religion: Catholic Socio-economic status: Lower middle class, working Disability Status: none When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?: I never chose my sexuality, it’s something that was/is inscribed in my nature. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies? How did they react?: I’ve

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-25427946879873035372012-09-28T16:55:00.001-04:002012-09-28T16:55:07.238-04:00

Name: Andy Age: 28 Race/Ethnicity: White Gender: Male Religion: Agnostic/Muslim Socio-economic status: Working class Disability Status: Able bodied When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?: I think I knew I was heterosexual from the beginning, although there were times when I would think if I was attracted to the same sex, it always seemed clear to me that I was

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-83938824809642951902010-07-28T22:09:00.003-04:002010-07-28T22:15:19.932-04:00

Online dating/cruising is a minefield of snap judgments and highly specific standards that the gay community knows all too well. Maybe it's because there's not too many of us to begin with (as compared to our straight pals) and we flock to the net to find each other, or because dating websites are just so damn popular now... or maybe both of these reasons, but the world of online dating/cruising

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-5142134438423394262010-07-25T17:58:00.002-04:002010-07-25T17:58:34.968-04:00

Merle Woo (U.S. writer)Most of the time when "universal" is used, it's just a euphamism for "white"; white themes, white significance, white culture.

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-49706004934222330572010-07-21T04:59:00.002-04:002010-07-21T05:01:14.472-04:00

Name: Biancaneve Age: 21 Race/Ethnicity: White. My ancestors are not from the Caucus Islands. Gender: Girl Sex: Female Religion: Jewish Social Class: Between lower middle class and working class. Neither of my parents finished college. Disability Status: not disabled When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?: Being heterosexual was not

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-28940294405719142922010-07-18T02:57:00.002-04:002010-07-18T03:00:03.315-04:00

Name: Reid Age: 22 Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: male Religion: Agnostic When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?: I suppose when I first started thinking girls had cooties and then realizing that actually meant I thought they were attractive. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies? How did they react?: I never really had to tell anyone.

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-82499931470596637402010-07-16T08:33:00.000-04:002010-07-16T08:33:10.039-04:00

Last month she called me an angry feminist and said that if I didn't stop being so militant, all people would think that feminists are angry. I was so incredibly hurt and explained to her why I thought she was wrong. We stopped talking to each other. In the 6th grade he called me fat. (Yes, I was fat.) That night I looked into the mirror and hated every part of me that I could and could not see.

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-27162815301751605702010-07-11T05:00:00.007-04:002010-07-11T06:23:02.331-04:00

p, pre {margin: 0;} input.blogger-ie-hack {position: absolute; left: -9999px;}hr.more {border-width:1px 0 0 0; border-style:dashed; border-color: #666; height: 8px; background:#ddd}table.tr-caption-container {padding: 6px; margin-bottom: .5em} td.tr-caption {font-size: 80%} Consider this statement: I hate it when straight people are all in-your-face about their sexuality. It sounds

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-16095779381123729162010-07-09T06:21:00.004-04:002010-07-24T01:40:05.641-04:00

So there was this guy... let's call him privileged-Ivy-League-dudebro... or frat boy for short. He approached me at a bar and chatted me up. There was some definite flirtation going on, and we seemed to hit it off pretty well. He leaned in and cooly whispered that he wanted my number, and I gave it to him. By the end of the night, he was even buddy-buddy with my platonic male

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-23330786880873114382010-06-29T04:24:00.005-04:002010-07-24T01:44:22.966-04:00

Public settings can be traumatic for many LGBT individuals, as there is no safe way to be sure that where you are going is hate-free. There were many places I have had to avoid when walking my dog in my own neighborhood for fear of my own safety. I can't recall how many times neighboring kids/teens followed me/yelled hateful slurs at me simply because I walked past them. However, for so many LGBT

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-75914024700611630602010-06-22T02:53:00.001-04:002010-06-22T02:55:13.041-04:00

Name: Four eyes Age: 22 Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Female Religion: Jewish When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?: I don’t think there was a definitive point where I just stood up and had the epiphany that I was hetero. It’s just an attraction that kind of...happened. The thing is, I feel like defining your sexuality also relies on your experiences. I know I’m

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-87124095485323669842010-06-22T02:38:00.003-04:002010-06-22T02:45:11.475-04:00

New York becomes the first state to pass legislation that will allow trafficking victims to clear their criminal records of prostitution charges. A teacher is fired from a Christian school for having premarital sex. [Trigger Warning] Everyday, at least 5 children in the U.S. have their healthy genitals mutilated, including at Cornell University. Liss over at Shakesville covers the

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-88793495768387014002010-06-19T12:45:00.009-04:002010-06-19T14:23:41.193-04:00

Hey readers!I wanted to give a brief update of the Proposition 8 trail in San Francisco for all those who aren't caught up, but first I want to let you know that I will not be blogging for a week. Instead, I will be attending the United States Social Forum(USSF) in Detroit, Michigan!For those of you who may not know what the USSF is, I suggest looking into it here. The first USSF took place in

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-65040814534851440972010-06-18T04:10:00.003-04:002010-06-18T04:17:18.070-04:00

Name: Jason Perez Age: 22 Race/Ethnicity: Filipino Gender: Male Religion: Non-practicing Catholic When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?: I guess I have always know I was heterosexual. I was a very sexual boy when I was younger and a bit of a horn dog. Even in Kindergarten I would follow my teacher around because I thought she was pretty. When I was in middle school

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-1550910471423946202010-06-18T02:39:00.002-04:002010-06-18T02:43:17.394-04:00

In honor of Father’s Day this Sunday, let’s talk about my new favorite fictional father: Burt Hummel. Father of Glee’s Kurt Hummel, Burt has proven to be much more progressive then I think any of us expected at the start of the Series. First of all, who remembers when the actor who plays Burt Hummel (Mike O’Malley) hosted Global Guts? (That’s right, 90s kids. You knew he looked familiar, but you

Feminist At Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134079698470043051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-58446291728826517882010-06-17T22:25:00.011-04:002010-06-19T14:31:21.398-04:00

There are so many many forms of rampant discrimination ingrained in modern society: racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, and sizeism to name just a few. This article points out that "obese" women are much less likely to have sexual partners than "obese" men. I'm really not at all surprised about this finding, given that there is a severe double-standard as to what constitutes "attractive" for

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-32421352418757029902010-06-17T17:55:00.002-04:002010-06-17T17:57:41.789-04:00

Name: Carami Race/Ethnicity: Black Gender: Female Religion: agnostic When and how did you first decide to be a heterosexual?: Being a hetero wasn't a very difficult decision to make. In many ways it was made for me, as from childhood it was assumed by my parents that I would enjoy wearing pink PJ's and that I would like having my ears pierced, and that I was somehow in love with every boy I

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-6824166550499944712010-06-17T03:51:00.004-04:002010-06-21T05:20:23.960-04:00

Heterosexual privilege #4: I am not identified by my sexual orientation. One fine summer evening after finals had ended last year, I went to a friend's house to celebrate the end of the semester. We were on her back porch sipping limoncello, discussing the music video for "I'm on a Boat", feeling free and young and buzzed while bathing in the rare glow that is the indirect Ithaca, NY sunlight.

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-26842220140718793092010-06-16T17:56:00.002-04:002010-06-16T17:59:55.500-04:00

I ran into this little gem over at Queers United: Right is right, by definition. The majority is always right. Ban the Southpaw lifestyle! -Harvey Milk Jr.

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Name: Token Asian Friend age: 21 race/ ethnicity: yellow gender: young phenomenal woman religion: protestant, but church is a joke. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?: Hmm. While my community is not as uptight as really uptight communities can be about homosexuality, like about 99% of the rest of this country, the environment I was in never gave me the

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-5596346575771772892010-06-16T13:04:00.003-04:002010-06-16T13:21:20.868-04:00

Hey folks! And welcome to the first edition of the Legally Gay Book Corner! Today I will be discussing: “Covering: The Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights” by Kenji Yoshino" About the Author: Kenji Yoshino is a Japanese American attorney and professor of law at the New York University School of Law. He received his BA in English literature in 1991 from Harvard University.

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Name: Dfred Age: 22 Race/Ethnicity: White, Caucasian American :) Gender: Male Religion: My god resides in my conscience, and no one religion can contain that. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?: I decided I was heterosexual when I was maybe 20 years old. I had always believed I was straight, but I struggled for years with the possibility of being Bi-Sexual or maybe

Harvey Milk Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11309269841289683377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-13005133874127177682010-06-15T00:17:00.007-04:002010-06-15T05:12:25.910-04:00

Hello! I'm Feminist at Heart and I will be contributing to this LOVELY blog started by the one and only Harvey Milk Jr. I have a BA in English (yes, like the song) with minors in Writing and Women's Studies. Other essential things you need to know about me. Hmmm...let's see. I identify as a heterosexual, feminist ally to the LGBT community. I'm a total pop culture junky. When I'm not

Feminist At Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134079698470043051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557059464313969068.post-63561943895854117312010-06-14T23:52:00.006-04:002010-06-15T05:18:30.725-04:00

What constitutes dirty blood? Oh, right: blood from men who have sex with men... because, you know... all men who have sex with men must have AIDS. This is basically the thinking of the Federal Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, who voted 9 to 6 against lifting the ban that prevents men who have sex with men from donating blood. Heterosexual privilege #3: I can donate blood.

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Why hello there friends!Allow me to introduce myself - I'm Legally Gay and I'm here to provide your recommended dose of equality, civil liberty, and LGBT justice! Woot! I'll be discussing current LGBT legal news, reviewing LGBT/Legal books, and keeping you informed! Let's get started - shall we?Today's Topic: Take a hike, Ike!The Associated Press reported that Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton (D)

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