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alsame

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Thu Dec-18-08 05:28 PM
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10. I identify myself as straight as a sign of support. I am also

white and support equality for all people of color. I'm not Jewish, but oppose anti-semitism. You get the idea.

For me, it's all about unity and I want the people who are being discriminated against to know that, although I am not part of their group, I care and will do what I can to support them.

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-Question: Why do those of us who are "straight" feel the need to say that when we defend GLBT	Mike 03	Dec-18-08 05:15 PM	#0
- I say it so gays know they're not alone in this fight. We have to stick together.	polichick	Dec-18-08 05:17 PM	#1
- And I, as a gay man appreciate it	MikeE	Dec-18-08 05:53 PM	#12
- We'll get there yet...	polichick	Dec-18-08 06:06 PM	#15
- Ditto	notsodumbhillbilly	Dec-18-08 06:27 PM	#22
- I can only speak for myself...	mike_c	Dec-18-08 05:18 PM	#2
- Your last sentence should be read as a statement.	Lars39	Dec-18-08 05:20 PM	#3
- Interesting, never thought of it as insecure	Believing_Is_Art	Dec-18-08 05:21 PM	#4
- a combination of things	unpossibles	Dec-18-08 05:24 PM	#5
- I don't think I try to.. When I went back to respond to my post, I realized that	glowing	Dec-18-08 05:25 PM	#6
- Not me	BeFree	Dec-18-08 05:25 PM	#
- I've said it once before because I didn't want to turn off	Uncle Joe	Dec-18-08 05:25 PM	#7
- The word "straight"	ananda	Dec-18-08 05:26 PM	#
- I feel the need to broaden the set of 'those concerned'	endarkenment	Dec-18-08 05:26 PM	#8
- I never saw it as insecure or anything - simply an admission that you	BR_Parkway	Dec-18-08 05:27 PM	#9
- I identify myself as straight as a sign of support. I am also	alsame	Dec-18-08 05:28 PM	#10
- For the same reason many of us march in gay rights parades and demonstrate for	bertman	Dec-18-08 05:28 PM	#11
- I (am gay and) am fine with it.	DonEBrook	Dec-18-08 05:56 PM	#13
- I agree that it's not necessarily a negative thing to do.	Kceres	Dec-18-08 06:02 PM	#14
- Not that there's anything wrong with it.	Fire_Medic_Dave	Dec-18-08 06:07 PM	#16
- Great question. 1- to show solidarity and 2- it's a relic of my adolescent homophobia	Bucky	Dec-18-08 06:10 PM	#17
- To indicate you're arguing not from self interest but from principle. n/t	FormerRushFan	Dec-18-08 06:13 PM	#18
- lol. . . "not that there's anything wrong with that". . . . n/t	annabanana	Dec-18-08 06:14 PM	#19
- I only do sometimes when it might show that the number of people that support	sfexpat2000	Dec-18-08 06:16 PM	#20
- Shrug. I've deliberately never mentioned one way or another.	TheWraith	Dec-18-08 06:26 PM	#21

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