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UFM - How to Be an Ally if You Are a Person with Privilege If the ally is a member of a privileged group, it is essential that she or he also strives for clarity about the impact of privileges on her or his life. Allies believe that it is in their interest to be allies and are able to talk about why this is the case. Allies with privilege are responsible for sharing the lead with people of color in changing the organization and hold greater responsibility for seeing changes through to their conclusion. www.scn.org /friends/ally.html   (3488 words)

Straight student 'allies' herself with GLBT rights - The Eagle - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) She is what is often called an "ally." GLBTA Resource Center Director Mindy Michels defines this term as someone who becomes educated on issues important to the GLBT community and uses one's heterosexuality to stand up against the stigma attached to not being straight. In what she says is "sort of a coincidence," that job led to her membership in Queers and Allies and an internship this summer with the Stonewall Democrats. And allies are a big part of this because they encourage other straight people to get involved, said club member K.T. Thirion, who is a lesbian. www.theeagleonline.com /news/2004/10/28/News/Straight.Student.allies.Herself.With.Glbt.Rights-784621.shtml   (1047 words)

Tucson Weekly : opinion : Mailbag A straight ally is someone who is not LGBT, but personally advocates for equal rights and fair treatment of LGBT people. Straight allies are some of the most effective and powerful advocates for the LGBT movement. Straight allies can speak up when LGBT people who are afraid of losing their children or job cannot. www.tucsonweekly.com /gbase/opinion/Content?oid=oid:46086   (1295 words)

HRC | Coming Out as a Straight Ally A straight ally is someone who is not gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (GLBT) but personally advocates for GLBT equal rights and fair treatment. Straight allies are some of the most effective and powerful advocates for the GLBT movement. These allies have proven invaluable personally and politically, and are increasingly important in the fight for GLBT equality. www.hrc.org /Content/NavigationMenu/Coming_Out/Get_Informed4/Straight_Allies/Coming_Out_as_a_Straight_Ally2.htm   (158 words)

New York Blade Online Straight allies recognize the parallels between the issues behind marriage and the fl civil-rights struggle of the ‘60s. Today, gay and straight alike are outraged by another same demeaning marginalization that relegates the gay community to second-class status. There are straight allies eager to join them: parents, families, friends, co-workers, neighbors, clergy, teachers and legislators. www.nyblade.com /print.cfm?content_id=1300   (619 words)

LGBTA of VT - Resources for Straight Allies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) While we're not officially given a letter in the name, straight allies play a crucial role in supporting their LGBT brothers and sisters — both here on campus and in the broader community. Allies are the crucial link that can change American culture for the better, so your support is crucial to achieving equality for gay and lesbian Americans. Personal accounts, essays, and testimony of PFLAG members, friends, and allies — "Just as I marveled over him in the moment of his physical birth twenty years before, in receiving an answer from God I could rejoice in 'giving birth' to an understanding of who he truly is and what he may become. www.lgbta.org.vt.edu /allies.html   (755 words)

Gay-Straight Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gay-straight alliances are student organizations, found primarily in American high schools and universities, that are intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth and their straight allies (LGBTA). Most, if not all, Gay Straight Alliances are aimed at making schools a safe place for all students, no matter their sexual orientation or identity. In actuality most GSAs find that straight allies compose the majority of their membership. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gay-Straight_Alliance   (447 words)

Reader opinion - Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1997 There has been incorrect likening of STRAIGHT to the group Allies; however, there is a distinct difference between STRAIGHT and Allies. Allies supports the lesbian, gay and bisexual community's sexual behavior and STRAIGHT does not. If for any reason STRAIGHT is denied recognition by the University, we will not just go away, because the University will essentially be saying that upon admission to Penn State you must endorse homosexuality. www.collegian.psu.edu /archive/1997/01/01-21-97tdc/01-21-97d07-002.htm   (1022 words)

Allies upholds Catholic teachings - Mountain Echo - Forum Allies is a Mount student club for lesbian, gay, and bisexual students and their straight allies. Allies exists as a response to this call for "understanding and pastoral care." Allies' charter as a student club received approval from the Board of Trustees in 1999, is housed within Campus Ministry, and functions within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, with a Catholic priest as its club moderator. Allies also works to uphold the mission of Mount Saint Mary's University, in particular affirming "the values and beliefs central to the Catholic vision of the person and society." That vision is that all people are beloved children made in the image of God (Gen 1:26-27). www.themountainecho.com /news/2005/02/16/Forum/Allies.Upholds.Catholic.Teachings-866260.shtml   (450 words)

The Stanford Daily Online Edition Straight allies are an integral part of their organization and goals, Evans said. Evans said he feels that this year the gay community is being treated very well, but that another important issue is how the straight allies are being treated and what kind of support straight allies have access to. Besides organizing the “I Support Straight Allies” campaign, the group is in the process of creating a speaker’s panel featuring straight allies and creating an online “I Support Queer Rights” petition, which will be on their Web site at www.stanford.edu/group/qsspa. www-daily.stanford.edu /tempo?page=content&id=6884&repository=0001_article   (643 words)

LGBT Coop should welcome straight allies | Apr 10, 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) I've talked to some straight friends who say their only worry about joining such a group would be that others might think they were gay. There are endless opportunities for education, for helping straight allies better learn how to create more straight allies. One of the most prevalent is that as a straight woman, I cannot possibly understand what my gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered peers are going through. www.yaleherald.com /archive/xxv/4.10.98/opinion/lgbt.html   (638 words)

Back Issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Lesbians and gays often think of ourselves as beleaguered and alone, but there are legions of straight allies putting themselves on the frontlines every day to fight heterosexism. In this issue, a straight Asian-Indian therapist describes how to be an ally, drawing from her experience as an oppressed minority and as a long-time ally to her queer clients and colleagues. A straight spouse of a gay man tells her painful, but hopeful, story of how their family has dealt with a family member coming out. www.inthefamily.com /april97.html   (147 words)

[No title] This is the foundation on which a vision of inclusion is truly built, a vision which foresees a school that is safe for all students, that uproots all forms of discrimination and oppression. Encourage your allies to view their decision to tackle the issues facing gay and lesbian students as being an indication of their personal courage and compassion, and one more thing they are doing to help all students achieve. The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network (GLSTN) is the largest organization of parents, educators, students and other concerned citizens working to end homophobia in K-12 schools and to ensure that all students are valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation. www.qrd.org /qrd/www/orgs/glstn/working.with.straight.allies   (2149 words)

Keweenaw Pride   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) We are a student group for GLBT people, their straight allies and friends. MTU Safe Place Program is a university-led project to provide straight allies as well as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people with areas around campus that are visibly "safe". Straight Allies are encouraged to come to meetings and get involved in our group, as well as those who are questioning their orientation or gender identity. www.sos.mtu.edu /pride   (494 words)

[Epu-l] straight allies at heart and in action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Most straight people have LGBTQ folks in their lives who they care about, and would like for those people to be able to live with dignity and without fear. Straight people are in a position of power and privilege that they can use to fight homophobia, and most straight people, especially at Earlham, have some personal commitment to peace and justice that compels them to act out against hate. Most straight people at Earlham are smart, loving individuals who don?t enjoy seeing hate messages scribbled on their path. lists.earlham.edu /archive/epu-l/2002-April/msg00015.html   (1118 words)

Straight Allies - tribe.net Are a straight ally for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer community? A straight ally is someone who is not LGBTQ but personally advocates for LGBT equal rights and fair treatment. These allies have proven invaluable personally and politically, and are increasingly important in the fight for LGBT equality. straightallies.tribe.net   (214 words)

QTMagazine.com - Come Out. Speak Out. Vote. - National Coming Out Day is October 11th - "Come Out. Speak Out. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) A straight ally is someone who is not gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, but supports LGBT equal rights and fair treatment. These allies have proven invaluable personally and politically, and are increasingly important in the fight for equality. You don't have to be a parent of a gay child to be a straight ally, however. www.qtmagazine.com /article.cfm?section=11&id=4338   (1202 words)

Your Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) ALLIES is an organization at Assumption College (located in Worcester, MA) for people of all sexual orientations who support gay, bisexual, and lesbian people. We have members who are straight, gay, bisexual and lesbian. ALLIES members are "safe people" to talk to about issues dealing with sexuality. www.assumption.edu /dept/SGA/allies/ALLIESHOME.HTM   (114 words)

Autism Information Library: Identifying, Educating, and Empowering Allies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Allies who seriously ask the question of themselves, whether they are functioning as true allies, probably are. It is easier to find allies among parents of kids whose issues now revolve around access to education, employment that truly leverages their abilities, stable and safe living situations, and so on. Ally voices are particularly important here: the white kids at the lunch counter is what brought the media with their cameras rolling. www.autistics.org /library/allies.html   (3309 words)

Southern Voice Online Some straight allies recognize the parallels between the issues behind marriage and the African-American struggle for civil rights. TODAY, GAY AND straight alike are outraged by another demeaning marginalization that relegates lesbian and gay Americans to second-class status. There are straight allies eager to join you: parents, families, friends, co-workers, neighbors, clergy, teachers and legislators. www.sovo.com /print.cfm?content_id=1899   (625 words)

Straight, Not Narrow What my straight friends refused to understand was that my fight was also a fight against the right. I got tired of hearing straight progressives call the struggle for my civil rights "identity politics" when the truth was that their own identity as members of the heterosexual majority was being mustered and manipulated to drive American politics to the right. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, straight progressives are organizing a massive campaign against the reactionary effort to overturn the state supreme court's decision that gay people have the same rights as straight people when it comes to marriage. www.thenation.com /doc/20040531/scagliotti   (1282 words)

Silence aims to build LGBT awareness - Feature Many straight allies of the LGBT community across the country participate in the protest, yet only a few have expressed an interest in SU's events, said Jennifer Spinner, sophomore public policy and women's studies major. These allies, however, are crucial in helping to win gay rights and recognition, said Adrea L. Jaehnig, director of the LGBT Center. Stereotypes of the gay and lesbian community carry over to the straight community, such as when peers harass a boy with feminine mannerisms because they perceive his behavior as a sign of being gay, Jaehnig said. www.dailyorange.com /news/2004/04/21/Feature/Silence.Aims.To.Build.Lgbt.Awareness-666408.shtml   (499 words)

Feedback   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) I'm tired of working on planning events for local and national conferences of the Gay Lesbian Straight Teachers Network only to be told that I can't attend because I'm straight. In order for straight allies to be more successful, we need your support. Recently at an Institute for Straight Allies at the GLSTN National Conference in Utah, I sat in a room with 20 other straight people who asked, "What can we do to help?" We want to help. www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/1in10/97/05/FEEDBACK.html   (688 words)

Allys Home Page Of Allys - Iu's Straight Allies To The Glbt Community University. Allys. We Are A Grou   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) We are a group of straight allies of the GLBT community in Bloomington, Indiana Hi everyone!! Allys International is a 100% export oriented unit of the Allys Group based at Kanpur, the industrial metropolis of Northern India. Allys is a group of straight supporters of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people. www.99hosted.com /names150.html   (375 words)

CNN.com - Gay-straight clubs growing in schools - April 1, 2002 But its gay students -- and their straight allies -- are pleased to have a club of their own, a weekly forum to share worries, frustrations and laughs. For Michael Burgess, a sophomore who co-founded the club with some friends in the fall of 2000, it was partly an act of self-protection. She said anti-gay sentiment can be damaging even to straight students. archives.cnn.com /2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/04/01/gay.straight.alliances.ap   (1295 words)

Project Spectrum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) The group name, Spectrum, is the moniker of the Gay/ Straight Alliance founded by three straight allies in the summer of 1998. Tired of hearing anti-gay epithets and appalled at the apathetic and unresponsive school climate, the students decided to start a group that would confront the hatred and bigotry, and promote tolerance. This trailblazing group is compromised of approximately 75% straight allies. www.projectspectrum.org   (351 words)

The UCC Coalition Open Letter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) These allies used their status as highly respected civil rights leaders to support the assertion that marriage is a “basic human right.” What have we given back to our allies of color on issues of importance in their contemporary struggles? White straight folks are more likely to have an lgbt person within their near/distant family than they are to intimately know a person of color. Rather than encouraging white/straight allies in a ‘taking care of their own’ type of alliance, expect and ask them to use the understanding of how ‘privilege’ works to expand on issues of race, class, and gender privilege, as well. www.ucccoalition.org /Issues/Marriage/OpenLetter.html   (4456 words)

University of Dayton Women's Center Becoming an ally means that "straight" individuals, who already have full civil rights, accept responsibility for speaking out so that others can obtain those same rights. Straight allies can be powerful advocates for the GLBT community. You can become a straight ally by proclaiming your desire for social justice with the confidence to speak for equal rights and against hate speech and crime. womenscenter.udayton.edu /news   (1800 words)

Independent Gay Forum: O'Connell, Sue. 'Why the Pride Parade Matters.' A great number of gays and lesbians stay home rather than attend Pride celebrations, and yet many of our straight allies and supporters make a point of being there. Luckily for the gay community, we are seeing an increase in the attendance and participation of our allies and supporters from the non-gay community. Just because some of us may not feel the sting of discrimination or experience the drive to belong as strongly as we did in the days of our "just out" gayness, there is an entire community of people out there who are changed for the better by Pride, and by our celebration of unity. www.indegayforum.org /authors/oconnell/oconnell1.html   (556 words)

SGN Page 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) "Straight Allies" are speaking out on behalf of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) issues through Washington-based Pride Foundation. The Pride Foundation, a funder for LGBT community organizations and students in the Pacific Northwest, is putting a new twist on National Coming Out Day this year by asking straight people to stand up and speak out in support of LGBT equality. The campaign, entitled "Equality is for Everyone," creates a way for straight allies to publicly show their support for LGBT issues. 216.197.101.64 /sgnnews40/page4.cfm   (373 words)

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