Words from Our Allies

Many straight allies submitted entries to Blogging for LGBT Families Day, proving once again that LGBT rights is not merely an interest-group issue. (Unless, of course, you count all those in favor of equality an interest group.) Here are some extracts:

“I am a heterosexual, ten-years-married mother of two who cannot understand how anyone’s loving, committed relationship could be in any way a threat to my family or to families in general.” —RedMolly Picayune Democrat

“Now you might ask why would a straight woman care about lesbian and gay families. Because an attack on any type of family is an attack on all families. Including mine. I’ve found that g&l families tend to be excellent families. Maybe because they have to fight for being recognized as a family, they take it more seriously.” —One Odd Goose

“As a straight, married female, I take a lot for granted. No, I don’t have kids, no, I don’t want them, but that’s my choice. It hurts my heart to see people who want children be denied them because of such a stupid reason. I raise my glass to the families who face all odds to just love each other.” —Vamprayne

“The two things I see my heterosexual self doing that are beneficial are a) speaking up when I hear someone making homophobic comments and b) voting. One other thing I work hard at doing is erasing the default questions and answers.” —Cheaper Than Therapy

“From my perspective, which is that of a functionally heterosexual woman. . . . what I see happening is a lot of bullshit. I see amazing women building great families, with or without children, and not having those families recognized in most basic ways by the state. I see these women having to fight, litigate, and make awful choices just to get the recognition that those of us who are not in same-sex partnerships take for granted. And it really, really sucks.” —What If No One’s Watching?

“I absolutely adore all of my two-mama-family friends, and I vote, dammit!” —Katebug31