knowhomo:

How To Be An Ally 101

Educate Yourself

• Read LGBT literature and history.
• Read newspapers or journals that feature LGBT news/issues.
• Go through a whole day imagining yourself to be LGBT and see what campus is like.
• Attend LGBT speakers, films, workshops, and cultural events.
• Attend a meeting of one of the LGTBA groups on campus
• Listen to and learn from LGBT people

Model Non-Heterosexist or Homophobic Behavior and Attitudes

• Take pride in your same-sex friendships.
• Use inclusive language like “partner” or “date” rather than “boyfriend/girlfriend” or “wife/husband.”
• Make friends with and get close to LGBT people.
• Show affection for people of all genders in public.
• Don’t make assumptions about others’ sexual orientation.
• Don’t assume that being LGBT is just about being sexual.
• Don’t assume LGBT people don’t have, like, or want children.
• Keep information you have about others’ sexual orientation confidential.

Take a Public Stand

• Wear a button such as “I support gay rights” or “How dare you presume I’m heterosexual”
• Attend a rally or march supporting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people
• Write a letter to the school paper
• Sign a petition supporting gay rights
• Promote gay, lesbian, and bisexual non-discrimination policies and domestic partnership benefits
• Campaign to pass a federal gay rights bill
• Join an organization that promotes gay rights
• Form a support/activist group for heterosexual allies
• Organize to get more resources on campus such as: a program for GLB Concerns, lesbian and gay studies courses/program, pro-lesbian/gay counselors, gay, lesbian and bisexual speakers, cultural events, gay, lesbian, and bisexual books and films in the library, etc.

(Taken from - Ohio University’s Ally Guide http://www.ohio.edu/lgbt/resources/ally.cfm)

(via projectqueer)

• 11 months ago

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    I have a problem...obvious reasons.

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    ^^ I believe I reblogged this earlier, but… Allyship is very problematic, or at least the way that it’s talked about it...

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    ah yes, for sure! I guess when I see LGBT I just add the QIA. luckily the PRIDE organization at my school is pretty good...

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    also throw in some T & Q stuff, cuz this post totally ignored that… (what else is new). i’m really ashamed i missed it...

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    Agreeing with all of this, including the missing-T comments. So if transmen are taking T, are they cannibals?

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