Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 19:30:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: BOY TOY II <SKH9118@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu>
Subject: An interesting fact sheet I wrote

I Have Heterosexual Privilege If...
 by Ken Hirschmann

1.  I can if I wish arrange to be in the company of people of my sexuality most
of the time.

2.  I can if I wish expose my sexuality as a member of the armed services
without fear of dischargement.

3.  If I should need to move, I can be pretty sure that my neighbors in such a
location will be neutral or pleasant to me.

4.  I can be sure I will not be denied the right to marry whomever I choose to.

5.  I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see
people of my sexuality widely represented.

6.  When I am told about our national heritage or about "civilization,"  I am
shown that people of my sexuality made it what it is.

7.  I can be pretty sure that I can adopt children.

8.  If I want to, I can be pretty sure of finding a publisher for this piece on
heterosexual privilege.

9.  I can be sure that children will be given curricular materials that testify
to the existence of my sexuality.

10.  I can be sure I will not be denied insurance, employment or credit due to
my sexuality.

11.  I can arrange to protect my children most of the time from people who
might not like them.

12.  I do not have closet anxiety.

13.  I can publicly display affection to my loved one without fear of
harrassment or attack.

14.  I am honestly portrayed in the media.

15.  I am never asked to speak for all the people of my sexuality.

16.  I can remain oblivious of the culture and customs of homosexuals and
bisexuals without feeling in my culture any penalty for such oblivion.

17.  I can remain oblivious to the culture and customs of homosexuals and
bisexuals and be congratulated by my culture for such oblivion.

18.  I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to "the person in charge,"  I
will be facing a person of my sexuality.

19.  I needn't hide my sexuality in certain situations for personal safety.

20.  I can leave a nightclub consisting mostly of people of my sexuality
knowing I will not get harrassed or attacked for my sexuality.

21.  I can go home from most meetings of organizations I belong to feeling
somewhat tied in, rather than isolated, out-of-place, outnumbered, unheard,
held at a distance, or feared.

22.  I can tell my sexuality to someone without fear of negative consequences.

23.  I need not fear financial and emotional truncation from my family simply
due to my sexuality.

24.  I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my sexuality will not
work against me.

25.  If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative
episode or situation whether it has sexuality overtones.

26.  I can be pretty sure postings like this and chalkings will not be removed
solely for their content.

March 6th, 1994

                                        -Ken (Boy Toy II)

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Ken Hirschmann (Boy Toy II)    #####    "If the Pope wants to see me, he can
SKH9118@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu   ###      buy tickets like everybody else."
Oberlin College                  #                              -Madonna
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