The Ridiculous Notion of Gay Privilege

[NicholeW.]

The Ridiculous Notion of Gay Privilege
Filed by: Sara Whitman
May 1, 2008 2:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/05/the_ridiculous_notion_of_gay_privilege.php

It's old, as in May, but possibly needs re-reading. Sara Whitman has a remarkable intelligence and insight.

How do we push hard against someone else, make someone smaller, less than in order to feel our privilege?

ENDA, of course, comes to mind first. The ridiculous notion of Gay and Lesbian privilege plays out in national politics, with some of our leaders saying it's too difficult to include transgender in the language. They made a division between transgender and the rest of the alphabet soup.

We divide ourselves, like the people of New Orleans. The "normal" queers can have rights but let's be sure those people can't move in on our rights. Our agenda.

That's too much.