We often hear the term white privilege penned but is there such a thing as Heterosexual privilege? One could argue that white people live a different realm and are blind at the notion of grasping racial prejudice. Can the same be said about Straight-privilege? Tim Cook just officially came out and many straights dismiss this as "oh ok.. whatever." Why is this? It seems that many str8 people are confused at the notion of celebrating a gay public figure's coming out.


Examples of Sr8 privilege

• Public recognition and support for an intimate relationship (e.g., congratulations for an engagement).
  
• Expressing affection in most social situations and not expecting hostile or violent reactions from others.
  
• Living with your partner and doing so openly. Expressing pain when a relationship ends from death or separation and receiving support from others.
  
• Receiving social acceptance by neighbors, colleagues, and good friends. Learning about romance and relationships from fiction movies and television.
  
• Having positive and accurate media images of people with whom you can identify.
  
• Expecting to be around others of your sexuality most of the time.
  
• Not worrying about being the only one of your sexuality in a class, on a job, or in a social situation.
  
• Talking openly about your relationship, vacations, and family planning you and your lover/partner are doing.

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Yes, I am privileged, because I am straight.

No. There is no such thing as privilege like damn

No, because sexuality isn't a characteristic that can't masked like race, sex/gender, etc.

yes they can get married.

Well yes, obviously. This isn't a question.

Of course.

yes there is.

they can donate blood and go to heaven

It's an excuse for lazy people.

Yes, they can get married everywhere and their kisses are broadcast everywhere on TV and they're called normal

It does exist tho.
Like I don't have to deal with being called a f*ggot, for just walking down the street, like you might have to.

I don't want to hear it from people that are uneducated. It is made up by "oppressed" groups who hate whatever type of "privilege" it is. I say get over it and accept the fact that people are complaining little cry babies who need someone to blame. And also, people only know you are gay if you walk around flamboyantly, flaming, or walk down the street singing Britney Spears. I say gays should stop trying to show off because nobody. freaking. cares. FYI that is why you see gays getting beat up and you know it.

Well no. I don't care if you are gay straight or bi. You are all just people. I don't see sexuality. Stop playing the gay card. Owner of Apple is gay and he's like the richest person alive. There's is nothing stopping you from happiness and success.

Said by someone privileged. Stop being so naive.

This become big of a deal because homosexuality is still not fully embraced and accepted by our society, when our society still thinks homosexuality is not normal it will always be a big of a deal when someone is coming out. Why? because people still don't understand it, and most people will question things that they don't understand. I understand that you're straight no big deal, end of discussion!... but being homosexual why? This is more of realization that homosexual are like straight people too... and once this become not an issue you wont see anyone coming out of closet... hell probably no need to even come out because everyone knew already.

Fair point. It's not like only gays are bullied, beaten, ostracised and suicidal because of their sexuality. Straight people get harassed to. The victim mentality is too much. Gays are treated equally in society. I don't see sexuality