Talk:Straight ally
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[edit] Globalize tag
Can we make this article a bit less US-biased? Out of 13 "prominent examples" of straight allies, all but one (Theron) are American. This is an international encyclopedia, not a US one. (Why haven't I edited myself? Because I don't know enough to do so... but someone must.) 81.158.1.214 04:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- I added Brits Richard Dawkins and Jonathan Miller, and Aussie Kerry Nettle. It's still American-heavy though, so I'm leaving the tag in place. — coelacan talk — 20:53, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Hi there. I just would like to comment that the reason the list is so US-centric may be due to the fact that the issue is rarely as polarizing elsewhere. In Britain, whilst there are of course homophobes in positions of power and influence there are a great number of politicians who could be defined as "straight allies" and yet this is not a particularly remarkable thing about them. Certainly in Sweden one could argue that the vast majority of politicians and public figures (Carola excepted of course :) ) are archetypal straight allies, however, the situation in this country (and many others) is such that this isn't especially noteworthy and thus it is difficult to assign any one individual as being this without including them all. Maybe this article could be improved by defining the concept of "straight allies" as being precipitated by societies with lesser rather than greater tolerance of homosexuality due to the fact that such individuals stand out more. Alternatively, just tell me to mind my own business. Thanks for listening.Intesvensk 22:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mary Bono
I'm removing Mary Bono, because:
- In 1999, she voted in favor of the Largent amendment,[1] to ban adoption by same-sex couples in Washington, DC.[2]
That's not the action of an ally. There's probably another Republican who can honestly go on this list, but I do not know of one. Any suggestions? — coelacan talk — 20:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Examples
Should the people who are examples of straight allies be people who have defined themselves as straight allies (or something similar)? Rather than a list of people who's statements and actions we judge to be those of a straight ally? abexy 18:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
