Sylvia's Place is a wonderful shelter that takes in for emergency over night stays, LGBT teens. It provides a safe and warm environment for people who need a place to stay. They also include food and a staff willing to listen and offer advice and services for people who need help.
Heterosexist oppression is a dangerous view because it can seriously cause harm to many different people. In Queer Streets it shows homeless LGBT teenagers and adults that were driven to the streets, drugs, prostitution and other dangerous situations because of their sexual orientation or gender change. If we as a society were more accepting than many people would not be driven to doing certain things. Heterosexist oppression is a serious problem. "Don't Ask Don't Tell" separates homosexuals from heterosexuals and in my opinion shouldn't be. Civil Rights means everyone has rights, but in some places gay marriage is not even allowed. This is cutting out an entire population of people, they don't have the same rights as heterosexuals. If you are homosexual you aren't allowed to donate blood. I find this appalling, who cares about someones sexuality? One of my good friends who is homosexual donated blood and his bone marrow also matched up perfectly to someone who was dying. When they found out he was homosexual they rejected his bone marrow and he wasn't allowed to donate it. Someone's life could have been saved, but because of heterosexist oppression, he was unable to help.
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