#5 - Gettin Educated

Heteros love getting educated about homos. In an educational setting, like college, these heteros will take notes feverishly in class, eating up the professor's ever word. If the college course ends up showing a homo related movie, this films then becomes social capital and provides the hetero with something to talk about with their uneducated hetero friends (or becomes a bonus point among their gay friends).

Once educated, heteros with supportive hetero syndrome-subtype: denial-will use this newfound knowledge to justify their positions against rights for homos. An example of this might include, "I took a class and we had gay speakers come in, and therefore I can say that I disagree with gay marriage," or "I saw the movie Hedwig and liked it, and that makes it A-OK that I can call my neighbor a queer."

While educating the heteros about homos does have major benefits, it still remains a symptom of supportive hetero syndrome, and needs to be recognized. Afterall, where would our supportive heteros be if they hadn't been educated about homos in the first place?