#6 - The Human Rights Campaign

Heteros with Supportive Hetero Syndrome (SHS) LOVE the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). They receive HRC emails, respond to each request to write legislators, and pass them on to all of their friends with SHS, or even their gay friends. Some of these heteros are even so bold as to become members and "join" the HRC, because they are just that gay friendly. The shiny blue sticker with the bold yellow stripes is neatly placed on their rear bumper, since it shows those that are "in the know" that they support homos (and those silly rainbow ribbons are so pre-prop-eight!).

These heteros also assume that all homos are HRC members, since HRC is the homo organization that everyone is a part of. I mean, what homos or supportive heteros wouldn't be a part of an organization that works for human rights?

When these heteros meet homos that do not support the HRC (goddess forbid!), they are shocked! It just can't be true that the HRC panders to corporate interests, privileges same-sex marriage over more life-threatening issues (such as LGBTQ youth homelessness), and discriminates against transgender people, non-heteronormative families, people of color, the disabled community, the homeless, and the poor homos. These heteros usually assume that the homos divulging this information must have some bad sources. I mean, they are the "Human Rights" Campaign, right? HRC-lovin' heteros usually respond to this new awareness with a gulp, and then silence - they don't want their homo friend(s) to think that they might not be a supportive hetero afterall. Instead, they just act engrossed in the conversation, nodding their heads in agreement.

In the end, these heteros continue to support the HRC, since, afterall, the HRC is the premiere LGBT "human rights" organization, and they help bring rights to all the homos of the land! What more could any SHS hetero want?