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Post by rebecca on Sept 29, 2013 20:26:08 GMT
I'M SO MAD THAT ALLY WEEK IS THE SAME WEEK AS ASEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK
AND IT'S SO IRONIC, BUT IN A SAD WAY
BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS OVERSHADOWED BY ALLIES
(Also why do allies need their own week?? Isn't every week basically ally week?)
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Post by ayamccabre on Oct 1, 2013 1:45:36 GMT
The sort of allies who want their own week are the sort of allies who make everything worse for the groups they try to "help". Typical that they'd see an awareness week starting with A and think it must be theirs.
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Post by rebecca on Oct 1, 2013 2:52:27 GMT
That's exactly the problem with this! I sent an email to GLSEN (they organized Ally Week) and I'll see if anything comes of it.
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Post by demigray on Oct 1, 2013 5:40:24 GMT
Really, the irony is amazing. We need awareness so that stuff like this doesn't happen... Yet it happened right on top of awareness week. I'm sure they didn't mean any harm but I don't really see the point in ally week either.
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Post by rebecca on Oct 1, 2013 16:13:01 GMT
Yeah, hopefully they'll write back to my email and reschedule it for next year because it's probably too late to make any changes for thi year. I also asked them to include information about asexuality on their website, as there is truly nothing and that's awfully sad. I wish they didn't stomp all over our attempts for visibility and awareness in favor of allies.
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Post by rebecca on Oct 1, 2013 16:20:19 GMT
Also, I just sent an email to GLSEN's executive director! That might do something but who knows??? At least I'm trying.  |
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Post by demigray on Oct 1, 2013 16:40:54 GMT
The more people who write letters, the better. Perhaps someone could write a form letter that people can send.
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Post by rebecca on Oct 1, 2013 16:44:53 GMT
Yeah, if anybody else wants to write emails, that would be great. The executive director's email is ebyard@glsen.org. The official email they give on their site apparently redirects to somebody who no longer works at GLSEN, but he wrote back and said to write to cberedjick@glsen.org. Maybe they'l lactually do something if they get some (politely worded!) complaints. They need to realize why what they're doing is a problem.
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Post by HarleyTwin on Oct 11, 2013 13:30:04 GMT
I too, am a little annoyed at the coinciding weeks. However, I did see that "Ally Week" was decided long before Asexual Awareness Week was allocated to the same week. An unfortunate double-booking with irony as a side-dish, I think.
But you're right. Allies shouldn't need a week. If they need a week to express their support, then they're not even real Allies as far as I'm concerned. I don't need to participate in an Ally Week in order to let others know I'm an ally. Most people that know me already are CLEARLY aware of my support for the group as a whole. My first boyfriend who I'm still in touch with is a LGBT member, his sister too, and even my own brother. I don't need a week to brag about supporting them to make myself look important. I'm for their rights...not focus on me. I think that's where Allies who are participating in this, are getting it all confused. They're taking the focus off the people they supposedly support, and putting it on themselves. Which is very counter-productive...and extremely rude.
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Post by rebecca on Oct 11, 2013 15:36:42 GMT
And I really hate how this is probably gonna be a big thing and how Ally Week is planned by a big LGBT organization (it seems they don't know anything if they really plan on doing this) but at least nobody I know will be participating in Ally Week.
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Post by HarleyTwin on Oct 11, 2013 16:21:37 GMT
No, I don't know anyone personally who's having anything to do with it either - so I guess that's a plus? Lol.
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