My view on monosexual privilege the same as my view on the intersection of cis and male privileges.

As a woman, I am oppressed because of my gender. As a cis person, I am privileged because of my gender. That’s not oxymoronic or illogical, because cis and male privilege operate on similar but different planes. In this way, all men (cis and trans alike) can oppress me for being a woman, but I am also capable of oppressing all trans people because I’m cis.



If we apply that to monosexuality, we know that lesbian women and gay men are privileged for being mono and oppressed for being gay. Saying they’re privileged for being gay is as misleading as saying I’m privileged for being a woman, and it completely oversimplifies the issue. They can oppress multi-attraction spectrum people whilst being similarly oppressed for their own sexuality, and this privilege/oppression ‘dichotomy’ doesn’t actually exist. It’s simply a misunderstanding of intersectionality. This doesn’t at all mean they’re our Oppressors™ - cishets are the people who created these systems - but they can be complicit in maintaining them against us.