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I was involved in an LGBT club for a bit, doing activism and such. Every person involved who wasn't LGBT was called an ally.

Some people saw allies in a positive light while other saw them as being merely neutral -- "it's the least they can do after oppressing us for so long!"

The "allies are merely neutral" attitude was painful to deal with since it 1.) implied that straight people are bad by default and must prove otherwise and 2.) that straight people can never do enough to gain equal moral footing with LGBT people.

I can see how allies who dealt with that sort of attitude might have felt used.