How is heteronormativity a threat to wellbeing?

This position holds that heteronormativity harms everyone. It argues that treating heterosexuality as the default leaves people out of touch with their own desires, enforces rigid gender roles in relationships, and forces anyone not straight into the repeated burden of 'coming out'.

This position holds that heteronormativity is normal rather than harmful. Its argument is that surveys consistently find around nine in ten adults identify as heterosexual, and that social norms naturally form around such statistical regularities, making heterosexual assumptions an expected default.