The third social justice competency assert that counselors should maintain an ongoing awareness of how they, in their positions of power and privilege, may inadvertently perpetuate experiences of oppression and marginalization across various systems (i.e., in their work with clients, while consulting with community organizations). The previously described scenario is one example of how a group facilitator who is unaware of his privileged social location as a straight male may cause more harm than good for a gay group member. By pathologizing the client for being afraid to engage in the group process, the group facilitator is simply reinforcing social messages that portray LGBT individuals as fundamentally deviant or flawed. The actions of the facilitator also reflect U.S. society’s covert heterosexist narrative that LGBT individuals could overcome their marginalized status if they just put more effort into educating and interacting with straights. Group facilitators who are actively engaged in critically examining their professional behaviors are less likely to replicate the oppressive social conditions that are experienced by their clients from marginalized groups.