Racism Within The Gay Community?

Jamez Smith, a gay black man, says racism is alive in the Twin Cities' gay community
He accuses local gay bars of singling him out for harassment because of his race.
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Racism in the LGBT community is racial prejudice within lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. LGBT communities span all ethnicities, races, and cultures, and often these communities are a mixture of other cultures newly defined by sexual orientation and gender identity.

Racial tolerance and diversity, especially in a community which already receives discrimination from homophobia, is seen as an important issue within these communities themselves. Some feel the diversity of LGBT communities, in many cases forcing members to collaborate with people they may otherwise not work with, has strengthened these communities as a whole.
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I have always known since becoming more involved in LGBT issues that there was an underlying racism and elitism existing within LGBT activism and the community itself. I say this because I'm born and raised in Atlanta, GA which is within the traditional Rural South of the USA (The Good Ole Confederate states), and based on the images and presentation shown in the Media about LGBT life, which is mostly European-Caucasian based images.
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On December 6,2006 the third episode of MTV's The Real World Denver aired. This season, like many prior seasons of the Real World, uncovered a seldom discussed topics in America. This episode internationally exposed gay racism.
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Keith Boykin has been double marginalized.

The black New York Times best-selling author, host of Black Entertainment Television’s “My Two Cents” and editor of The Daily Voice, has reported on cases of racism in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
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