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Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Homosexual groups pursue minorities

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RICHMOND -- Dyana Mason, the executive director of Equality Virginia, begins each summer with two road trips: one to the District for the black homosexual-pride celebration in May, and a second to its predominantly white June counterpart, Capital Pride.

Through the fall, similar celebrations will unfold in major cities across the nation, underscoring a racial rift that some say splinters homosexual America.

National homosexual groups are responding with marketing campaigns and old-fashioned schmoozing to win over minority homosexuals -- who argue white activists want their votes on national issues, but rarely include poverty, racism and other minority concerns on their agendas.

"We have this rainbow of unity -- 'We're all in it together,'" said Earl Fowlkes, president of the International Federation of Black Prides. "Truth be told, it's not that way."

His group represents more than 23 annual black-pride celebrations drawing thousands of black homosexuals to cities such as New York, Chicago and Atlanta. Such culture-specific celebrations are on the rise as the face of homosexual America shifts from the white-male stereotype.

Roughly 4 million homosexual adults live in the U.S., according to the Gay and Lesbian Atlas, compiled by the Urban Institute in the District. Among them are large groups of Hispanics and blacks. In Los Angeles, for example, the atlas says Hispanics lead 32 percent of all same-sex households.

Black homosexuals are primarily in the South, heading more than one-quarter of homosexual households in New Orleans and in all of Mississippi, at least statistically.

The numbers say minorities are just as prevalent as whites. So, why then do their faces number so few at national homosexual-rights events?

In 2000, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) set out to answer that question. Officials surveyed leaders in several communities of color across the country.

"Their perceptions of us were rich, white, male elitist organization with low investment in issues facing the multicultural community," said Donna Payne, senior diversity organizer with the District-based HRC, the nation's largest homosexual-rights advocacy organization.

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