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Support in all colors.


Are communities of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed.

See also: Color
 uniformly opposed to marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples? That's what a growing number of antigay religious leaders would have you believe.

But it's not the reality, says a new coalition of gay rights groups, and they're working to counter that message. "It is important that people see this for what it is." a half-baked myth," said Kevin Cathcart, executive director for the gay rights group Lambda Legal Lambda Legal (Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund) is a United States civil rights organization that focuses on gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. .

Lambda Legal, along with the National Black Justice Coalition, Asian Equality, the National Latina/o Coalition for Justice, and Freedom to Marry has launched an initiative to raise the profile of pro-gay people of color Noun 1. people of color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
people of colour, colour, color

race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important
. The campaign includes online banner ads A graphic image used on Web sites to advertise a product or service. Banner ads come in numerous sizes, but are often rectangles 460 pixels wide by 60 pixels high. Also 460 x 55 and 392 x 72 sizes are commonly used.  featuring various people of color, each wearing a T-shirt that reads MARRIAGE EQUALITY MATTERS.
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Title Annotation:gay community support
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 28, 2006
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