Racism in the LGBT community

Racism is a concern in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. Racism against members of any race, ethnicity or nationality can occur and may include discrimination and bigotry.

In the United States, ethnic minority LGBT individuals may find themselves in a double minority, in which they are neither fully accepted nor understood by mainly white LGBT communities, nor are they accepted by their own ethnic group. Many people experience racism in the dominant LGBT community in which racial stereotypes merge with gender stereotypes; for example, Asian-American LGBTs are viewed as more passive and feminine, while African-American LGBTs are viewed as more masculine and aggressive. A number of culturally specific support networks for LGBT people are active in the U.S.; for example, "Ô-Môi" is a support network for Vietnamese-American queer females.

According to Warren Hoffman in writing for the Huffington Post, antisemitism is experienced by Jewish LGBT people on both racial and religious grounds, as well as racism against gay people of color, misogyny and transphobia.

The short-lived National Socialist League of the United States limited its membership to gay Aryans. The documentary Men Heroes and Gay Nazis addressed the phenomenon of gay neo-Nazis in Germany.Michael Kühnen and Nicky Crane were notorious gay neo-Nazis.

According to the Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures, lesbian feminist organizations do not discuss antisemitism when discussing the fighting of oppression because they believe it no longer exists or is not as important as racism or homophobia. Some lesbian feminists have accused Jews of being "killers of the Goddess" because they believe the god of Israel is male or androgynous. Jews are also often blamed for patriarchy. Some sexual roleplays done by gays and lesbians play out Nazi/Jew fetishes in a sado-masochistic fashion and Jewish lesbians are often invisible in the lesbian community. Some lesbians wear swastikas both during and outside their sex lives in attempts to transform the symbol or ignore the impact it has on the Jewish community.

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