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Velvet Mafia

n. an elite group of homosexuals. Subjects: , ,
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Citations: 1990 [Joseph Francis] Usenet: soc.motss (Dec. 15) “Velvet Mafia Re: Arsenio/Gay blowup—12/14/90”: I remember an argument about Sam Kinison, and Andrew Dice Clay, on this board a while back. I don’t know if people know it, but their backers…are on the official hollywood “closet” list.… Also known as the “Velvet Mafia,” I believe. 1993 Roger Franklin Sunday Age (Australia) (Nov. 21) “The Tell-all Book That Rapidly Went Out Of Fashion” p. 5: It’s a shadowy group of media and entertainment tycoons that author Churcher refers to as “the Velvet Mafia and the male-bonding set.” 2006 Jill Stanek WorldNetDaily (Nov. 15) “Republican Party + homosexuals = anti-life”: But the homosexual lobby focuses us on the “hard cases”—children (who have incidentally contracted AIDS from parents involved in drug needle use or aberrant sex)—to legitimize all. If indeed there is a GOP Velvet Mafia, as they are called, in Washington, they are assuredly working against the pro-life movement.
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