The Gay Mafia and Velvet Mafia are pejorative terms for the amalgamation of gay rights groups in politics and the media. The "Gay Mafia" and "Velvet Mafia" are typically associated with the upper echelons of the fashion and entertainment industries, and the terms are also used humorously by gay people themselves. The term was widely used in the 1980s and 1990s, and could often be seen in the pages of the New York Post. The term was also used by the British newspaper, The Sun, in 1998 in response to what it claimed was an over-representation of gay people in the Labour British Cabinet. "Lavender Mafia" refers to the perceived homosexual elements within the Catholic church. In Britain, LGBT people associate Gay mafia with the Pink pound, and the business interests associated with the commercialisation of the gay sub-culture in major urban areas.
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