If the gay community bans or criticizes a gay organization for political purposes that does not make the discriminated against organization less gay  NAMBLA was formed by gays for the purpose of gay liberation to fight mistreatment of gays  All its original founders and celebrity supporters were gay icons  Until the right wing decided to use NAMBLA to target the gay community and gays decided that gay rights wouldnt happen with NAMBLA attached to their movement NAMBLA marched in gay pride parades and belonged to many gay unbrella organizations  Gays do not get to cherry pick those parts of gay history which they think will pacify their critics and retroactively declare some of their former activities nongay  That would be like the NAACP declaring Jesse Jacksons Rainbow Coalition to not be a part of the Negro community