Question of the Day: Gays vs. Blacks?

I have a confession. I love, love, love gay men! They are fly, fun and fashion forward. Basically, they are the best "girlfriend" you can have sans the drama. I recently had a discussion with one of my gay friends where he compared the LGBT struggles to the same struggles as the civil-rights movement. I explained to him that he can assimilate into the general population and no one would be able to point out his sexual-orientation. I cannot go home and take my black face off and replace it with a different colored one. I'm do think there are some similarities between the fight for human rights versus civil rights, but I just don't it as a equal comparison. Discuss....