BE GAY [DO CRIME]

Contents:

• BE GAY [DO CRIME] TAK DRAG BEYOND THE 21-AND-OVER CROWD
• OP-ED: “BE GAY, DO CRIME,” AND OTHER SH YOU N SAY WHOUT THE UNIVERSY CENSORG YOU
• Q: IOLOGILLY, THE THORS OF THE BOOK "BE GAY DO CRIME" ARE WHAT? A: ___ CROSSWORD CLUE
• BE GAY DO RHYME
• BE GAY DO CRIM
• BE GAY DO CRIME: ON LGBT REPRENTATN DOG DAY AFTERNOON AND THE NEW HOLLYWOOD ERA

BE GAY [DO CRIME] TAK DRAG BEYOND THE 21-AND-OVER CROWD

Ah, y: “Be Gay, Do Crim, ” the rallyg cry of a generatn. This is the first stance of “Be Gay, Do Crim” beg tied to a specific iology.

Soon after, another Twter er (@isislovecft) told a story about two kids jumpg the BART turnstyle and shoutg “be gay, do crim. jt saw two teenage girls hop the bart turnstile and n up the stairs and start makg out and i uldn’t rist the urge to shout BE GAY DO CRIMES and they raised their fists and shouted back STONEWALL WAS A RIOT so i am rmg you that the kids are fact alright. While 2016’s “be gay, do crim” was enough of a statement and of self to ri on shock value, 2018’s “Stonewall was a rt” reprents a new sire to reclaim queer narrativ.

OP-ED: “BE GAY, DO CRIME,” AND OTHER SH YOU N SAY WHOUT THE UNIVERSY CENSORG YOU

Be Gay. #Dive #JohnWaters #Gay #BabsJohnson #PkFlamgos #EatSh #CondoneFirstDegreeMurr #FilthAreMyPolics #FilthIsMyLife #Crime. It was as if the entire culture was uned: gay is good, and crime is part of that.

Beg gay has always volved dog crim: ’s a sad, but ccial part of our history.

Q: IOLOGILLY, THE THORS OF THE BOOK "BE GAY DO CRIME" ARE WHAT? A: ___ CROSSWORD CLUE

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For a we’ve followed , across borrs lguistic and arized, to fd the ras ( a sense alienable om, as Chris Chty argued, the word’s origary homoerotic implitns) who received this same transmissn: queer surrectn.

BE GAY DO RHYME

A sword hangs om her belt and she bears a scroll proclaimg “be gay! We, and the words, have gone to the rners of the world, announcg, as the enzied skeleton above, our magic: Be Gay! Rist the impulse for homogeney.

Click to enlarge Photo: Jeremy Burnworth (Photography by Grasshopper Be Gay [Crash the System]. This clus Be Gay [Do Crime], an 18-pl “drag show ncert” created by llege stunts for llege stunts. Organized by Patrick Mayoral, a sophomore actg major at Pot Park Universy, Be Gay [Do Crime] promis to be an clive show for younger stunts typilly exclud by venu’ 21-pl polici.

BE GAY DO CRIM

“We wanted to format the event to what Be Gay [Do Crime] was meant to be — a ncert seri — and rporate thgs that will help elevate the unique experience of drag, ” Mayoral says. Mayoral says the first Be Gay [Do Crime] started as a “happy accint” June 2022 after a performance slot opened at Thunrbird Mic Hall.

After that first event, Mayoral anized Be Gay [Crash the System], a send drag show at Mr. ”Be Gay [Do Crime].

In a meetg wh me and three other stunts, Davis shared that he has overseen the removal of such statements as “Be Gay, Do Crime” and “No More Masks” om the universy spir rocks bee he do not thk they serve the protectn of the First Amendment. Surely, msagg as cendiary and reprehensible (read as sarstilly as you n mter) as “Be Gay, Do Crime, ” should be fair game for a censor to stomp out. In addn to the humoro meang, lls to “be gay” and “do crime” have a ep and important polil basis.

BE GAY DO CRIME: ON LGBT REPRENTATN DOG DAY AFTERNOON AND THE NEW HOLLYWOOD ERA

2016 ic created by trans activist @bum_lung as part of the popular spread of the “Be Gay, Do Crime” phrase. While the polil msagg associated wh “Be Gay, Do Crime” may have been more opaque, patg “No More Masks” as an exprsn of tratn wh universy maskg polici is about as polil as one n be the current culture. The prent irony is that by censorg the lls to “Be Gay, Do Crime” and others, Davis has vlated his nstutnal obligatn to uphold our rights.