Be Gay, Do Crime at Nehawk Cema | Screen Slate

Contents:

• BE GAY, DO CRIME
• THE SHORT BUT FASCATG HISTORY OF “BE GAY, DO CRIM”
• BE GAY, DO CRIM: YA MYSTERY/THRILLERS STARRG LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS
• 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

BE GAY, DO CRIME

Featurg films om The Wachowski Sisters, John Waters, Todd Hayn, G Van Sant and Lizzie Born, among others, this clive slate of Queer classics and newer disveri has somethg gay and fun for everyone! This June, Nehawk Cema Brooklyn tak s LGBTQ+ Programmg to the next level wh the new "Be Gay, Do Crime" a seri. Ah, y: “Be Gay, Do Crim, ” the rallyg cry of a generatn.

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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.

THE SHORT BUT FASCATG HISTORY OF “BE GAY, DO CRIM”

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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. Be Gay [Do Crime] Productns is a fislly sponsored project of New Sun Risg, a 501(c)(3) anizatn based Ptsburgh, Pennsylvania.

BE GAY, DO CRIM: YA MYSTERY/THRILLERS STARRG LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS

Instagram/Facebook:@begaydocrimepgh. For Rav Mykg, whose bety ed the pastor of a homophobic megachurch to oth at the mouth and clare the arrival of wolv to hunt his sheep, and ed the sheep to fall to the ground, speakg tongu and prayg for their absent god.

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

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.

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!

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

Rist the impulse for homogeney. The slogan “Be gay, do crim” might have s origs tongue--cheek tweets and mem, but I thk one of the reasons why stck such a nerve wh dienc is bee anyone who’s queer knows that sometim jt beg yourself is a radil act our society.

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This is an outrageo and fun novel, and if you enjoy then fely pick up Roehrig’s Last Seen Leavg and Whe Rabb, which are two more great mysteri wh gay protagonists. Click to enlarge Photo: Jeremy Burnworth (Photography by Grasshopper Be Gay [Crash the System].