The film tells the story of how bullied DC teens band together to provi safety numbers and let people know that if you jumped a gay kid DC, you'd likely get jumped back retaliatn.
Contents:
- 'CHECK IT' IS A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AMERI'S ONLY ALL-GAY GANG
- WHY A D.C. GAY GANG TOOK MATTERS INTO ITS OWN HANDS
- AMERI’S ‘ONLY GAY GANG’ IS WASHGTON, AND THE FILMMAKERS WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT IT
- WATCH: AMERI'S ONLY GAY AND TRANS GANG FIGHTS FOR RPECT D.C.
- GAY THUGS WASHGTON DC RAPG MEN
- GAY MEN ARRTED WASHGTON D.C. FOR CISG ‘REMISCENT OF STONEWALL’
- ‘TOWN 2.0’: BELOVED D.C. GAY NIGHTCLUB AIMS TO RE-OPEN — A FORMER BAPTIST CHURCH
- GAY BLACK YOUTHS GO OM ATTACKED TO ATTACKERS
'CHECK IT' IS A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AMERI'S ONLY ALL-GAY GANG
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WHY A D.C. GAY GANG TOOK MATTERS INTO ITS OWN HANDS
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AMERI’S ‘ONLY GAY GANG’ IS WASHGTON, AND THE FILMMAKERS WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT IT
Ameri's first and only documented gang of gay and transgenr youths started ten years ago DC's Tridad neighborhood, when a few nth grars band together and fought back agast their bulli. Today, the gang--lled the Check It--has more than... * dc gay gang *
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Ameri’s first and only documented gang of gay and transgenr youths started ten years ago DC’s Tridad neighborhood, when a few nth grars band together and fought back agast their bulli. “Beg gay and black… ’s like a nightmare wag to happen.
WATCH: AMERI'S ONLY GAY AND TRANS GANG FIGHTS FOR RPECT D.C.
The Check It is the only known gay and trans gang the U.S., or maybe even the world, acrdg to a new documentary that profil the members. * dc gay gang *
“Check It, ” which is executive produced by Steve Bcemi, follows the members of black gay gang Washgton, D. “It’s about a gay black street gang DC (the only one documented the untry) ma up of kids who were livg on the streets and easy targets for vlence and harassment, ” he explaed.
GAY THUGS WASHGTON DC RAPG MEN
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A forthg feature-length documentary go si what might be the only all gay and trans gang the U. The Check It is the only documented and known gay and trans gang Ameri, or maybe even the world, acrdg to the film's Bcemi, one of the film's producers, says of the Check It gang, "They've had to band together out of necsy, and stead of nng away om the dangers that they face daily, they cid to fight back. 's most vlent neighborhoods, and formed 2005 as a rponse to the stabbgs, shootgs, and homophobic bullyg s members experienced startg as early as their hman year of high It the documentary has been three years the makg, and is directed by Toby Oppenheimer and Dana Flor, who also directed The Ne Liv of Marn Barry for HBO.
I'm Don Lemon Washgton, last night six gay men were btally raped, and they LIKED IT. This bullsh fallacy that 'men n't get raped' ntu, but when 's gay men perpetuatg this lie, and even jokg about , 's jt prsg.
GAY MEN ARRTED WASHGTON D.C. FOR CISG ‘REMISCENT OF STONEWALL’
The natn's pal is home to a lively LGBTQ nightlife scene wh plenty of gay and lbian bars jt wag for you to drk, dance and play. Disver DC's bt spots. * dc gay gang *
Why label them "gay thugs? " I doubt they even intify as "gay.
‘TOWN 2.0’: BELOVED D.C. GAY NIGHTCLUB AIMS TO RE-OPEN — A FORMER BAPTIST CHURCH
Some, cludg members of the gang Check It, say Washgton’s gay-iendly reputatn don’t apply to everyone. * dc gay gang *
" Yeah, they are rapg dus, but that do not necsarily mean they are "gay.
Neher the police statement nor the cint report disclos the victim’s age or whether he intifi as gay, straight, bisexual or transgenr.
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GAY BLACK YOUTHS GO OM ATTACKED TO ATTACKERS
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