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
- THE PRICE OF BEG GAY THE MS-13 GANG? DEATH
'CHECK IT' IS A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AMERI'S ONLY ALL-GAY GANG
* gay gang documentary *
LONG BEACH >> Serg Romero knew would be difficult for his mother to accept that the 37-year-old was gay, but still shocked and hurt him to learn she preferred her son to be an active gang member than to be gay. “For her, I was more of a man as a gang member than beg gay, ” said Romero as he sat a Los Angel ffee shop tellg his story of beg an active member of a notor street gang and gay. He is one of the men featured a documentary, “Homeboy, ” on Lato gang members who are gay that will be screened this weekend at the QFilm Ftival, Long Beach’s longt-nng film ftival prentg narrative featur, documentari and short films about the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny.
THE PRICE OF BEG GAY THE MS-13 GANG? DEATH
Gay gang members who are Lato gangs not only have to al wh the stereotypil machismo seen Lato culture, D said, they have to ntend wh the hyper-mascule posturg wh the gang microculture. “Before social media and Facebook, I had to post fliers gay bars orr to fd people willg to talk to me, ” D said. Wh an timated 9 ln Amerins intifyg as gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr, acrdg to a 2011 report om the Williams Instute at the UCLA School of Law, gays are part of nearly every aspect of life, even wh the gang life.
However, an exact number of openly gay gang members is difficult to e by sce many do not disclose their sexual orientatn. It took Manuel — he wanted to e only his first name — several years to adm he was gay. Manuel spent nearly two years Cho Instutn for Men on a dg nvictn the ’90s and said he did engage homosexual activi behd bars but was nial about the fact he was gay.
“I kept sayg to myself I wasn’t gay bee I had a girliend and was only dog that bee I was prison, ” said the 33-year-old man who liv the Inland Empire.