Be Gay Do Crime | The Anarchist Library

Contents:

• BE GAY, DO CRIME - INTRODUCTN
• THE SHORT BUT FASCATG HISTORY OF “BE GAY, DO CRIM”
• BE GAY DO CRIMEBE GAY DO CRIMEBE GAY DO CRIMEBE GAY DO CRIMEBE GAY DO CRIME

BE GAY, DO CRIME - INTRODUCTN

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.

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!

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

Rist the impulse for homogeney.

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.

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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. 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.