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GAY THE LATO COMMUNY: A FILM REVIEW OF “LA MISSN”
When I was growg up the South Bronx, llg a man “gay” or g other slurs was one of the biggt sults you uld say to him. Even today wh the “knockout gam” the punks play, gays are targeted bee they are perceived as weak, unable or unwillg to fight back.
For example, jt today the HuffPost published a troublg story about a Pevian father who allegedly set fire to his gay, HIV-postive son:.
A Pevian father fac allegatns that he doed his son wh gasole and set him on fire after learng the 22-year-old was gay and HIV-posive. ” In 2009, before the gay rights bat were gettg natnal media attentn, before Prints and Vice Prints were showg there support, Peter Bratt brought “La Missn. His son is gay.