D.C.’s gay street gang is now the subject of a full-length documentary by lol filmmakers.
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 AND TRANSGENR GANG 'CHECK IT' TO START OWN FASHION LABEL
- GAY BLACK YOUTHS GO OM ATTACKED TO ATTACKERS
- ALV BRAGG SILENT AS GANG OF KILLERS PREYS ON GAY MEN, LEAVG 2 AD AND A DOZEN ROBBED
'CHECK IT' IS A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AMERI'S ONLY ALL-GAY GANG
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. * gay gang dc *
-- jt steps om the Whe Hoe, the priste monuments, and the tony rinc of some of the world's most powerful people -- one n also fd the Check It 2005 by a group of bullied nth-grars, the so-lled gay gang has grown to over 200 LGBT young people of lor, some of whom are as young as 14 years old.
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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... * gay gang dc *
“Most people don’t see gay men beg fighters or aggrsive. Story — the growth of a gay crew and s culture the shadow of the monuments. The film follows five young gay black iends who found Check It, claimed to be the only documented all-gay and transgenr gang the natn by the filmmakers.
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. * gay gang dc *
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GAY THUGS WASHGTON DC RAPG MEN
Meet some of the 200 members of Check It, the only documented gang of gay and transgenr youths Ameri. The youths are based the vlent Washgton DC neighborhood of Tridad. * gay gang dc *
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.
GAY AND TRANSGENR GANG 'CHECK IT' TO START OWN FASHION LABEL
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“Check It, ” which is executive produced by Steve Bcemi, follows the members of black gay gang Washgton, D.
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GAY BLACK YOUTHS GO OM ATTACKED TO ATTACKERS
Wh our LGBT gui to Washgton, DC, disver all the bt lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr bars, clubs, nightlife and more * gay gang dc *
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.
ALV BRAGG SILENT AS GANG OF KILLERS PREYS ON GAY MEN, LEAVG 2 AD AND A DOZEN ROBBED
Some, cludg members of the gang Check It, say Washgton’s gay-iendly reputatn don’t apply to everyone. * gay gang dc *
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.
Why label them "gay thugs?
" I doubt they even intify as "gay.
A soclogist spent two years terviewg gay gang members. While some were the closet and others were openly gay, all were forced to reckon wh an environment of hypermasculy. * gay gang dc *
" 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. [quote] Why label them "gay thugs?
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Yeah, the headle shouldn't say "gay. " Is every male prison rapist gay?