A new documentary is taking an in-depth look at what could be America’s first all queer gang.
The Huffington Post reports that “Check It,” which is produced by RadicalMedia and actor Steve Buscemi, recalls how three bullied Washington, D.C. teens began the gang (which is also called Check It) in 2005.
Today, Check It has about 200 members, and they make their money committing crimes like petty theft, robbery, and carjacking, filmmaker Dana Flor told me. More crucially, they provide each other with a sense of community in a place where being gay can get you ostracized from your family, your church, and your classmates, writes Allie Conti at Vice.
“They’re not the Bloods or the Crips by any stretch of the imagination, but law enforcement calls them a gang,” Dana Flor, who co-directed with filmmaker Toby Oppenheimer, says. “They call themselves a family.”
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