Gay thugs

Description

Many people believe that gangs are made up of violent thugs who are in and out of jail, and who are hyper-masculine and heterosexual.

to better understand the experiences of gay men in the hypermasculine context of gang life. Still, even Akademiks admitted the remarks were uncalled for. 

Young Thug once played with gender norms.

Thug’s comments were shocking to many, as the rapper has never shied away from non-traditional gender norms.

Meet gay gang members – sometimes referred to in popular culture as “homo thugs” – whose gay identity complicates criminology’s portrayal and representation of gangs, gang members, and gang life. . . Complicates assumptions that male gang members and active offenders are exclusively heterosexual and . paves the way for a more in-depth understanding of a marginalized community.

Panfil seeks to complicate the popular narratives surrounding gang members and the hypermasculine, hyper-heterosexual lives they lead.

He’s now under fire for remarks about gay men during a “Perspektives with Bank” podcast interview, sparking strong reactions from the LGBTQIA+ community.

The rapper also dealt with leaked jailhouse phone calls and public drama with former collaborator Gunna, who pleaded guilty to related charges. Akademiks noted that Thug has long lived by a “gangsta street code.” He suggested Thug’s frustration stemmed from feeling misled by people he trusted.

. The conversations that this book can facilitate will greatly impact how we think about crime and criminology, while developing queer, black, and racialized-inclusive criminological research.

Jody Miller,author of Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence:
The Gangs All Queer offers a treasure trove of insights for gang scholars, but more importantly, demonstrates how much we all have to gain by embracing the queer criminological turn.

Michael Kimmel,author of Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era:
The Gang's All Queer not only provides an exciting and rich description of gay gang life, but it exposes the ease with which we'd heretofore seen gangs as an entirely (unexamined) heterosexual enterprise.

. Some are still closeted to their fellow gang members and families, yet others fight to defend members of the gay community, even those who they deem to be “fags,” despite distaste for these flamboyant members of the community. . He famously wore a dress on his 2016 “Jeffery” mixtape cover, and he has frequently addressed rumors about his own sexuality.

“I like everything that people say,” he told The Guardian.

This leads to a bigger picture and larger questions of violence and closeting, as well as problems with being black, gay and gangster.

Panfil...let[s] her informants give voice to their lives and concerns.

A fascinating and eye-opening portrait of young queer men involved in this countrys gang underworld, which is typically associated with hypermasculinity.

In vivid detail, Panfil provides an in-depth understanding of how gay gang members construct and negotiate both masculine and gay identities through crime and gang membership.

.The book dives deep into the complexities of what it means to grow up queer in the hood and discusses how through gangs, disadvantaged youths can unite, feel empowered, and create their own families of support and protection even across lines of sexual identity.

Wesley Crichlow,author of Buller Men and Bwatty Boys:
This book makes a substantial contribution to queer criminology.

In vivid detail, Panfil provides an in-depth understanding of how gay gang members construct and negotiate both masculine and gay identities through crime and gang membership… [From Amazon.com]

Publisher

New York University Press

Keywords

Gang members, Gay men, United States

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies

Recommended Citation

Panfil, Vanessa R., "The Gang's All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members" (2017).

In The Gang’s All Queer, Vanessa Panfil introduces us to a different world.