The towering historic monuments and million dollar condos of Capitol Hill juxtapose with a grimmer reality for a large community in the nation’s capital. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...
In 2009, a group of LGBTQ youth formed The Check It, Washington, D.C.’s first well-known gay gang. What started out as a small group of young people tired of being bullied for their sexual orientation ...
The Check It is a gang of 14-to-22 year olds who have been shot, have police records and are widely known on the streets in their neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. They also happen to be the only ...
"Check It" portrays Washington D.C. African-American gay and transgender youths who started their own gang for self-protection as a handful of fed-up 9th graders a decade ago. Though an opening text ...