The slogan "Be gay, do crime" is an anti-capitalistic and anti-authoritarian statement, implying that crime and incivility may be necessary to earn equal rights given the criminalization of homosexuality around the world and that the Stonewall uprising was a riot. Within the anarchist space, the Mary Nardini Gang reflected on their manifesto "Toward the Queerest Insurrection" with a book entitled "Be Gay Do Crime" in which they affirm "the reality and the continuity of a culture and a history of experiencing outlawness, illegality, and lack of citizenship." Mark Bieschke, a curator at the GLBT History Museum, claimed that the slogan is meant to stand against the "polished, corporate narrative of Pride".