My Rponse to the Gay Choir Sgg ‘We’re Comg for Your Children’

Contents:

• SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOS FAC BACKLASH AFTER RELEASG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR CHILDREN’ VIO
• IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A GAY CHOIR TOURED AMERI'S BIBLE BELT
• 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' — SF GAY MEN'S CHOS PAYS HOMAGE TO ELTON JOHN AND OZ
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• SF GAY MEN'S CHOS 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' 2023: SAN FRANCIS
• MY RPONSE TO THE GAY CHOIR SGG ‘WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN’
• FROM TROYE SIVAN TO PADAM PADAM: ATRALIA IS S GAY ERA AND THE WORLD SHOULD THANK
• ‘WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN’: GAY MEN’S CHOIR DELET ‘TONGUE-IN-CHEEK’ MIC VIO AMID BACKLASH
• GAY MEN'S CHOIR BOASTS, 'WE'LL CORPT YOUR KIDS' TO PARENTS NEW SONG
• A CHRISTIAN RPONSE TO GAY CHOIR’S ‘WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN’DR. MICHAEL BROWN
• SAN FRANCIS GAY CHOIR SGS ABOUT CONVERTG KIDS

SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOS FAC BACKLASH AFTER RELEASG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR CHILDREN’ VIO

To their great surprise, 99 men appeared and a chos was MissnTo create mil experienc that strengthen our role as a lear among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) and performg arts anizatns, and expose new muni to our msage of Communy For over 40 years, the Chos has built an ternatnal reputatn for mil excellence while remag eply rooted service to the Los Angel muny. London Gay Symphony Orchtra was found 1996, and has grown om a group of iends to a full-sized symphony orchtra, performg at venu such as St John’s Smh Square, Cadogan Hall and the Southbank Centre on ocsn.

San Francis’s Bay Area Rabow Symphony, also known by s rather thirst-quenchg abbreviatn BARS, was found 2008 as a non-prof anisatn wh the aim of “promotg and supportg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer intified micians and posers toward the goal of broad crossover appeal and excellence the performg arts. The chos “ref homophobia, bullyg, and all forms of hate by boldly assertg the joy, diversy, strength, and pri of today’s youth, ” and has performed at award ceremoni, at the Lln Center, and wh Cyndi Lper, on her ‘Te Colors’ tour and her ‘Home For The Holidays’ ncert beneftg homels LGBTQ+.

IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?

Our MissnTo lead by creatg extraordary mic and experienc that build muny, spire activism, and foster passn at home and around the 45 years, the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos has served as an ternatnal standard bearer for a powerful mix of mil excellence and missn-driven activism. One Voice Mixed Chos based the Tw Ci of Mneapolis-Sat Pl, Mnota is a 120-strong “lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and straight alli chos”, wh members currently rangg om ag 15 to chos was found 1988 by Pl Petrella, and was created wh the ia of brgg together the gay and lbian muni durg the 80s AIDS crisis. From ltle thgs big thgs grow, so the sayg go – an ad a gay newspaper, a group of iends meetg to sg together a garage: the were the begngs of the Canberra Gay and Lbian Qwire, now known as Canberra Qwire, back 1993.

A powerful symbol of diversy, cln and harmony, the choir has mataed a val and visible prence the history of Sydney’s LGBTQI Gay & Lbian Choir has provid the soundtrack to untls muny events and celebratns over the years, and has regularly reprented Sydney on the natnal and ternatnal stage. Markg three s of raisg our voic for equaly 2020 Melbourne Gay & Lbian Chos is the southern hemisphere's foundg LGBTQIA+ sgs uned our hop for the future, strengthened by our mon experience of stggle and g our mic to celebrate diversy and promote acceptance for LGBTQIA+ work together to provi a supportive, clive muny for all our members.

Sce fledged om s parent choir, Melbourne Gay & Lbian Chos, 2005, shOUT Youth Chos has spread s wgs and first LGBTQIA+ youth choir Atralasia, shOUT provis a platform for young people aged 18 - 29 to make their voic rich by the diversy and creativy of s membership shOUT brgs s own unique inty to s mil enavours wh a repertoire that’s surprisg, dynamic and a performg choir, shOUT are creasgly mand and have been ved to perform at many notable ocsns cludg the Melbourne Wrers' Ftival and Gaytim Ftival, and most recently as part of Pl Mac's The Rise and Fall of Sat Gee at The Arts ’s growg reputatn regnis not only the libre of the mic they create, but their importance as emergg lears of our muny.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A GAY CHOIR TOURED AMERI'S BIBLE BELT

As well as s own public ncerts prented to fay, iends and the wir muny, GALS participat at annual rabow muny events such as Big Gay Out, the Auckland Pri Ftival and Para and World AIDS Day activi.

GALS has travelled beyond New Zealand many tim, members havg participated sgg ftivals at the Gay Gam, World Outgam and Var Voic ci as far afield as Chigo, Montreal, Amsterdam, Sydney, Cologne and most recently Munich. The Choir has provid entertament at a number of events cludg the celebratn of IDAHOBiT (Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia), World AIDS Day and Internatnal Human Rights Day Suva.

Found by Sarah & Melanie Penicka-Smh, wh the help of KIncerts, Pacific Pri Choir (PPC) is an ocsnal tourg choir created to ntribute to the visibily & acceptance of LGBTQI+ people untri where homosexualy is legalised, but not fully regnised. We work partnership wh lol LGBTQI+ anisatns & people to create visibily, solidary, & our brief history, we’ve fed new nnectns wh choirs Germany & Poland & were the talyst for the foundatn of a new choir Vietnam & a Gay Sgg Team CambodiaPPC is open to any member of the LGBTQI+ muny, & to our straight iends, om anywhere the world. Their members regard the choirs as safe spac, plac to tell their stori and celebrate their week, queer choirs om all over Atralia and around the world have gathered Sydney for Out & Loud & Proud Internatnal Choral Ftival, hosted by the Sydney Gay & Lbian Choir as part of Sydney WorldPri 2023.

'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' — SF GAY MEN'S CHOS PAYS HOMAGE TO ELTON JOHN AND OZ

Called the San Francis Gay Men's Chos, their first public performance was to mourn the assassatn of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official California, and San Francis Mayor Gee than a year later New York, 80 men gathered a church for the first rehearsal of what would bee New York Cy Gay Men's Chos (NYCGMC).

"Wh her wife Mel, Penicka-Smh found Pacific Pri Choir, a tourg choir that aims to ntribute to the visibily and acceptance of LGBTQI+ people untri where homosexualy is legalised but not fully Pacific Pri Choir 2019 tour lead to the creatn of a diversy choir Vietnam and spired a gay group ral Cambodia. 1981 Natnal Tour Giv Life to LGBT chos across USThe San Francis Gay Men's Chos lighted dienc ne ci durg a natnal tour 1981: Dallas, Mneapolis, Lln (Nebraska), Detro, New York, Boston, Washgton, D. Standg proudly solidary and support for all that Milk had acplished and, ultimately, given his life for, the Chos gathered on the steps of Cy Hall, surround by members of the gay the Chos' subsequent natnal tour, they faced even greater challeng, one of the most signifint begs that occurred durg the AIDS crisis.

Dpe the challeng, beg together elimated much of the isolatn they had felt as gay liv ntue to be polil acts of ristance as LGBTQ+ people bee we live a world that stggl to embrace and support for who we are. Found the early 1980s wh jt 14 LGBTQ+ ensembl, GALA (Gay and Lbian Associatn) Chos provis admistrative support, workg opportuni, discsn groups, annual learship symposiums, a rource library, and vatns to their signature quadrennial ftival.

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Portland Lbian Choir The Portland Lbian Choir was found 36 years ago, Gay Men's Chos The At Gay Men’s Chos was found 34 years ago, 1989, by sixteen Gay Men's Chos The Boston Gay Men's Chos was found 1982, 40 years ago, and currently has over 300 members. Heartland Men's Chos The Heartland Men's Chos, found 1986, 36 years ago, currently featur more than 120 sgg Men's Chos of Los Angel Harold Kjellberg found the Gay Men's Chos of Los Angel 1979, 43 years ago, wh 99 members.

Midlands Men's Chos: The Gay Men's Chos of Columbia (South Carola)New Hampshire Gay Men's ChosThe New Hampshire Gay Men's Chos began wh 26 members 1998, 24 years ago, and was found by Richard Bojko, David R. The chos began wh 20 sgers and today has over 125 Diego Men's Chos A group of 45 men nvened San Diego for their first weekly rehearsal 1985, followg a benef ncert by The Gay Men's Chos of Los Angel.

SF GAY MEN'S CHOS 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' 2023: SAN FRANCIS

Rters/Kimberly WheThe San Francis Gay Men’s Chos has faced tense backlash after releasg a song that many believe is tent on phg the LGBT agenda on the song, which was released earlier this month but ma private Thursday followg immense public cricism, the choir sgs such phras as, “we’ll nvert your children” and “we’re g for your children, ” which was viewed as an overt threat to parents. — SF Gay Men's Chos (@SFGMC) July 8, 2021 The choir said ma the vio private to keep members of the chos the vio safe due to “vrlic” threats of harm and ments that beme “creasgly alarmg.

While certa media outlets erased the fact that the club was an LGBTQ+ space, was very clear to LGBTQ+ people throughout the world that such an attack uld have only been a vlent exprsn of trans-, bi-, and homophobia. Wh the LGBTQ+ muny, some activists poted out that the particular club night had a special followg the Latx LGBTQ+ muny, th highlightg how the vlence was also racially attack occurred soon after I had begun participatg the London Gay Symphony Orchtra as part of my long-term rearch on LGBTQ+ mic. Out of ear-reach, the London Gay Men’s Chos (LGMC) performed the famo Simon and Garfunkel song “Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water, ” ptured on vio and placed on the Guardian newspaper webse (Amrani & Qun, 2016).

MY RPONSE TO THE GAY CHOIR SGG ‘WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN’

The chos’ exact lotn on the street, outsi the Admiral Dunn pub, was symbolic as self was the se of a homophobic nail bomb attack 1999 which killed two people and left another 12 jured.

Through public performance, outreach projects, and flashmobs, the choirs create affective moments of advocy for LGBTQ+ rights, even as they risk beg -opted for the ends of pk-washg and homonatnalism. Not least, choirs offer the creative, and at tim chaotic, arenas which signifint ternal divisns wh the LGBTQ+ muny are negotiated, but also where the wir solidari wh other activist are fed (Balén, 2017; MacLachlan, 2020) this chapter, I would like to offer a glimpse to this larger scene by focg on two signifint ensembl – the London Gay Men’s Chos (hereafter the LGMC) and the Pk Sgers. ” In another recent book-length study of North Amerin GALA chos, Heather MacLachlan (2020) argu that LGBTQ+ chos work more toward social tegratn than liberatn after nsirg several issu, such as muny, homonormativy, disintifitn and social movements.

In the ways, as DeNora (2013: 3) wr, “mic provis […] an tensive way of lerally beg together time, ” th providg some fundamental gredients for of the first prri of the LGMC was to create a safe space for a gay male muny London.

FROM TROYE SIVAN TO PADAM PADAM: ATRALIA IS S GAY ERA AND THE WORLD SHOULD THANK

While society has changed and gay male liv have been clud a natnal narrative, the LGMC has seen important to emphasise the diversy of gay male experience both for outsirs and also for members themselv. Further solidifyg their place llective queer memory, the LGMC put on a ncert that year entled “History” which clud personal stori of members, signifint moments UK LGBTQ+ history, as well as key songs of a Brish gay non.

Entled “Sg the Blu Away, ” the ftival was a chance for members of the European muny to show solidary wh LGBTQ+ siblgs the UK followg the passg of the famo homophobic legislatn Sectn 28. Th, the Pk Sger’s history is not only entangled natnal LGBTQ+ activism; also sowed the seeds for natnal mobilisatn and ntental LGMC exprs their sense of rponsibily to society at large by highlightg outreach work orr to addrs persistent homophobia. Such projects highlight the LGMC’s sense of social rponsibily toward gay men and boys London, addrsg homophobia and s legaci, as well as wir ncerns of part of the Pk Sgers’ 30th anniversary celebratns, they created their own oral histori project and exhibn 2013.

‘WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN’: GAY MEN’S CHOIR DELET ‘TONGUE-IN-CHEEK’ MIC VIO AMID BACKLASH

” However, discsg how certa (whe, middle-class, cisgenr gay men and lbian women have gaed greater rights wh certa natnal ntexts, Volpp warns that “cizenship, arguably, is not available to be ‘queered’” (Volpp, 2017: 15). Such a sentiment is a remr of the particular amework of human rights disurs and mastream LGBTQ+ activism that choirs like the LGMC and the Pk Sgers have emerged out of and have ntributed the 30 April 2019, I terviewed a member of the London Gay Men’s Chos a fé Soho.

GAY MEN'S CHOIR BOASTS, 'WE'LL CORPT YOUR KIDS' TO PARENTS NEW SONG

) And Kate McKnon, playg a so-lled Weird Barbie who experienced an extreme haircut and makeover at the hands of an experimental child, never actually answers the qutn anybody would have upon seeg her gay-ass haircut and knowg the actor’s sexualy. One such piece — and a highly-predictable one, at that — is veteran forward Rudy Gay, who was recently waived by the Oklahoma Cy Thunr, after beg ed as filler two different offseason tras: first when the Utah Jazz shipped him to the Atlanta Hawks the John Colls al, and then when the Hawks sent him to the Thunr the Patty Mills tra.

Not only have they played (and ached) agast him for years, but Gay was teammat wh Steph Curry and Klay Thompson on the Team USA squad that won gold at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and also teammat wh Curry (and Andre Iguodala) on the gold medal-wng 2010 team. It’s easy to make the se for Gay, sce the Warrrs rotatn seems pretty set as is, wh an 11-player rotatn of Curry, Pl, Thompson, Wiggs, Green, Kumga, Moody, Kevon Looney, Gary Payton II, Dar Šarić, and Cory Joseph.

A CHRISTIAN RPONSE TO GAY CHOIR’S ‘WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN’DR. MICHAEL BROWN

Found 1978, the 300-strong group, wily regard as lnchg the gay choral movement, had s first public performance at cy hall after the assassatns of Mayor Gee Mosne and supervisor Harvey Milk. Sgg for Our Liv was the song they performed after the ath of Ameri’s first openly gay public official, and s lyrics seemed alarmgly pertent once aga, so the chos teamed up wh the Oakland Interfah Gospel Choir on a 2017 Lavenr Pen tour through the regn that had embraced Tmpism most Charl Rodrigu’s documentary Gay Chos Deep South follows the two groups through stat such as Mississippi, Tennsee and North Carola.

A remptive tale that bridg cultural divis the wake of the 2016 electn, the film follows several narrative arcs to tablish that misunrstandgs existed on both s cred, Gay Chos Deep South don’t recycle tired trop om Gee W Bh-era cultural liberalism. Durg one performance, a chos member’s stnchly antigay father n’t help but se at a drag queen sgg Patsy Cle’s She’s Got You and pullg var relatnship memento out of her cleavage – then a flask, then a handsaw.

SAN FRANCIS GAY CHOIR SGS ABOUT CONVERTG KIDS

”Gay Chos Deep South is full of It Gets Better-que enuragement, pecially as many of the venu were chosen bee they are stat wh brazenly anti-LGBTQ laws, Mississippi and North Carola particular. And Gay Chos Deep South don’t shy away om terrogatg the chos’s own assumptns, a particularly tense scene, Josh Burford, a historian who works on LGBTQ experienc the Amerin south, lls the ia of a proment natnal anizatn dog a goodwill tour “whe paternalist and nscendg”. Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.

Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. ”Specifilly, “The dty is lled ‘A Msage From the Gay Communy, ’ and ’s a clever victory anthem about the gradual normalizatn of gay culture among the youth of Ameri (‘even grandma lik Rupl / And the world's gettg kr / Gen Z's gayer than Grdr’). That’s why I wrote back 1993 that the gay agenda, as reflected signs that one of my iends saw at a large gay pri march Chigo, clud, “We want to marry and we want your boys” – aga, if not sexually, then by way of the rt of my rponse to this gay choir vio, cludg my 2011 poem about the LGBTQ doctratn our children’s schools, watch here.

It is, perhaps, the bt fence of twk Rh is merely a chaser to that other tentpole of gay Atraliana: Kylie Mogue, whose sgle Padam Padam skyrocketed to the top 10 of the UK charts last month and has (mostly) stayed there sce.