SF Gay Men's Chos Sticks by Controversial Song, Claim Death Threats

Contents:

• NEW DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS PERFORMANC IN U.S. SOUTH
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A GAY CHOIR TOURED AMERI'S BIBLE BELT
• SF GAY MEN'S CHOS 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' 2023: SAN FRANCIS
• 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' — SF GAY MEN'S CHOS PAYS HOMAGE TO ELTON JOHN AND OZ
• SF GAY MEN'S CHOS STICKS BY CONTROVERSIAL SONG, CLAIM DEATH THREATS
• GREENVILLE GAY MEN'S CHOS IS MAKG THE YULETI GAY THIS YEAR
• SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS SOLOISTS 'RECEIVED ATH THREATS' AFTER SATIRIL SONG IS MISUNRSTOOD
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
• TW CI GAY MEN'S CHOS SGS WHNEY HOTON SONGS FOR PRI 2023 NCERT
• DAYTON GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRAT 20 YEARS OF SONG
• SOLOISTS OF S.F. GAY MEN’S CHOS RECEIVE ATH THREATS AFTER PARODIC VIO
• OAKLAND GAY MEN'S CHOS CELEBRAT BLACK HISTORY
• GAY MEN'S CHOIR THAT SANG 'WE'RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN' RH TO COVER AFTER PEDOPHILIA ACCATNS
• OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
• GAY BROADSTER ERIC BACH ADVOT FOR MORE LGBTQ REPRENTATN BASEBALL

NEW DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS PERFORMANC IN U.S. SOUTH

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. Over 2, 000 different men, cis and trans, and non-bary people have sung wh the San Francis Gay Men's Chos sce the first 115 members sang on the steps of Cy Hall 1978.

Before his tragic untimely ath om AIDS, Jon Reed Sims, who found the San Francis Gay Men's Chos, went on to found a number of gay and lbian choral and stmental ensembl. 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.

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

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.

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

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. This is a project search of rapprochement, om wng over homophobic hearts one by one to marchg over the Edmund Pett Bridge Selma, Alabama, a gture of tersectnal solidary. 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.

”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”.

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

Gay and lbian chos like Out Loud me about after the assassatn of San Francis Supervisor Harvey Milk and have remaed steadfast stutns through the civil rights stggl of the 20th century up to today.

(AP) — Below the vlted dome and dark wood beams of a church Colorado Sprgs, a gay men's choir rehearsed for a ncert that's taken on new meang after an LGBTQ night club beme the se of a shootg that killed five and wound 17. 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.

SF GAY MEN'S CHOS STICKS BY CONTROVERSIAL SONG, CLAIM DEATH THREATS

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.

GREENVILLE GAY MEN'S CHOS IS MAKG THE YULETI GAY THIS YEAR

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.

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. New Orleans Gay Men's Chos The New Orleans Gay Men’s Chos was found 1982 by Jerry York Cy Gay Men's Chos Ed Weaver found the New York Cy Gay Men's Chos 1979 wh 80 origal members.

SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS SOLOISTS 'RECEIVED ATH THREATS' AFTER SATIRIL SONG IS MISUNRSTOOD

Oakland Gay Men's Chos Found by Dick Kramer 1999, 21 years ago, and currently has over 60 Gay Men’s Chos Bob Moore found the Denver Gay Men's Chos 1982, 41 years ago. 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. San Francis Gay Men's ChosFound 1978 by Jon Reed Sims, the San Francis Gay Men's Chos has grown om nearly 115 members prent at the first ncert to more than 300 members today.

“Remember on that last ‘Hey’ to gay up, ” chos director Shelton Ridge Love tells the fal rehearsals, the Greenville Gay Men’s Chos is performg s Christmas ncert “What a Gay Holiday!

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

What a gay performance will be — and that’s important to Christmas events: You're the Sat Nick of time for the Christmas paras Upstate SCUntil 2019, the choir didn’t have “gay” the name. Christmas lights the Upstate: Here's where to fd the bt Christmas lights Greenville, Anrson and SpartanburgThe entire chos is vaccated, Love said, and the sgers will wear masks durg the performance to prevent the spread of Ross, who has performed wh gay men’s chos San Francis and Philalphia, was exced to fd one Greenville when he moved here early Varner of Simpsonville (ont row) go through rehearsals for their upg show, ÒWhat A Gay Holiday! “I was lighted to fd out that was headquartered here at this particular church that is very open and affirmg toward LGBT people, ” Ross Greenville Gay Men’s Chos is moled after the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos where Ross was a member.

IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?

”The chos has grown over the past om a creative outlet for gay men who love to sg to a tight-kn muny — where one uple found te Profft didn’t know when he took his seat the choir room Augt 2012 that he was stg behd his future Profft, of Greenville, rehears wh his his fellow members of the Greenville Gay MenÕs Chos for their upg show, ÒWhat A Gay Holiday! He’s holdg dns for the wter 2022 season, and those terted n email to set up an dn the sprg, the chos is performg a show lled “Shg Through” where dividual members will share stori of g out or beg gay the Greenville muny that tie to the songs they’re for the Christmas show, the groups is focg on happs and "makg the yuleti gay. He was most recently Artistic Director of One Voice Chos & Sotto Voce Chamber Ensemble Charlotte, North Carola and Foundg Artistic Director of Midland Men’s Chos: The Gay Men’s Chos of Columbia Columbia, South Carola.

TW CI GAY MEN'S CHOS SGS WHNEY HOTON SONGS FOR PRI 2023 NCERT

Gerald has been missned to wre choral work for the followg anizatns: One Voice Charlotte, The Gay Men’s Chos of Charlotte, Province Uned Methodist Church (Charlotte, NC), The New Jersey Gay Men’s Chos, The Gay Men’s Chos of San Diego, The Women’s Chos of San Diego, The Richmond Men’s Chos (VA), Turtle Creek Chorale (TX), Se Nome (Denver, CO), and the Universy of South Carola Women’s Chos. Stephanie is now her 18th season wh the Tw Ci Gay Men’s Chos, first as an Admistrative Assistant, then Office Manager and now as TCGMC’s Operatns Manager (read: do a ltle b of everythg and keeps all gog). In the summer of 1998, he was chosen to be the acpanist for the Ftival Chos at the Gay Gam Amsterdam and the summer of 2000 was chosen to be the acpanist for the Ftival Men’s Chos at Ftival 2000 San Jose, unr the directn of Grammy wng director, Vance Gee.

"A Msage From the Gay Communy, " performed by the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos (SFGMC) and posted to YouTube last week, starts out fiantly: "You thk we're sful, you fight agast our rights, you say we all lead liv you n't rpect…"Then gets downright satiril: "We'll nvert your children, " teas one of the soloists, parodyg an age-old anti-gay narrative, before addg, "We'll make them tolerant and fair. Listeng to the words of the song, 's clear that teachg tolerance and fairns is the te msage beg livered by the popular chos, which was found 1978 and the first of s kd — for openly gay men.

DAYTON GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRAT 20 YEARS OF SONG

(Photo: Mt Read Alaska/YouTube)The first performance the chos gave was livered impromptu at the ndlelight vigil held after the assassatn of first openly gay cy San Francis supervisor, Harvey Milk. "The performance pok fun at age-old anti-gay myths: that gay men are child molters and that that they are out to "rec" — a narrative kicked off over 40 years ago by the anti-gay csar Ana Bryant, the born-aga bety queen and spokwoman for Florida orange juice who phed the damagg propaganda wh her Save Our Children narrativ — cludg the myth of the "gay agenda, " which origated wh the Relig Right — have had stayg power, acrdg to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The activist group ntts the myth that homosexuals rec the young, and many others, "rangg om the extremely doubtful claim that sexual orientatn is a choice, to unalloyed li like the claims that gay men molt children far more than heterosexuals or that hate crime laws will lead to the legalizatn of btialy and necrophilia. " It not that "the fairy tal are important to the anti-gay right, bee they form the basis of s claim that homosexualy is a social evil that mt be supprsed — an opn rejected by virtually all relevant medil and scientific thori. " — and was ed the 1990s by the Lbian Avengers, a prott group known for s cheeky slogan, "We rec, " and s follow-up chant, alludg to Aled Ksey's claim that homosexuals make up 10 percent of the total populatn, "Ten percent is not enough!

SOLOISTS OF S.F. GAY MEN’S CHOS RECEIVE ATH THREATS AFTER PARODIC VIO

" Now the "gay agenda" is so often turned on s head by LGBTQ people that there's even a dited page on Etsy filled wh rabow-ftooned shirts and mugs satirilly bearg the phrase. A mil msage of tolerance by members of the San Francis Gay Men's Chos has rulted ath threats om the far-right the age of the QAnon nspiracy members of the choir released a mic vio that the group is now stgglg to remove om the ter.

"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, " SFist reported Thursday.

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.

OAKLAND GAY MEN'S CHOS CELEBRAT BLACK HISTORY

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.

GAY MEN'S CHOIR THAT SANG 'WE'RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN' RH TO COVER AFTER PEDOPHILIA ACCATNS

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.

OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN

The San Francis Gay Men’s Chos is receivg signifint backlash, mostly om nservativ on social media, after postg a mic vio onle jokgly tailg how the group will “nvert your children. Durg the start-up, many other iends, cludg Matt Rdfleisch and Jerry Ha, joed the group and ntributed to tablishg the foundatn and amework for what would bee PRISM Gay Men and Alli Chos of Metro Detro. That is our greatt strength – every ntributor is a “founr” MISSIONPRISM Gay Men and Alli Chos Corporatn (“PRISM”) is a volunteer, non-prof, performg arts anizatn whose purpose is to support the Southeast Michigan LGBTQ+ and alli muny.

GAY BROADSTER ERIC BACH ADVOT FOR MORE LGBTQ REPRENTATN BASEBALL

Jt east of downtown, Capol Hill has long been the Seattle’s gay epicenter and home to artists, hipsters, stunts and now-famo micians, not to mentn some of the bt rtrants, bars, ffee shops, live mic venu and public parks.

Found 1994, NWLGHMP is an anizatn which rearch, terprets and munit the history of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people the Pacific Northwt for the purpos of study, tn and enjoyment. (AP) — Below the vlted dome and dark wood beams of a church Colorado Sprgs, a gay men’s choir rehearsed for a ncert that’s taken on new meang after an LGBTQ night club beme the se of a shootg that killed five and wound 17.

Gay and lbian chos like Out Loud were born out of the 1978 assassatn of San Francis Supervisor Harvey Milk and have remaed steadfast pillars of the LGBTQ muny om the AIDS crisis through mass shootgs such as Orlando’s Pulse nightclub 2016.

“We’ve had guys who have e out after jog the chos or have e out to their grandparents, who have never done anythg gay before public or have, we’ve had a uple of guys meet their spo the chos, " Kenney said.

' And there’s ually somebody who will say, 'This is the first time my grandparents have ever seen me dog somethg like this — see me sg wh the gay men’s chos or seen me sg out public this way. Below the vlted dome and dark wood beams of a church Colorado Sprgs, a gay men’s choir rehearsed for a ncert that’s taken on new meang after an LGBTQ+ nightclub beme the se of a gome shootg that killed five and wound 17 last month.

Members of the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos received ath threats, doxg, and other forms of harassment after a satiril song by the group was posted onle — and misterpreted. The song, lled “Msage om the Gay Communy” was posted on July 1 to Youtube and other social media channels, but the last week, was circulated wily across far-right media, which took offense wh s parodic play on the “nversn” rhetoric historilly projected on LGBTQ muni.

The Orlando Gay Chos is prised of dividuals om all walks of life, all ag, and all orientatns: gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr volunteers – as well as many straight alli.

Acrdg to new reports, at least four members of the San Francis Gay Men's Chos, which promised a now-leted YouTube vio to nvert everyone's children to LGBTQs, are nvicted pedophil. None of this would have gone public had the chos not released a filthy mic vio lled "A Msage om the Gay Communy" that ntaed lewd and lasciv threats agast parents and their children. It has also been revealed that the chos has long mataed an "outreach program" throughout the cy of San Francis that "brgs [the San Francis Gay Men's Chos] to elementary, middle, and high schools across the Bay Area to share a msage of love, clivy, and strength.

Some of the members of a gay men’s chos that released a ntroversial viral vio which the sgers promised to “rpt your kids” and “nvert your children” appear to be nvicted pedophil, acrdg to rearch nducted by The Wtern Journal. The chos also has an outreach program that “brgs [the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos] to elementary, middle, and high schools across the Bay Area to share a msage of love, clivy, and strength. For her sophomore album, Mariah Carey enlisted the help of Robert Clivill and David Cole (the lears of C+C Mic Factory) who -wrote and -produced the gospel fluenced dance track “Make It Happen.

While her one-two punch of her femme-bashg “Ur So Gay” and her exhibnist fx-lbian “I Kissed A Girl” haven’t aged well, Perry has bee more progrsive and would be hard to fd a Pri para not playg this boomg (pun tend) anthem. The drag-centric mil took home six Tonys, cludg bt mil; bt sre (wh mic and lyrics by gay in Cyndi Lper); and outstandg actor a mil, for out-and-proud Billy Porter’s eback performance as Lola, a drag queen.

In what appeared to be a rponse to the Brish ernment’s damng Sectn 28 act (which crimalized the promotn of homosexualy, rultg the closg of lbian, gay and bisexual support groups across Brish schools and lleg), the song qutns “What relign or reason uld drive a man to forsake his lover? Not only is Frozen’s Elsa the first Disney prcs whout a love tert, which has ved terpretatns of her beg gay or ace/aro, Elsa’s experience of isolatn and rejectn and her inty stggl are all too relatable to the movie’s queer dienc.

Lil Nas X’s flamen-spired “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” was a cultural ret – never had a gay hip-hop star so ostentatly mercialized his queerns and sexualy to such succs.