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TAG: DALLAS GAY MEN’S CHOS
Relign was never a huge part of fay life for , but as I wrtled wh my sexual preference through high school, I sought solace our Catholic fah and buried myself mic as a way to seek answers to the big qutns of who I am and what would I I graduated high school May 1975 and started llege that fall, and while still livg at home, I had pretty much accepted myself as gay and was begng to explore gay social life Dallas.
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Those of of a certa age remember the big anthems of the day and how good felt to beg to be ee as gay people, enjoyg life more the open and feelg ls fearful of beg “found out” year 1980 was an tertg and pivotal year many ways. A good iend at the time had told me about the formatn of a gay chos Dallas and the first rehearsal was g up.
As a happy gay man and a mician, I uldn’t wa for the first rehearsal! Bach's "To Thee We Turn" though the Stonewall rts were 10 years old, ‘gay rights’ was not a top-of-md issue, and the term AIDS did not exist. And yet sweepg across the land was a movement among gay men to gather together to sg.