In 1978 San Francis Gay Men’s Chos – the first choir wh an LGBTQ+ signifier s name - had only jt formed when openly gay polician Harvey Milk was assassated. Weeks later Tad Dunlap, a foundg member of the choir, set a speech of Milk’s to mic. His ‘I Unrstood’ is wily acknowledged to be the first ever gay-specific choral work. The followg years saw not only the formatn of numero LGBTQ+, predomantly gay, choirs across the USA, but a signifint ditn to the missng of new work.
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A PERFORMANCE CHOIR FOR BRISTOL’S GAY MEN
Bristol Gay Men’s Chos started January 2020 * queer choir bristol *
Bristol Gay Men’s Chos only officially started January 2020, but already has 25 members. Found by members of Sg Out Bristol, the cy’s queer muny choir, the choir is for specifilly the gay male muny the cy. “I’d wanted to start for years, ” says Ronan Bur, managg director of Sg Out and mic director for Bristol Gay Men’s Chos.
A PERFORMANCE CHOIR FOR BRISTOL'S GAY MEN
Matthew Bolton, a foundg member of the choir, adds: “All the foundg members were part of Sg Out already, and we were spired by the gay men’s choirs we had seen perform at ftivals we went to.