GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, DC ANNOUNCES ITS 2022-2023 SEASON  | The Geetowner

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• GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, DC ANNOUNCES ITS 2022-2023 SEASON
• REVIEW: ‘GMCW TURNS 40’ BY GAY MEN’S CHOS OF WASHGTON, DC
• SF GAY MEN'S CHOS 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' 2023: SAN FRANCIS
• GAY MEN'S CHOS: SGG ON A SHOTRG
• GAY MEN'S CHOS OF WASHGTON, DC RERDS
• PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE
• GAY MEN’S CHOS OF WASHGTON, DC
• 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' — SF GAY MEN'S CHOS PAYS HOMAGE TO ELTON JOHN AND OZ
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, DC ANNOUNCES ITS 2022-2023 SEASON

The Gay Men's Chos of Washgton, DC sgs to spire equaly and cln wh mil performanc and tn promotg jtice and digny for all. The Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton, DC (GMCW) sgs to spire equaly and cln wh mil performanc and tn promotg jtice and digny for all. In the early 1960s, was illegal to be gay.

On November 27th, 1978, Harvey Milk, a gay polician, was shot and killed San Francis. In rponse to this horrible crime, the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos (SFGMC) was born. This unprecented and darg anizatn beme the first openly gay men’s chos the US.

In June of 1981, they performed at the Kennedy Center, spirg a group of dividuals right here DC to form their own gay men’s chos. And so began the Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton, DC.

REVIEW: ‘GMCW TURNS 40’ BY GAY MEN’S CHOS OF WASHGTON, DC

An outreach ensemble of the Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton, DC, GenOUT operat unr the two-fold missn: (1) to give LGBTQ+ and allied youth a voice through song, and (2) to nnect that voice to muny.

We typilly meet small groups wh a school’s GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance), but we n also make a prentatn for your entire school body.

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

(Washgton DC): The Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton DC’s (GMCW) 2022-2023 season will celebrate spiratnal women who advoted for the LGBTQ muny.

One of the bt-sellg mic artists of all time; Whney Hoton promised publicly to “always be a iend to the gay muny” and was wily seen as an LGBTQ+ in. Photo urty of Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton, DC.

GAY MEN'S CHOS: SGG ON A SHOTRG

The Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton, DC is celebratg 40 years of sgg for jtice and equaly our natn’s pal and abroad wh a new streamg celebratn, “GMCW Turns 40. From San Francis Gay Men's Chos:. "Closg out Season 45, San Francis Gay Men’s Chos (SFGMC) will prent Hello Yellow Brick Road — a one-night-only ultimate mash-up of Sir Elton John and all thgs Oz.

Image: Members of San Francis Gay Men's Chos/Photo cred: GoochMore Upg EventsLol EventLol EventLol EventLol EventFeatured EventLol EventLol Event. GMCW’s but performance occurred on September 23, 1981 at a receptn at the District Buildg to mark the openg of the Natnal Gay Task Force’s Washgton office (later the Natnal LGBTQ Task Force.

Mark’s had been a iend to the lol gay muny sce hosted meetgs of the DC Mattache Society as well as some of Washgton’s earlit gay dance parti the months followg the Stonewall Rts. In July 2015, members of GMCW went on an historic first-ever tour by a gay chos to Cuba. Bin’s rince, at the historic Carnegie Library honor of longtime gay rights activist Dr.

GAY MEN'S CHOS OF WASHGTON, DC RERDS

This was the first time a gay choral group was ved to participate such a natnal event. GMCW is a proud member of the Gay and Lbian Associatn of Chos (GALA Chos), Chos Ameri and the Cultural Alliance of Washgton.

PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE

" Several members of the San Francis Gay Men's Chos have mortgaged their hom to make this possible. It would be a feat for any gay anizatn to raise that much money. The San Francis Gay Men's Chos is not gog to all this trouble and expense simply to show the world that some homosexual mal are good sgers.

"There have been gay mil anizatns for centuri, but we're the first to say so. " Sce the chos me out of the closet, about 20 more overtly homosexual mil anizatns have materialized across the Uned Stat, cludg a lbian-gay marchg band Washgton that advertis self as "D.

GAY MEN’S CHOS OF WASHGTON, DC

"We are, " says Geis, "the first gay group to stand up and say, 'We're gay and we're talented and this is what we n do.

Our ntentn is that gay anizatns like ours n make a posive ntributn to society -- not jt the gay muny but the entire muny.

We're not gog out jt to play to gay people. "Obvly, " says Slate, "we are makg a polil statement by cludg 'Gay' the name of the chos; we are makg a statement by beg what we are and dog what we do. Collectn: Gay Men's Chos of Washgton, DC rerds | Gee Washgton Universy.

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

Gay Men's Chos of Washgton, DC rerds. This llectn ntas fancial rerds, marketg material, rerdgs, photographs, meetg mut, fundraisg rerds, and productn rerds that document the origatn and on-gog work of the Gay Men's Chos of Washgton DC.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

The Gay Men's Chos of Washgton, DC (GMCW) is one of the area's most highly rpected arts and muny service anizatns. Its missn is to “enterta through excellent mil performance, to affirm the place of Gay people society, and to te about the Gay experience. ” (March 2001)GMCW was tablished 1981 after the San Francis Gay Men's Chos' historic natnal tour and performance at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

Followg that ncert, a handful of mted cizens cid was important that Washgton also have a chos that would e mic and entertament to create a posive and affirmg experience for members and dienc, while tg the muny about the Gay experience and advotg for equal rights for all people, regardls of sexual orientatn. On September 23, 1981 they ma their but performance and held their first holiday performanc December is at the foreont of the gay and lbian choral movement. In 1996, they beme the first gay choral group to perform durg a printal gratn.

Durg s 20th anniversary season, GMCW performed at Carnegie Hall and Boston Symphony Hall jot ncerts wh the New York Cy Gay Men's Chos and the Boston Gay Men's Chos. GMCW has won a number of awards, cludg the prtig Mayor's Arts Award for artistic excellence 1989, a Distguished Service Award om the Gay and Lbian Activists Alliance 2003, and a Capal Pri Directors Award for Arts 2005. This llectn ntas fancial rerds, marketg material, rerdgs, photographs, meetg mut, fundraisg rerds, and productn rerds that document the work of the Gay Men's Chos of Washgton DC.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

Donated by the Gay Men's Chos of Washgton, DC 2008. Gay men -- Washgton (D.

Gui to the Gay Men's Chos of Washgton, DC rerds, 1980-2023. Gay Men's Chos of Washgton, DC's Form 990 for fisl year 2021 (September 1, 2020 to Augt 31, 2021).