Mic Center | Gay Men's Chos of Los Angel

Contents:

• GAY MEN’S CHOS OF LOS ANGEL NAM S NEW MIC DIRECTOR AND NDUCTOR
• WHY THE GAY MEN’S CHOS OF L.A. IS SGG FOR SURVIVAL
• THE BT AWARDS SHOW SEGMENT OF THE WEEKEND IS LA’S GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRATG LRA DERN
• GAY MEN'S CHOS OF LOS ANGEL TOUR DAT
• LOS ANGEL GAY MEN'S CHOS TICKETS

GAY MEN’S CHOS OF LOS ANGEL NAM S NEW MIC DIRECTOR AND NDUCTOR

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. 5EXPLORE VIDEOSEnjoy vios of past performanc om the Gay Men's Chos of Los Angel! For the Gay Men’s Chos of Los Angel, a Wednday announcement reprents a hopeful new chapter after a year of drama: Ernt H.

Gav Thrasher, who served as terim mic director, parted Augt to lead the New York Cy Gay Men’s appotment at the end of a difficult year for GMCLA. Gay Men's Chos of Los Angel. *Ex officLOU SPISTOExecutive Director & Producer, Gay Men's Chos of Los Angel.

WHY THE GAY MEN’S CHOS OF L.A. IS SGG FOR SURVIVAL

Gay Men’s Chos of Los Angel (GMCLA), unr the learship of Executive Director & Producer Lou Spisto and Mic Director & Conductor Ernt H. Found 1979 durg the emergence of the gay rights movement, GMCLA has spread s msage of love and acceptance wh ncerts across the globe and has raised s llective voice the stggle for equaly, social jtice, the fight agast the AIDS crisis, the fight for marriage equaly and supportg all those seekg to fd their own voice.

To set gay people straight. He was, adrift and shunned by his former iends, Hayashi found his way to the Gay Men’s Chos of Los Angel, the olst LGBTQ arts anizatn the cy. ”For 40 years GMCLA has been that safe space for hundreds of gay men.

— Steve Holzer, board chairman Duran, 59, asserted that he was part of a generatn of gay men who fed self through a hard-fought sense of eedom as well as a mararie which bawdy, sexual humor was not only accepted, was celebrated. Whereas the first GMCLA members uned agast homophobia the outsi world, current members found themselv divid wh their own wounds are still h, and triage is ongog, Holzer said. — Kev Jon Sce then, GMCLA has provid ccial visibily for gay men, Jon said.

THE BT AWARDS SHOW SEGMENT OF THE WEEKEND IS LA’S GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRATG LRA DERN

The day the Supreme Court ma gay marriage the law of the land, GMCLA was onstage leadg the celebratn Wt Hollywood 49 people were killed at Pulse nightclub Orlando, GMCLA sang wh Lady Gaga on the steps of Cy Hall. He is grateful for the good tn but lled the experience of beg gay and Catholic “tumultuo. ”Or as Holzer, 52, is fond of sayg: “I n’t tell you what my life would have been like if 40 gay men had e to my high school Yuma, Arizona, when I was 16 years old.

GAY MEN'S CHOS OF LOS ANGEL TOUR DAT

“The work they do is so important bee really giv young people the opportuny to see what ’s like to be out and proud, ” said Johnson, who me out as a sophomore high school. ”“It wouldn’t be the Gay Men’s Chos whout a Madonna medley, ” Holzer joked as members passed by, pattg him on the back and dippg for the ocsnal mood is light, upbeat and nvivial as artistic director Gav Thrasher enthiastilly leads the men through the set list, stoppg to adjt their pch here and there, to morate their timg, to have them pay attentn to the livery of certa words. The Gay Men’s Chos of Los Angel rehears at First Congregatnal Church of Los Angel.

“There’s no greater reward than dog for the ltle Black gay boy who has someone to look up to now bee we didn’t have those people to look up to, ” says Phipps, reuntg a movg past experience where a preteen boy lled the duo his hero after seeg them perform. (Jason Armond / Los Angel Tim) (Jason Armond / Los Angel Tim) Through the Freaky Boiz’s high-energy live performanc and slick raps over stmentals sure to make you dance, they’re rvg their own lane hip-hop and treatg dienc to mic that highlights Black gay joy, datg adventur and wo and empowerg antiexploatn bops tailor-ma for the digal age like “Cash App. ”“They’re tryg to teach kids that beg gay is wrong and that’s phg 50 years backwards om the work of people who started the Pri para like Marsha P.

At Saturday night’s Inpennt Spir Awards, the Gay Men’s Chos of Los Angel took the stage to celebrate all the LGBTQ reprentatn of this season’s big films — cludg the stuff you didn’t even realize was gay. Per the Chos, reprentatn for gay men this season clus but is not limed to:.

LOS ANGEL GAY MEN'S CHOS TICKETS

Andrew Ahn’s father once told him that there were “no gay people Korea. In a culturally nservative muny, where gog to church and buildg a fay were heavily emphasized, Ahn felt his gay inty kept him “om beg able to participate Korean culture.

” Then, he started equentg GAMeBoi, a weekly Asian Amerin gay party at Wt Hollywood’s Rage Nightclub. He learned to embrace beg both Korean and gay, so much so that he directed “Fire Island, ” a groundbreakg queer Asian Amerin rom- released last year. Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg to people of lor.

“Fdg plac like GAMeBoi, where beg queer and Asian do -exist … It’s not like a 1, 000-year-old Korean cultural rual, but I uld create a new rual, ” said Ahn, a recent Friday, hundreds packed QT Nightlife’s monthly K-Pop Night at Micky’s, a Wt Hollywood gay club a block or so east om the old GAMeBoi posed for selfi a pk Barbie box wh dis balls hangg overhead. ” (Michael Owen Baker / For The Tim) Even historilly gay neighborhoods like Wt Hollywood or San Francis’s Castro district, Asian Amerins have long been ignored or fetishized, seen as feme and weak.