Halifax's only gay men's chos is performg live aga after two years and after already sellg 1,200 tickets, they say, 's clear, people HRM are ready and eager for more queer entertament.
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- CHOR GAI D'OTTAWA GAY MEN'S CHOS
- CHOR GAI D'OTTAWA GAY MEN'S CHOS
- GAYWILL AMBASSADORS PROGRAMPLEASE NSIR BEG A GAYWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE CHOS. THROUGH YOUR SPONSORSHIP WE ARE ABLE TO NTUE OFFERG QUALY PERFORMANC TO YOU AND TO THE WIR MUNY. THE OTTAWA GAY MEN’S CHOS WAS TABLISHED 1986, MAKG THE SEND GAY CHOIR TO BE FORMED CANADA AND THE OLST SUCH CHOIR ONTAR. PLEASE HELP TO STAY STRONG AND TO GROW.OUR 2022 SEASON AMBASSADORSATTACHÉ ($25 – $99) DIPLOMAT ($100 – $499)THOMAS J. WILKSON AMBASSADOR ($500 – $999)ALA BERTRAND • CL DUNE • EVAN NICHOLAS LEO HAZENBERG • MARCEL MILOT • MICHELLE SPEELMAN VEY • BENO RICHERHIGH COMMISSNER ($1000+)DIANA L. STIMSON • GUY DELORMETHANK YOU TO ALL OUR DONORS! LEVELS OF SUPPORT:ATTACHé: $25 – $99DIPLOMAT: $100 – $499 (CLUS 1 TICKET FOR EACH NCERT)AMBASSADOR: $500 – $999 (CLUS 2 TICKETS FOR EACH NCERT)HIGH COMMISSNER: $1,000 AND UP (CLUS 2 TICKETS TO EACH NCERT, AND 2 TICKETS FOR EACH ADDNAL CHOS-N EVENT)ALL GAYWILL AMBASSADORS RECEIVE:ACKNOWLEDGMENT OUR NCERT PROGRAMS AND ON OUR WEBSE FOR THE CURRENT SEASONAN E TAX RECEIPT FOR THE PORTN OF YOUR DONATN (M THE VALUE OF TICKETS RECEIVED)AN VATN TO CHOS SPECIAL EVENTSDISUNTS ON PROGRAM ADVERTISGFOR MORE RMATN, PLEASE NTACT .DONATNS
- HALIFAX'S ONLY GAY MEN'S CHOS IS PERFORMG LIVE AGA AFTER 2 YEARS
- MILLY SPEAKG: OTTAWA GAY MEN’S CHOS
- OTTAWA GAY MEN’S CHOS TURNS 20
CHOR GAI D'OTTAWA GAY MEN'S CHOS
Chor gai d'Ottawa Gay Men's Chos is a chary registered wh Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The fisl year filed is 1990-12-05. * gay choirs in ottawa *
Chor gai d’Ottawa Gay Men’s Chos is a lol, pennt, charable anizatn, the missn of which is to perform qualy choral mic and to ntribute to the LGBTQ muny. The chos achiev s missn by: providg an opportuny for gay men to affirm their inty providg mutual support for members promotg LGBTQ artists and their works broang mil tast velopg mil skills buildg a bilgual repertoire -operatg wh other elements of the LGBTQ muny to foster a posive imageHistoryPrepared by John Foster wh the llaboratn of Cl Dune and (trans. ) Marcel THE INITIATIVEIn the summer of 1986 Gordon Johnston, spired by the example of the Vanuver Men’s Chos, nceived of a gay men’s choral group for Ottawa.
CHOR GAI D'OTTAWA GAY MEN'S CHOS
Through ntacts the gay muny, cludg the Metropolan Communy Church, active at the time, he brought together a small anisg group late Augt, cludg Barry Deeprose, Tom Gallagher, Mark Krayenhoff, Glen Lewis and Ralph Whke. Gordon creds his origal strong Mormon inty wh shapg his approach to beg gay. “Beg gay and beg rejected by my own system was my salvatn.
” Wh his mother, he worked wh the Parents of Lbians and Gays Salt Lake Cy, mentg “You know, that’s like foundg the Orange Lodge at the Vatin. ” And ed, the social and polil ntext of the 1980’s was very OTTAWA, IN THE CANADA OF THE 1980s Although Jtice Mister Pierre T clared that the state was gettg out of the bedrooms of the natn wh reforms to the crimal 1969, did not “legalize” homosexualy, and life for homosexuals was hardly simple the 1970s and 1980s. Neverthels Ontar police ntued what historian Gary Ksman terms a “war on gays” across southern Ontar bars, washrooms and parks.
GAYWILL AMBASSADORS PROGRAMPLEASE NSIR BEG A GAYWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE CHOS. THROUGH YOUR SPONSORSHIP WE ARE ABLE TO NTUE OFFERG QUALY PERFORMANC TO YOU AND TO THE WIR MUNY. THE OTTAWA GAY MEN’S CHOS WAS TABLISHED 1986, MAKG THE SEND GAY CHOIR TO BE FORMED CANADA AND THE OLST SUCH CHOIR ONTAR. PLEASE HELP TO STAY STRONG AND TO GROW.OUR 2022 SEASON AMBASSADORSATTACHÉ ($25 – $99) DIPLOMAT ($100 – $499)THOMAS J. WILKSON AMBASSADOR ($500 – $999)ALA BERTRAND • CL DUNE • EVAN NICHOLAS LEO HAZENBERG • MARCEL MILOT • MICHELLE SPEELMAN VEY • BENO RICHERHIGH COMMISSNER ($1000+)DIANA L. STIMSON • GUY DELORMETHANK YOU TO ALL OUR DONORS! LEVELS OF SUPPORT:ATTACHé: $25 – $99DIPLOMAT: $100 – $499 (CLUS 1 TICKET FOR EACH NCERT)AMBASSADOR: $500 – $999 (CLUS 2 TICKETS FOR EACH NCERT)HIGH COMMISSNER: $1,000 AND UP (CLUS 2 TICKETS TO EACH NCERT, AND 2 TICKETS FOR EACH ADDNAL CHOS-N EVENT)ALL GAYWILL AMBASSADORS RECEIVE:ACKNOWLEDGMENT OUR NCERT PROGRAMS AND ON OUR WEBSE FOR THE CURRENT SEASONAN E TAX RECEIPT FOR THE PORTN OF YOUR DONATN (M THE VALUE OF TICKETS RECEIVED)AN VATN TO CHOS SPECIAL EVENTSDISUNTS ON PROGRAM ADVERTISGFOR MORE RMATN, PLEASE NTACT .DONATNS
Prott and advocy by gay men and women ntued, public support for human rights protectn amplified, and 1986 the Peterson mory provcial ernment passed Bill 7, which clud addg sexual orientatn to the Ontar Human Rights Co.
Th, gay inty and public regnn was phed forward the 1970s and 1980s by diverse efforts, often led by Ottawa-based activists.
Gays of Ottawa (GO) began meetg at St.
HALIFAX'S ONLY GAY MEN'S CHOS IS PERFORMG LIVE AGA AFTER 2 YEARS
It began, publishg Go Info (om 1972), and was the base for the Canadian Gay Rights Coaln the late 1970s.
MILLY SPEAKG: OTTAWA GAY MEN’S CHOS
L McAfee and others anized the first eratn of Egale (Equaly for Gays and Lbians Everywhere), stmental advancg gay and lbian public policy objectiv for more than two s. In 1989 GO beme the Associatn of Gays and Lbians of Ottawa (ALGO).
OTTAWA GAY MEN’S CHOS TURNS 20
By the early 1980s a rponsive Gayle was providg an rmatn and advice service to llers.