Gay and Lbian Sgers of WA — Know Your Natn

Contents:

• GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN
• GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA REBRAND AS PERTH PRI CHOIR
• THE GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA TO BE IMMORTALISED THROUGH SHORT FILM
• GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA
• GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA CELEBRATE 25TH BIRTHDAY
• GAY AND LBIAN SGERS WA
• WE ARE THE GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WTERN ATRALIA
• GAY AND LBIAN SGERS APPEAR AT PERTH CONCERT HALL
• 40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)

GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN

The Gay and Lbian Sgers of WA are celebratg 25 years and are vg you to jo them for an eveng of betiful entertament.

The Gay and Lbian Sgers of WA (GALSWA) has officially bee Perth Pri Choir as of the first day of 2021, after 27 years of brgg LGBTQIA+ voic and stori to dienc across Atralia through song. Lang celebratn of the Internatnal Gay Gam and Cultural Ftival, and starrg their own documentary; Sgg For Our One Te Heart. Tags: GALSWA, Gay and Lbian SIngers of WA, irene moore, karron swn, mic, perth pri choir.

GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA REBRAND AS PERTH PRI CHOIR

Now, The Gay and Lbian Sgers of WA have punctuated the importance of the event, revealg that the group will bee immortalised via a short film set to premiere at the ftival this have nfirmed their venture to the big screen wh a project tled Sgg For Our One Te Heart. The choir was formed as a rponse to the ternatnal AIDS crisis facg the gay and lbian muny, standg solidary wh the Sydney Gay and Lbian Choir. Sgg For Our One Te Heart will screen alongsi feature documentary Gay Chos Deep South.

This project has ptured and celebrated the personal journeys and experienc of 16 people wh a nnectn to the Gay and Lbian Sgers of WA.

THE GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA TO BE IMMORTALISED THROUGH SHORT FILM

Inspired by a performance of the Sydney Gay and Lbian Choir, and as part of gay and lbian muny buildg rponse to AIDS/HIV, a ‘gay’ choir formed Perth 1993.

GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA

The choir performed at the AIDS vigil at St Mary’s thedral that s nfince grew changed s name to the Gay and Lbian Sgers of WA.

The choir ntued to grow membership and mil excellence and has been privileged to work wh a range of mil directors and highlights clu:*1996 participatg the Sydney Mardi Gras para*1997 wng the open choir sectn of the Kalamunda Eisteddfod*2001 participatg the first Atralasian Gay Choral gatherg “Camp Mic” culmatg a massed choral performance at the Sydney Town Hall.

GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WA CELEBRATE 25TH BIRTHDAY

GALSWA has been to every Out and Loud gatherg sce, travellg to Melbourne, Auckland (twice) and Hobart*2002 participatg the Internatnal Gay Gam and Cultural Ftival, which clud a performance at the Sydney Opera Hoe and sgg back-up harmony for k.

The Gay and Lbian Sgers of Wtern Atralia celebrated their 25th anniversary wh an emotnal ncert at the Dolph Theatre. They spoke about growg up gay untry towns, gettg married forty years after they met their partners, and how to choir has helped them ga nfince and fd new iends. ” Weman shared, sayg that the early 1990’s there was a movement of formg gay choirs around Atralia.

“Performg at the Opera Hoe for the Gay Gam 2002 was very memorable, and we sang backup for KD Lang at the Gay Gam too, as part of the ternatnal choir. The Gay and Lbian Sgers are an open muny choir, welg members of the GLBTI muny who enjoy mic and sgg. GALS was found 1993 by a small group of lbians who had been sgg a women’s choir but were spired to brg the ia of a choir to the gay muny.

GAY AND LBIAN SGERS WA

Ocsnally we are approached by non-gay people who want to jo. This happens rarely but when do the dividuals volved have been strongly supportive of gay rights and proud to stand up publicly as members of a gay choir.

WE ARE THE GAY AND LBIAN SGERS OF WTERN ATRALIA

For our next project, GALS will prent a ncert celebratg the mic of gay songwrers entled ‘Divas and Dy-kons’.

While shouldn't matter whether a sger or band is gay, lbian, transgenr, and so on, there have been plenty throughout mic's history that pletely she. In fact, some of the greatt micians to date were and are openly gay, and their mic stands the tt of time no ls. Freddie Mercury, and Elton John are jt a few gay micians who've bee plete LGBTQ+ ins.

GAY AND LBIAN SGERS APPEAR AT PERTH CONCERT HALL

Our members agree to abi by the aims:To posively reprent the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Queer + (LGBTQIA+) muny Wtern Atralia wh the LGBTQIA+, and wir, enurage and velop choral mic skills of members to the hight possible standard regardls of prev mil skills or experience through rehearsals and provi a welg, safe, supportive and clive environment for all members of the LGBTQIA+ muny, and alli of this build a strong and vibrant choir muny through mil and social activi and enurage Members of the Choir to have a participatory volvement wh the Choir’s Pri Choir acknowledg the tradnal ctodians of the lands on which we sg and e together.

But when Orville Peck’s myster barone follows the twangy guar to “My mama told me when I was young/ We are all born superstars, ” brgs the gay anthem to another level. If you walk to a gay club wh the next few months and don’t hear the openg, heart-poundg stras of Vct’s “Kill My Heart, ” ll the police, bee a crime has been mted.

Jt east of downtown, the Capol Hill neighborhood has long been the cy’s gay epicenter, wh rabow-pated crosswalks and many ways to dive to the LGBTQ+ scene. Asi om Capol Hill, there are gay-iendly and gay-owned tablishments jt about everywhere town.

40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)

Jt east of downtown, Capol Hill has long been the Seattle’s gay epicenter and home to artists, hipsters, stunts and now-famo micians, not to mentn some of the bt rtrants, bars, ffee shops, live mic venu and public parks.