This study sought to unrstand the var rol mic played for gay men who were members of the San Francis Gay Men's Chos, the world's first gay men's chos. Specifilly, answers the followg qutns: What is the mographic profile of the chos members? How has the chos shaped or …
Contents:
- A SOCIAL AND HISTORIL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS
- HISTORY OF THE SAN DIEGO GAY MEN’S CHOS
A SOCIAL AND HISTORIL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS
* history of the gay men's chorus *
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.
HISTORY OF THE SAN DIEGO GAY MEN’S CHOS
The SAN DIEGO GAY MEN’S CHORUS is one of the ten largt GALA chos the Uned Stat. It currently featur over 100 talented and dited sgers and dancers who are voted to the chos missn statement, “To create a posive mil experience through excg performanc which engage our dienc,… * history of the gay men's chorus *
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. 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. Sce the origal 115 members first sang on the steps of San Francis Cy Hall 1978, The San Francis Gay Men's Chos has not only persevered the face of persecutn and tolerance, but we have also spired an LGBT choral movement around the 2, 000 members have sung wh the chos sce that first day over 40 years ago and we’re still gog strong. The Begng of a MovementIn the fall of 1978, Jon Reed Sims found the San Francis Gay Men's Chos.
His origal missn was simple: to clu more mic the lol Gay Freedom Day Para. But when over 100 sgers me to the first rehearsal, beme clear that somethg much bigger was about to than one month after that first rehearsal, Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official California, and San Francis Mayor Gee Mosne, were assassated ont of Cy the eveng of the assassatn, over 100 members of the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos attend a ndlelight vigil along wh thoands of shocked and grievg San Francisns. For many gay men, was the first time they had the opportuny to be a part of somethg big and e together public to share a fun experience.