London Gay Men’s Chos: the choir that’s soundtracked 30 years of queer history

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• THE LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS HAS SOUNDTRACKED 30 YEARS OF QUEER HISTORY – THIS IS S STORY
• LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS: PROUD VOICVOIC UNWRAPPED SAT 11 JUN 2022 CONTEMPORARY LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS: PROUD VOIC
• THE LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS:

THE LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS HAS SOUNDTRACKED 30 YEARS OF QUEER HISTORY – THIS IS S STORY

‘Boys Will Be Boys’ hs differently when ’s sung by the London Gay Men's Chos. ‘When people thk “wouldn't be fun to book a gay choir for our event”, they already have a picture their head of what this might look like. ‘We always had a missn to change some of those negative perceptns of gay men the media, ’ says former chair Mart Brophy.

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The LGMC brought a galvanisg prence to this historic day, but some members had to bsh off shockg homophobia between songs.

LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS: PROUD VOICVOIC UNWRAPPED SAT 11 JUN 2022 CONTEMPORARY LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS: PROUD VOIC

‘One [anti-same sex marriage] protter me up to me and another guy and asked if we had been sexually abed as a child and if that had ma gay. Members helped to anise, then sang at, a 1999 vigil honourg the victims of a barbaric nail bomb attack at a gay pub on Old Compton Street, London's queer heartland.

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Time to party style wh the London Gay Men’s Chos. Perfect DayPerfect Day saw the London Gay Men’s Chos return to the stage after over 500 days of silence – the longt pse their 30 year history.