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.

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

Whatever song we sang took on a different nuance bee we were gay men sgg . ‘It's really easy to assume that everythg's fe for gay people now, pecially London, but of urse isn't, ’ says Sharp. ‘He knew the bill would pass but he also knew there would be protts om anti-gay marriage groups, ’ says Chris Calvert, who's been sgg wh the choir for more than a .

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

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‘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. 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. Homo AloneRchled om December 2020, Homo Alone brought Christmas cheer to the Clapham Grand over 16 months sce the last time the LGMC Ensemble performed to a live dience. 30pm Watch back by clickg here Thirty socially-distanced sgers om the London Gay Men’s Chos performed at Stanley Halls – for an dience watchg om the fort of your home via Facebook live.

Glad to be GayOur Ensemble boys celebrated Pri London and 50 years sce the Stonewall rts wh a show packed wh vol fireworks, sparklg harmoni and the Ensemble’s unfettable ‘choral-ography’!