Connecticut Gay Men's Chos - History - 21st Century

Contents:

• CONNECTICUT GAY MEN'S CHOS
• CONNECTICUT GAY MEN'S CHOS - HISTORY - 21ST CENTURY
• THE CONNECTICUT GAY MEN'S CHOS
• CONNECTICUT GAY MEN'S CHOS

CONNECTICUT GAY MEN'S CHOS

Sce Bgomania is a fundraiser for the Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos, you may also nsir donatg back all or a portn of your wngs.

Recent Bgomanias have benefed a broad range of muny anizatns, cludg Special Olympics, AIDS Project New Haven, and the CT Gay and Lbian Film Ftival.

the Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos was the first anizatn of s kd Connecticut and is a proud to be a part of LGBT history. We aim to portray the very bt of the gay muny an thentic way. And, to further our missn of buildg bridg between the gay muny and the muny at large, we now wele men of all orientatns to jo song and fellowship.

CONNECTICUT GAY MEN'S CHOS - HISTORY - 21ST CENTURY

For over 35 years, the Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos is proud to have been a standard bearer for a powerful mix of performance, muny activism, empowerment and clivens, tablishg as an in among Connecticut’s LGBTQ anizatns. For over 30 years, the Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos has served as a standard bearer for a powerful and acplished mix of high-liber performance, muny activism, empowerment and clivens, tablishg as an in among Connecticut’s LGBT anizatns. The CGMC also performs at many fundraisers for other nonprof groups, and at lol events such as the Molson Summertime Street Ftival New Haven 1992 and the Hartford gay pri march for several years.

The Chos has performed wh gut artists such as Gee Howe, Mark Hardy, Tommy Femia, Julie Halston and Julie Wilson, and has given jot performanc wh Another Octave/Connecticut Women’s Chos, the Boston Gay Men’s Chos, and the Baltimore Gay Men’s Chos.

In 2004 the Chos mered a full page the book How the Homosexuals Saved Civilizatn by Cathy Crimms, as an example of "how gay-tolerant small towns Connecticut have bee. Male LGBT ChosBased New Haven, CTFound 1986, the Connecticut Gay Men's Chos was the first anizatn of s kd Connecticut and is a proud to be a part of LGBT history.

THE CONNECTICUT GAY MEN'S CHOS

Contact The Connecticut Gay Men's Chos. The Connecticut Gay Men's Chos (CGMC) is Connecticut's first and, until 2012, s only performg arts anizatn posed of openly gay men.

It was begun 1986 by a small group of gay men unr the directorship of Robert Read and led by him until 1992. 20th Century21st CenturyReferencFrom 1993 to 2007 the CGMC also performed September Provcetown, Massachetts, a town wh a large gay populatn.

The CGMC is a member of GALA, the Gay and Lbian Associatn of Chos, and the Arts Council of Greater New first ncert given by the CGMC was 1987.

CONNECTICUT GAY MEN'S CHOS

Clark changed the directn of the Chos om "standg on risers and sgg" to fully staged, fully stumed mil revu, and creased the polilly themed ntent favor of more general entertament a succsful effort to attract a larger dience, cludg the non-gay muny. The Chos beme known for humor, as mentned a 1999 New York Tim article, “As is ctomary wh the Gay Men’s Chos, parody l.

New Haven’s mayor, John DeStefano, Jr., issued an official proclamatn that the day of the performance was “Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos Day.

”, entled “I Have Somethg to Tell You, ” was nomated for a Gay and Lbian Amerin Mic Awards (GLAMA) Award 1998 the Cast Rerdg 1986 the Chos rporated as Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos, Inc., a not-for-prof 501(c)(3) rporatn. The Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos and CGMC are still ed as nam unr which the rporatn do bs. Sce that time, all Hartford shows have been at eher the Beldg Theater or the larger Mortensen Hall, both part of the Bhnell Theater CGMC also performs at many fundraisers for other nonprof groups, and at lol events such as the Molson Summertime Street Ftival New Haven 1992 and the Hartford gay pri march for several years.