San Francis Gay Men’s Chos: We're g for your children - California Catholic Daily

Contents:

• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A GAY CHOIR TOURED AMERI'S BIBLE BELT
• WHY THE GAY MEN’S CHOS OF L.A. IS SGG FOR SURVIVAL
• SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOS: WE’RE G FOR YOUR CHILDRENAPPEARG AT ST. IGNATI CHURCH JULY 24
• WATCH: GAY-INCLIVE CHURCH CHOIR SGS HYMNS BEFORE MEMORI PIZZA
• SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOS FAC BACKLASH AFTER RELEASG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR CHILDREN’ VIO
• BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP
• GREENVILLE GAY MEN'S CHOS IS MAKG THE YULETI GAY THIS YEAR
• DO A POIGNANT PHOTO OF GAY MEN'S CHOIR SHOW DEVASTATG IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS?
• CHOIR AND GAY MEN'S CHOS SG TOGETHER
• GAY CHOIR DIRECTORS 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' BLACK CHURCH

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A GAY CHOIR TOURED AMERI'S BIBLE BELT

Found 1978, the 300-strong group, wily regard as lnchg the gay choral movement, had s first public performance at cy hall after the assassatns of Mayor Gee Mosne and supervisor Harvey Milk. Sgg for Our Liv was the song they performed after the ath of Ameri’s first openly gay public official, and s lyrics seemed alarmgly pertent once aga, so the chos teamed up wh the Oakland Interfah Gospel Choir on a 2017 Lavenr Pen tour through the regn that had embraced Tmpism most Charl Rodrigu’s documentary Gay Chos Deep South follows the two groups through stat such as Mississippi, Tennsee and North Carola.

A remptive tale that bridg cultural divis the wake of the 2016 electn, the film follows several narrative arcs to tablish that misunrstandgs existed on both s cred, Gay Chos Deep South don’t recycle tired trop om Gee W Bh-era cultural liberalism. This is a project search of rapprochement, om wng over homophobic hearts one by one to marchg over the Edmund Pett Bridge Selma, Alabama, a gture of tersectnal solidary. An active Southern Baptist and megachurch chos director Hoton, he eventually me out as a gay man his 30s.

” Gay Chos Deep South quietly sists that social progrs requir dividual actn as well as stctural change, and the film is no small part Seelig’s attempt at both. Durg one performance, a chos member’s stnchly antigay father n’t help but se at a drag queen sgg Patsy Cle’s She’s Got You and pullg var relatnship memento out of her cleavage – then a flask, then a handsaw. ”Gay Chos Deep South is full of It Gets Better-que enuragement, pecially as many of the venu were chosen bee they are stat wh brazenly anti-LGBTQ laws, Mississippi and North Carola particular.

WHY THE GAY MEN’S CHOS OF L.A. IS SGG FOR SURVIVAL

And protters, some of them so lled ex-gays, show up om time to time. And Gay Chos Deep South don’t shy away om terrogatg the chos’s own assumptns, a particularly tense scene, Josh Burford, a historian who works on LGBTQ experienc the Amerin south, lls the ia of a proment natnal anizatn dog a goodwill tour “whe paternalist and nscendg”.

Gay Chos Deep South nclus s natnal tour wh screengs San Francis om 22 to 24 November. About 54% of practicg Christians said homosexualy should be accepted, acrdg to a recent Pew Rearch Center study. He was, adrift and shunned by his former iends, Hayashi found his way to the Gay Men’s Chos of Los Angel, the olst LGBTQ arts anizatn the cy.

”For 40 years GMCLA has been that safe space for hundreds of gay men. — Steve Holzer, board chairman Duran, 59, asserted that he was part of a generatn of gay men who fed self through a hard-fought sense of eedom as well as a mararie which bawdy, sexual humor was not only accepted, was celebrated. Whereas the first GMCLA members uned agast homophobia the outsi world, current members found themselv divid wh their own wounds are still h, and triage is ongog, Holzer said.

SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOS: WE’RE G FOR YOUR CHILDRENAPPEARG AT ST. IGNATI CHURCH JULY 24

— Kev Jon Sce then, GMCLA has provid ccial visibily for gay men, Jon said. The day the Supreme Court ma gay marriage the law of the land, GMCLA was onstage leadg the celebratn Wt Hollywood 49 people were killed at Pulse nightclub Orlando, GMCLA sang wh Lady Gaga on the steps of Cy Hall.

WATCH: GAY-INCLIVE CHURCH CHOIR SGS HYMNS BEFORE MEMORI PIZZA

He is grateful for the good tn but lled the experience of beg gay and Catholic “tumultuo.

”Or as Holzer, 52, is fond of sayg: “I n’t tell you what my life would have been like if 40 gay men had e to my high school Yuma, Arizona, when I was 16 years old.

SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOS FAC BACKLASH AFTER RELEASG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR CHILDREN’ VIO

“The work they do is so important bee really giv young people the opportuny to see what ’s like to be out and proud, ” said Johnson, who me out as a sophomore high school. ”“It wouldn’t be the Gay Men’s Chos whout a Madonna medley, ” Holzer joked as members passed by, pattg him on the back and dippg for the ocsnal mood is light, upbeat and nvivial as artistic director Gav Thrasher enthiastilly leads the men through the set list, stoppg to adjt their pch here and there, to morate their timg, to have them pay attentn to the livery of certa words.

The Gay Men’s Chos of Los Angel rehears at First Congregatnal Church of Los Angel. But by the time Owen was old enough to jo the choir, he was no longer a member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats; he had been exmunited after he me out as gay.

" Today, he's a part of a new choir — one that's open to gays, lbians and Mormons.

BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP

The ensemble of roughly 15 members, lled the One Voice Choir, is not officially part of the LDS church Utah, but they've been ved to perform at a Mormon church-sponsored outreach event for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny. Bryan Horn, the group's mil director, rigned om the church after g out as gay, but says he's still a Mormon his heart.

" Rexene Pcher, another member of the group, tears up when she talks about her gay son who whdrew om the church when he no longer felt accepted. Sce the choir was formed, the LDS church lnched a new webse urgg Latter-day Sats to reach out more to gay and lbian members. San Francis Gay Men’s Chos: We're g for your children - California Catholic Daily Skip to ntent San Francis Gay Men’s Chos: We’re g for your childrenAppearg at St.

” (Screenshot om vio)The San Francis Gay Men’s Chos produced a mic vio tled “A Msage om the Gay Communy” which several dozen men vow: “We’re g for your children.

GREENVILLE GAY MEN'S CHOS IS MAKG THE YULETI GAY THIS YEAR

”Later the mic vio, the lead sger is joed by nearly a hundred other gay men, sgg “We’re g for your children. ”After the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos posted the mic vio on YouTube, received a high number of downvot om the public, as well as many negative of Wednday night, the YouTube vio seems to have been taken down. Rears n watch a clip of , which some shared on social media above om a July 7 story on Update: Acrdg to an email om a California Catholic rear the gay group is appearg at St.

DO A POIGNANT PHOTO OF GAY MEN'S CHOIR SHOW DEVASTATG IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS?

The Gay Men's Chos of Washgton, DC sgs to spire equaly and cln wh mil performanc and tn promotg jtice and digny for all. Gave his endorsement for Civil Unns, which would sentially give homosexual upl all the same rights as tradnal married upl Utah, but fallg short of llg unns between gay upl “marriage”.

CHOIR AND GAY MEN'S CHOS SG TOGETHER

Civil Unns might have succsfully mataed all rights for gay upl whout g the word that has ep relig and cultural signifince.

Huntsman received praise on both sis of the aisle for this bold actn bee he unrstood the reasong behd the need for greater civil rights and powers of attorney for gay upl.

GAY CHOIR DIRECTORS 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' BLACK CHURCH

The LDS Church has tradnally taken a fensive posture and/or what has been labeled an “anti-gay posture”, as crics would ll , or “pro fay and tradnal marriage” posture, pendg on who you ask.