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Contents:

• GAY CHOIR DIRECTOR SAYS HE WAS FORCED OUT OF MARIETTA CHURCH JOB
• GAY CHOIR DIRECTOR: MARIETTA CHURCH FORCED ME OUT OF MY JOB
• GAY CHOIR DIRECTORS 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' BLACK CHURCH
• ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRAT S 40TH ANNIVERSARY WH HOLIDAY NCERT
• ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRATG 40TH ANNIVERSARY WH -PERSON HOLIDAY NCERT
• ATLANTA GAY MEN'S CHOS - DISGRAPHY
• ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRAT S 40TH ANNIVERSARY WH HOLIDAY NCERT

GAY CHOIR DIRECTOR SAYS HE WAS FORCED OUT OF MARIETTA CHURCH JOB

OurSong is dited to performg high qualy mic while celebratg our unique gay and lbian experience and our evolvg place  the world. Found 1981 by Jefey McIntyre wh spiratn om the lnch of the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos four years earlier, the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chos (AGMC) beme the first LGBT chos the South and only the fifth the world. He said durg the meetg where he got fired, the senr mister told Ptman he knew he was gay when he hired him.

And for a long time, Shanor said, Tle VII has been terpreted not to apply to the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny.

“It’s not like we don’t have closeted gay people servg the Uned Methodist Church or closeted trans people for that matter, ” Berryman said. But like those misters, he has known he is gay for s.

GAY CHOIR DIRECTOR: MARIETTA CHURCH FORCED ME OUT OF MY JOB

At her church, Hicks said, Ptman beg gay is not an issue. OurLearship | OurSong - The Atlanta Gay and Lbian Chos. A Marietta church choir director says he was forced to rign om his job bee he is gay.

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

He says that durg the meetg where he got fired, the senr mister told Ptman he knew he was gay when he hired him. East Cobb UMC’s senr pastor Nanci Hicks told WABE that Ptman beg gay is not an issue. Gay Choir Director Says He Was Forced Out Of Marietta Church Job.

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as we know was troduced the early 1990s when Print Bill Clton prented the policy as a “promise” the bate over whether gay, lbian and bisexual men and women should be allowed to serve openly the armed servic. However, those who were openly gay were barred om jog the ary. Growg up wh a mother who was a choir director Kansas Cy, Fry Brown said the ma criqu of the choir director were that he, or she, was eher sleepg wh all the women the church (if they were a man), or was gay or livg wh their mother.

ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRAT S 40TH ANNIVERSARY WH HOLIDAY NCERT

“It seems as though the most talented sgers the church, the most talented micians the church jt happen to be gay, ” he said. Hill said is not a matter of tryg to hi the fact that the dividuals are gay.

“Once we accept gay people for who and what they are, the better off we will be, ” Hill said. They currently ri Smyrna and have two elementary aged children, Coll and OUR MUSICIANS (2023-2024 Season)Claire BergerHolly BotellaDavid BonakerEy BoyleMark BostStven CarlbergDavid ChampnHayley Conroy​Jared DunnSamantha FrischlgLisa HayJefey ClantonJon EasterKatie DialPeyton FlemgAmeya GangalMeg Granum GurtcheffAmelia GregoryRichard HolzPerry HouckAudriana JohnsonJam JonElizabeth LambackJoseph LegaspiRyan NatnGarrett PaceStt JohnsonRyan KoterMark LambackKatie LeverettThomas McKeanCal NortonSam PottsMark KgAmy KuhnBronson LeeAva MaaloufAndy McleodIvy OvershJoy PutneyJam RansonJoseph RipleyMegan SchuemaJune WebbMeredh StarksJam Rashaad TurnerSpence WheheadSylvia WareRoss WilxMEET OUR BOARD MEMBERSStephanie Watks; Board ChairStephanie is an Arts AdvoteSydney Cleland; Board MemberSydney is a retired lawyer and torJamie Clements; Board MemberJamie is the Vice Print of Development at the Denver Center for the Performg Evans, Board MemberSamuel Hagan, Board MemberFor many years, Sam has been one of the most visible sgers the Atlanta areaTommy Herrgton; Board MemberTommy is Project Executive for Gay Constctn CompanyLeonard Jenks; Board MemberLeonard is the owner of Matenance of Man, a dietary supplement pany, and a retired Global Director at the Co Cola CompanyEric Nelson; Artistic DirectorRay Payne; Board MemberRay is a CPA and founr of Cerner Capal Management, providg fancial planng and Segal; Board MemberStan is retired and serv as Chair of the Cy of Brookhaven Planng Commissn addn to volunteerg wh SCORE and servg as Assistant District Director for GeiaMary Slghter; Board MemberMary is a global human pal executive, nsultant, executive ach, life-long mician, published thor, and the proud mom of two amazg young womenKathryn Stone; SecretaryKathryn is Counsel & Corporate Secretary for the Amerin Hotel & Lodgg AssociatnJulie Thompson; TreasurerJulie is the Director of Medil Staff Servic at Eastsi Medil Center and also Atlanta Master Chorale's TreasurerJim Verrecchia; Executive DirectorJim has served Atlanta Master Chorale as Executive Director for five years.

ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRATG 40TH ANNIVERSARY WH -PERSON HOLIDAY NCERT

This is somethg to take note of: A gay chos the Deep South is “a big [expletive] al. ” This, om Jefey McIntyre, who found the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chos Milton III, the current artistic director of the anizatn, ncurs.

“I’ve heard how important is to see over 100 men, gay, bi, trans, and straight alli all standg proudly and unapologetilly on stage, ” he says. It was a time when the gay rights movement was jt gag momentum. It was the first time McIntyre and 45 brave sgers me together to form the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chos.

ATLANTA GAY MEN'S CHOS - DISGRAPHY

Homophobia still very much exists. His wrg has appeared such publitns as the Los Angel Tim, Natnal Parks Magaze and Earth Island PREVIEWAtlanta Gay Men’s Chos 40th Anniversary Holiday Concert8 p.

Stt, who is gay, has been the Mic Director sce 2015.

ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRAT S 40TH ANNIVERSARY WH HOLIDAY NCERT

The chos has a batn of gay and straight members among s ensemble of 12, four of whom have been wh Chanticleer 15 years. It’s the Ruby Anniversary of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chos, markg 40 years of joyful service mic-makg, gay pri and social progrs.