From candlelight vigils to White House performances, gay men’s choruses have charted an extraordinary journey over the past half-century. It’s a series of stories tied together by community, activism, art, and resilience. Born out of a need for visibility and healing, they’ve become cultural institutions, blending music with unapologetic queerness and social justice. The story begins in 1978 in San Francisco, when activist-musician Jon Reed Sims founded the San Francisco Gay Men’s Cho...
