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Dr. Tim Seelig, Artistic Director and Conductor of San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, to Retire
Songs of Praise and Generosity from a Beloved Bay Area Institution
Trans Singer Encounters Mother (and Bathroom Laws) on Tour in the South
Choirs' Joyous Crowds Outnumber Anti-Gay Protesters in Alabama
Bay Area Choruses Sing Out in Mississippi Against Anti-Gay Bill
SF Gay Men's Chorus Ups Security for Southern States Tour
Bay Area to Protest Far-Right Rallies with Clowning, Dance, Song
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He conducted annually at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center for 25 years, and holds four degrees. Dr. Seelig released his memoir \u003cem>Tale of Two Tims: Big Ol’ Baptist, Big Ol’ Gay\u003c/em> in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus will forever be indebted to Tim for his many years of service and contributions to the chorus and our community,” said SFGMC Executive Director Chris Verdugo. “He helped elevate SFGMC to the global stage while also transforming the chorus into a worldwide leader in the LGBTQ+ choral movement. 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They’re also doing two shows with the San Francisco Symphony, one with the Oakland Symphony, another show at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and capping it off with a Christmas Eve show at Slim’s.\u003ca href=\"http://www.oigc.org/events/?view=calendar&month=December-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4CEDCg2S8w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A triumphant homecoming for the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, just back from an LGBTQ tour of the south.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705029018,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":3,"wordCount":164},"headData":{"title":"Songs of Praise and Generosity from a Beloved Bay Area Institution | KQED","description":"A triumphant homecoming for the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, just back from an LGBTQ tour of the south.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Songs of Praise and Generosity from a Beloved Bay Area Institution","datePublished":"2017-11-30T02:50:11.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T03:10:18.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/13816106/songs-of-praise-and-generosity-from-a-beloved-bay-area-institution","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir’s December concerts are a Bay Area holiday tradition with a lot to say about why we love it here. 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They’re also doing two shows with the San Francisco Symphony, one with the Oakland Symphony, another show at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and capping it off with a Christmas Eve show at Slim’s.\u003ca href=\"http://www.oigc.org/events/?view=calendar&month=December-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/i4CEDCg2S8w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/i4CEDCg2S8w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13816106/songs-of-praise-and-generosity-from-a-beloved-bay-area-institution","authors":["32"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_835","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_3277","arts_6387","arts_2442","arts_3281","arts_2176","arts_3278"],"featImg":"arts_13816118","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13812974":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13812974","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13812974","score":null,"sort":[1509649203000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"trans-singer-encounters-mother-and-bathroom-laws-on-tour-in-the-south","title":"Trans Singer Encounters Mother (and Bathroom Laws) on Tour in the South","publishDate":1509649203,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Trans Singer Encounters Mother (and Bathroom Laws) on Tour in the South | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Joyce Arterberry takes her seat front and center in the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, Tennessee. She’s driven five and a half hours from Indianapolis, Indiana with her daughter Amy to see her son, Tom Kennard, perform with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus on tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2017/11/Kennard.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting ready backstage, Tom is excited and nervous. He’s fretting about the seats he bought for Joyce and Amy. He’s one of 250 singers on the tour and wants to make sure his mom and sister get a good view of him up there under the lights. “Do you think they can they see me?” he asks anxiously. Tom’s also wondering whether his mom will like the scarf he crocheted for her as a gift. “She picked green to go with her pea coat,” he says. He plans to present it to her after the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joyce is also excited — she’s had her hair done specially for the occasion — and, similarly, a little bit nervous: It’s been many years since she last saw her 67-year-old son sing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13813001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13813001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Martinez and Joyce Arterberry traveled five and half hours by car from Indianapolis to Knoxville to hear family member Tom Kennard sing with the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Martinez and Joyce Arterberry traveled five and half hours by car from Indianapolis to Knoxville to hear family member Tom Kennard sing with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They had a talent show in our grade school when Tom was in the first grade,” Joyce, who’s in her mid 80s, recalls of that last experience. “And he sang the hymn ‘Do Lord.’ I think that’s when he really decided he could sing in front of people.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot has happened between mother and son in the intervening decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Tom’s earliest memories is of his mom dressing him up like a porcelain doll when he was a child, before his transition. “She always had me in these frilly dresses and frilly socks,” recalls Tom. “She was very girly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wasn’t having any of it, preferring baseball and fishing to playing with kitchen sets and dolls. “\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was not interested,” Tom says. “I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was just kind of stereotypical boy\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joyce is something of a traditionalist — a churchgoer who met her husband, Bill, in high school in Indiana. They had five children together, of which Tom was the oldest. The couple was married for 67 years before Bill passed away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13813002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13813002\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-800x451.jpeg\" alt=\"Tom Kennard before his transition from female to male, age 30, at a lesbian bar in Indianapolis.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-800x451.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-768x433.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-375x211.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-520x293.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777.jpeg 950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Kennard and friend before his transition from female to male, age 30, at a lesbian bar in Indianapolis. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Tom Kennard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So it was tough on Joyce when Tom came out as a lesbian in his 20s, and even tougher when, at age 47, he decided to take hormones and eventually undergo gender reassignment surgery. Tom sent his mom a letter to share his news when he could no longer disguise the fact that his voice was getting deeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly I was very shocked,” Joyce recalls. “\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I just couldn’t believe it because I had brought up this beautiful girl, and \u003c/span>I had a hard time accepting it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s since come around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13813005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13813005\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Kennard with his sister Amy Martinez and mom Joyce Arterberry in Knoxville, Tennessee.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-1920x1083.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-960x542.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Kennard with his sister Amy Martinez and mom Joyce Arterberry in Knoxville, Tennessee. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The process took many years, during which she lost two of her children. One died of a heart attack at 54, and the other at 23, in a car accident. “I realized after awhile that I loved my child, and that I didn’t want to lose my child,” Joyce says of coming to terms with Tom’s new life as a man. “So it’s worked out. If he’s happy, then I’m happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making human connections is one of the reasons the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus chose to undertake its 40th anniversary season “Lavender Pen Tour” in October. The country’s biggest and oldest gay choir changed its international travel plans soon after the 2016 presidential election to instead visit five Southern states and undertake a series of concerts and outreach events in places where LGBTQ rights are in conflict with conservative Christian views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13810866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13810866\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Members of The San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir gather on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol to sing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-1920x1084.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-960x542.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of The San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir gather on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol to sing. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One such state is Mississippi, where the Religious Liberty Accommodations Act took effect a couple of days after the chorus performed in Jackson, the state capital. The controversial piece of legislation gives business owners the right to refuse service to LGBTQ people due to religious views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the chorus’s concerts in Jackson and other cities on the week-long tour attracted rapturous crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are close to a thousand people in the audience at Knoxville Civic Auditorium. The mayor of Knoxville is there, and everyone seems to be having a great time. During the chorus’s two-hour set, performed in collaboration with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Knoxville’s own gay men’s vocal ensemble, they seem openly moved by the earnest torch songs calling for acceptance and love, and laugh expansively at the hilarious and slightly risqué comedic numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YNqoqoOi5Q?rel=0&controls=0]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the curtain goes down, Tom rushes to the lobby to find his mom and sister, who greet him with affection and delight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You were so wonderful,” Joyce says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thanks mom,” Tom replies. “You have to get the new album.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told Amy, I need a new needle for my little record player.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any mother, Joyce is worried about her child’s safety. Especially since the chorus is headed to North Carolina, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">where there’s an ongoing battle around whether trans people must use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificate. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13813012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13813012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Kennard is one of the lower basses in the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Kennard is one of the lower basses in the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not that Tom would be mistaken for a woman in the men’s restroom. He’s bald, and sings low bass in the choir. In fact, he’s brought a T-shirt with the slogan “You Can Pee Next To Me” on tour, hoping it will prompt conversations with locals about transgender rights. “We’ll see what happens,” Tom says. “Or if people even get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mostly though, Tom is just happy his mom got to see him sing — and relieved that she likes her new crocheted scarf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13812975\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender member of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Tom Kennard poses in the men's bathroom at a rest stop en route from Birmingham, AL to Knoxville, TN. Kennard was one of a group of 250 singers traveling through the south on the choir's 'Lavender Pen Tour'.\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-520x292.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The last time SF Gay Men's Chorus bass singer Tom Kennard performed for his mom was before his transition, more than 60 years ago. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705029190,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1159},"headData":{"title":"Trans Singer Encounters Mother (and Bathroom Laws) on Tour in the South | KQED","description":"The last time SF Gay Men's Chorus bass singer Tom Kennard performed for his mom was before his transition, more than 60 years ago. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Trans Singer Encounters Mother (and Bathroom Laws) on Tour in the South","datePublished":"2017-11-02T19:00:03.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T03:13:10.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/11/VeltmanTransSingerReunion.mp3","sticky":false,"path":"/arts/13812974/trans-singer-encounters-mother-and-bathroom-laws-on-tour-in-the-south","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Joyce Arterberry takes her seat front and center in the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, Tennessee. She’s driven five and a half hours from Indianapolis, Indiana with her daughter Amy to see her son, Tom Kennard, perform with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus on tour.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audioLink","attributes":{"named":{"src":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2017/11/Kennard.mp3"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Getting ready backstage, Tom is excited and nervous. He’s fretting about the seats he bought for Joyce and Amy. He’s one of 250 singers on the tour and wants to make sure his mom and sister get a good view of him up there under the lights. “Do you think they can they see me?” he asks anxiously. Tom’s also wondering whether his mom will like the scarf he crocheted for her as a gift. “She picked green to go with her pea coat,” he says. He plans to present it to her after the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joyce is also excited — she’s had her hair done specially for the occasion — and, similarly, a little bit nervous: It’s been many years since she last saw her 67-year-old son sing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13813001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13813001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Martinez and Joyce Arterberry traveled five and half hours by car from Indianapolis to Knoxville to hear family member Tom Kennard sing with the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Amy-and-Joyce-e1509307703516-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Martinez and Joyce Arterberry traveled five and half hours by car from Indianapolis to Knoxville to hear family member Tom Kennard sing with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They had a talent show in our grade school when Tom was in the first grade,” Joyce, who’s in her mid 80s, recalls of that last experience. “And he sang the hymn ‘Do Lord.’ I think that’s when he really decided he could sing in front of people.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot has happened between mother and son in the intervening decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Tom’s earliest memories is of his mom dressing him up like a porcelain doll when he was a child, before his transition. “She always had me in these frilly dresses and frilly socks,” recalls Tom. “She was very girly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wasn’t having any of it, preferring baseball and fishing to playing with kitchen sets and dolls. “\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was not interested,” Tom says. “I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was just kind of stereotypical boy\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joyce is something of a traditionalist — a churchgoer who met her husband, Bill, in high school in Indiana. They had five children together, of which Tom was the oldest. The couple was married for 67 years before Bill passed away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13813002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13813002\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-800x451.jpeg\" alt=\"Tom Kennard before his transition from female to male, age 30, at a lesbian bar in Indianapolis.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-800x451.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-768x433.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-375x211.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777-520x293.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-at-30-in-lesbian-bar-in-Indianapolis-e1509307944777.jpeg 950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Kennard and friend before his transition from female to male, age 30, at a lesbian bar in Indianapolis. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Tom Kennard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So it was tough on Joyce when Tom came out as a lesbian in his 20s, and even tougher when, at age 47, he decided to take hormones and eventually undergo gender reassignment surgery. Tom sent his mom a letter to share his news when he could no longer disguise the fact that his voice was getting deeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly I was very shocked,” Joyce recalls. “\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I just couldn’t believe it because I had brought up this beautiful girl, and \u003c/span>I had a hard time accepting it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s since come around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13813005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13813005\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Kennard with his sister Amy Martinez and mom Joyce Arterberry in Knoxville, Tennessee.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-1920x1083.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-960x542.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-Joyce-and-Amy-e1509308259195-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Kennard with his sister Amy Martinez and mom Joyce Arterberry in Knoxville, Tennessee. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The process took many years, during which she lost two of her children. One died of a heart attack at 54, and the other at 23, in a car accident. “I realized after awhile that I loved my child, and that I didn’t want to lose my child,” Joyce says of coming to terms with Tom’s new life as a man. “So it’s worked out. If he’s happy, then I’m happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making human connections is one of the reasons the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus chose to undertake its 40th anniversary season “Lavender Pen Tour” in October. The country’s biggest and oldest gay choir changed its international travel plans soon after the 2016 presidential election to instead visit five Southern states and undertake a series of concerts and outreach events in places where LGBTQ rights are in conflict with conservative Christian views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13810866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13810866\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Members of The San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir gather on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol to sing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-1920x1084.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-960x542.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/SFGMC-and-OIGC-in-Jackson-e1507499258297-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of The San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir gather on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol to sing. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One such state is Mississippi, where the Religious Liberty Accommodations Act took effect a couple of days after the chorus performed in Jackson, the state capital. The controversial piece of legislation gives business owners the right to refuse service to LGBTQ people due to religious views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the chorus’s concerts in Jackson and other cities on the week-long tour attracted rapturous crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are close to a thousand people in the audience at Knoxville Civic Auditorium. The mayor of Knoxville is there, and everyone seems to be having a great time. During the chorus’s two-hour set, performed in collaboration with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Knoxville’s own gay men’s vocal ensemble, they seem openly moved by the earnest torch songs calling for acceptance and love, and laugh expansively at the hilarious and slightly risqué comedic numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1YNqoqoOi5Q?rel=0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1YNqoqoOi5Q?rel=0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the curtain goes down, Tom rushes to the lobby to find his mom and sister, who greet him with affection and delight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You were so wonderful,” Joyce says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thanks mom,” Tom replies. “You have to get the new album.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told Amy, I need a new needle for my little record player.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any mother, Joyce is worried about her child’s safety. Especially since the chorus is headed to North Carolina, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">where there’s an ongoing battle around whether trans people must use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificate. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13813012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13813012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Kennard is one of the lower basses in the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Tom-and-the-basses-e1509309263688-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Kennard is one of the lower basses in the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not that Tom would be mistaken for a woman in the men’s restroom. He’s bald, and sings low bass in the choir. In fact, he’s brought a T-shirt with the slogan “You Can Pee Next To Me” on tour, hoping it will prompt conversations with locals about transgender rights. “We’ll see what happens,” Tom says. “Or if people even get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mostly though, Tom is just happy his mom got to see him sing — and relieved that she likes her new crocheted scarf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13812975\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender member of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Tom Kennard poses in the men's bathroom at a rest stop en route from Birmingham, AL to Knoxville, TN. Kennard was one of a group of 250 singers traveling through the south on the choir's 'Lavender Pen Tour'.\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106-520x292.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_7174-e1509222100106.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13812974/trans-singer-encounters-mother-and-bathroom-laws-on-tour-in-the-south","authors":["8608"],"categories":["arts_69","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_1037","arts_1119","arts_1118","arts_2176"],"featImg":"arts_13813561","label":"arts"},"arts_13811088":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13811088","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13811088","score":null,"sort":[1507748429000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"sf-gay-mens-chorus-oakaland-interfaith-gospel-choir-selma-alabama-protest","title":"Choirs' Joyous Crowds Outnumber Anti-Gay Protesters in Alabama","publishDate":1507748429,"format":"image","headTitle":"Choirs’ Joyous Crowds Outnumber Anti-Gay Protesters in Alabama | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.oigc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\u003c/a> received a police escort through the city of Selma, Alabama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the second day of a week-long tour that took the singers through Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. The six blue buses bearing some 250 singers and around 50 family members, organizers, reporters, a documentary team, and various other hangers on, swept importantly into the quiet town on an overcast Monday afternoon. Cops stopped cars at a few intersections. The locals didn’t seem otherwise inconvenienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except for two individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I encountered R.J. and Ashley outside the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church. The picturesque, brown-brick national landmark was the kick-off point for a series of civil rights marches from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery in 1965, which played a major role in bringing about the adoption of the the Voting Rights Act, a piece of federal legislation prohibiting racial discrimination in voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13811138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"R.J. and Ashley protest the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir in Selma, Alabama, October 9, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">R.J. and Ashley protest the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir in Selma, Alabama, Oct. 9, 2017. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The choruses had just spent a euphoric hour singing energetic gospel, torch and protest songs in the famous church. Attendees also got to hear rousing speeches from civil rights, civic and religious leaders, including the soft-spoken and sparkly activist Lawrence F. Huggins, who had participated in the marches and taken a police baton to the gut for his pains. (“It bounced right off,” he said to the delight of the assembly. “I had a six-pack back then.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”vfhzxwvla2kd0Y1NzGKrTl0zzzVrNRzM”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many singers were in a state of high emotion as they exited the church. Some were crying. San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus artistic director Tim Seelig called the experience a “mountain top moment.” As we hopped back onto the waiting buses, people paid little attention to the two African-American teens, standing under an umbrella in the rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/10/VeltmanGayMensChorus.mp3\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They stood serenely, saying little, allowing the slogans on their billboards to do the talking: “The Bible clearly states that HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN.” “Warning someone of eternal circumstances is not hate, it’s LOVE.” “If it weren’t for heterosexuals you wouldn’t be here.” If it weren’t for the unfashionable zeal of their message, the photogenic pair might have been picked up by a modeling scout for a spread in Vogue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just heard what was going on here and decided to come down,” said R.J., who lives in Montgomery. “We’re not here to hate, but to love, and the greatest way to show that love is to correct somebody. You know. Dr. King said homosexuality is a problem. He was a Christian. We’re here to tell people there’s a way out. We’re here to help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13811145\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Choir members stream into historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choir members stream into historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it was Ashley who shared the most revelatory information of the day. When I tilted my microphone towards the pretty, bespectacled young woman, she barreled headlong into a story about herself with the loquacity of someone who wants to share, but isn’t often asked to. “I’ve gone through this before,” she said, eagerly. “This was a struggle for me for years. I had felt that I was gay. I’ve felt how horrible and demeaning it can be when someone comes up to you, they don’t even know you, and asks ‘are you gay?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley shook her head and continued. “I’ve never actually been with a girl. But I’ve had these feelings, like I belong with a girl. I didn’t want to be that way because I know for a fact that it’s wrong in the Bible. So I did my best to stray away from that lifestyle. My religion says that’s wrong. So I wasn’t going to go against my religion for that.” Then Ashley turned to R.J. and put her hand gently on his shoulder. “Which is why I found the best person on Earth next to me!” She giggled. “It’s a blessing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Ashley and R.J. which church they attended. R.J. said they didn’t go to church. “We are independent.” I asked them why they decided to go their own way. R.J said, “Most churches don’t preach the Bible like it’s supposed to be preached.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13811142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-800x452.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church leaders pose for a photograph after singers from both choruses pooled $4000 in donations for the church. \" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-800x452.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-1920x1084.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-960x542.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church leaders pose for a photograph after singers from both choruses pooled $4000 in donations for the church. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>R.J. said he might start his own church someday. When, that evening, I looked more closely at the photograph I had hastily snapped of the couple with my smartphone, I noticed for the first time the unhappy look on Ashley’s face. Perhaps she was showing her negative feelings towards gay people, journalists, or the muggy, wet weather. Or perhaps it was a look of resignation about a heterosexual future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus decided to undertake its “\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/lavender-pen-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lavender Pen Tour\u003c/a>” to five southern states just days after last November’s presidential elections. “We’re doing this because we’re aware the events of last Tuesday have left many in the LGBTQ community feeling either unsafe or wondering about what their future holds, and if their rights are at stake,” Chris Verdugo, the chorus’s executive director, said when the plan was announced. “We in San Francisco and other urban cities are fortunate to have the support of large LGBTQ organizations like GLAAD. These states in the South don’t have that kind of support. So it was obvious that we needed to take to our own backyard and bring a message of hope, equality and perseverance to our brothers and sisters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 593px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13811143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490.jpg\" alt=\"Choir members carry a California flag across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.\" width=\"593\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490.jpg 593w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choir members carry a California flag across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir saw a match between the Gay Men’s Chorus’ mission and its own, and decided to join the 200 male singers with around 50 of its own vocalists, male and female, on the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vocal ensembles did a lot of ground work ahead of the journey. They met with local LGBTQ, civil rights and religious organizations. They chose partners in the various cities they planned to visit that would receive the proceeds from the box office and donations after each concert. They offered abundant free tickets to organizations and individuals too, including a cab driver who gave me a ride between venues one morning. One Mississippi healthcare nonprofit I spoke with brought around 200 of its patients, many of which, I was told, had never been to a concert before, let alone set foot in Jackson’s 2,000-plus-seat Thalia Mara hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the Bay Area choruses have been greeted for their efforts with an outpouring of gratitude and love. The atmosphere at the packed concerts in Jackson and Birmingham I have witnessed so far has been an intoxicating mixture of religious revival rally and gay cabaret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13811144\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-800x452.jpg\" alt=\"Audience members dance in the aisles at the Lavender Pen Tour concert in Jackson, Mississippi\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-800x452.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-768x434.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-1920x1084.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-960x542.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-240x136.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-520x294.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members dance in the aisles at the Lavender Pen Tour concert in Jackson, Mississippi \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The singers are tight and talented. They know how to deliver the repertoire of gospel, showtunes, and unity-and-acceptance anthems with just the right balance of earnestness and humor. The diction, as highly-polished as a drag queen’s manicure, helps. As does an audience hungry for what the choirs have to offer. The performers got a standing ovation before they’d even sung a note in Jackson. The crowd later begged for an encore, even after listening for two and a half hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clearly the choirs are tapping into a yearning for greater inclusivity here in the South. At this time, religious organizations I spoke with, like one Knoxville, Tennessee-based Presbyterian Church, are deeply divided between “those that believe homosexuality is incompatible with the teachings of Christ,” as one congregant told me, and those that want to be more inclusive. Several states, most prominently North Carolina, are grappling with stringent anti-transgender bathroom laws. And the LGBTQ community in Mississippi is bracing for controversial House Bill 1523 — the so-called “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act” — which permits business owners to discriminate against anyone they don’t want to do business with due to “religious views or preferences.” The legislation takes effect this week despite major opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But nothing speaks of the current crisis of civil rights to me as much as the look on Ashley’s face. I wish I could have spent more time with her, away from her forthright beau. I would love to learn more about her life, the turns its taken so far from thinking she might be attracted to women, to shaking off that feeling, to apparently taking refuge in a form of Christian fundamentalism. I wonder even more what path she will take from here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though their presence in the South sends out a strong message about the ongoing struggle for both racial and sexual rights, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir didn’t seem to reach Ashley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811140\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13811140\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235.jpg\" alt=\"Singers from the San Francisco Gay men's Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir pour onto Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on the second day of their tour around five southern states.\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choir members pour onto Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Changing hearts and minds is largely, and probably sensibly, beyond the scope of the “Lavender Pen Tour.” The organizers know it takes a lot more than a symbolic, two-hour visit to a couple of civil rights landmarks to get Ashley and others like her to rethink their ideas. (Though one transgender singer told me he plans to wear a T-shirt with the slogan “You Can Pee Next to Me” in the men’s restroom in North Carolina to try to spark conversations about bathroom laws.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then again, who knows what impression 300 people of all skin colors, religious beliefs and sexual orientations wearing matching, purple “Love Can Build A Bridge” T-shirts and striding purposefully out of one of the country’s most iconic churches will ultimately leave on Ashley. After all, she’s someone who is willing to acknowledge her questions and doubts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A dispatch from Selma, Alabama, where the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir stopped on their concert tour through five southern states.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705029367,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1841},"headData":{"title":"Choirs' Joyous Crowds Outnumber Anti-Gay Protesters in Alabama | KQED","description":"A dispatch from Selma, Alabama, where the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir stopped on their concert tour through five southern states.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Choirs' Joyous Crowds Outnumber Anti-Gay Protesters in Alabama","datePublished":"2017-10-11T19:00:29.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T03:16:07.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/13811088/sf-gay-mens-chorus-oakaland-interfaith-gospel-choir-selma-alabama-protest","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/10/VeltmanGayMensChorus.mp3","audioDuration":null,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.oigc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\u003c/a> received a police escort through the city of Selma, Alabama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the second day of a week-long tour that took the singers through Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. The six blue buses bearing some 250 singers and around 50 family members, organizers, reporters, a documentary team, and various other hangers on, swept importantly into the quiet town on an overcast Monday afternoon. Cops stopped cars at a few intersections. The locals didn’t seem otherwise inconvenienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except for two individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I encountered R.J. and Ashley outside the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church. The picturesque, brown-brick national landmark was the kick-off point for a series of civil rights marches from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery in 1965, which played a major role in bringing about the adoption of the the Voting Rights Act, a piece of federal legislation prohibiting racial discrimination in voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13811138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"R.J. and Ashley protest the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir in Selma, Alabama, October 9, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/IMG_6952-e1507675138478-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">R.J. and Ashley protest the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir in Selma, Alabama, Oct. 9, 2017. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The choruses had just spent a euphoric hour singing energetic gospel, torch and protest songs in the famous church. Attendees also got to hear rousing speeches from civil rights, civic and religious leaders, including the soft-spoken and sparkly activist Lawrence F. Huggins, who had participated in the marches and taken a police baton to the gut for his pains. (“It bounced right off,” he said to the delight of the assembly. “I had a six-pack back then.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many singers were in a state of high emotion as they exited the church. Some were crying. San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus artistic director Tim Seelig called the experience a “mountain top moment.” As we hopped back onto the waiting buses, people paid little attention to the two African-American teens, standing under an umbrella in the rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/10/VeltmanGayMensChorus.mp3","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They stood serenely, saying little, allowing the slogans on their billboards to do the talking: “The Bible clearly states that HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN.” “Warning someone of eternal circumstances is not hate, it’s LOVE.” “If it weren’t for heterosexuals you wouldn’t be here.” If it weren’t for the unfashionable zeal of their message, the photogenic pair might have been picked up by a modeling scout for a spread in Vogue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just heard what was going on here and decided to come down,” said R.J., who lives in Montgomery. “We’re not here to hate, but to love, and the greatest way to show that love is to correct somebody. You know. Dr. King said homosexuality is a problem. He was a Christian. We’re here to tell people there’s a way out. We’re here to help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13811145\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Choir members stream into historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/exterior-broan-chapel-e1507676747688-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choir members stream into historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it was Ashley who shared the most revelatory information of the day. When I tilted my microphone towards the pretty, bespectacled young woman, she barreled headlong into a story about herself with the loquacity of someone who wants to share, but isn’t often asked to. “I’ve gone through this before,” she said, eagerly. “This was a struggle for me for years. I had felt that I was gay. I’ve felt how horrible and demeaning it can be when someone comes up to you, they don’t even know you, and asks ‘are you gay?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley shook her head and continued. “I’ve never actually been with a girl. But I’ve had these feelings, like I belong with a girl. I didn’t want to be that way because I know for a fact that it’s wrong in the Bible. So I did my best to stray away from that lifestyle. My religion says that’s wrong. So I wasn’t going to go against my religion for that.” Then Ashley turned to R.J. and put her hand gently on his shoulder. “Which is why I found the best person on Earth next to me!” She giggled. “It’s a blessing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Ashley and R.J. which church they attended. R.J. said they didn’t go to church. “We are independent.” I asked them why they decided to go their own way. R.J said, “Most churches don’t preach the Bible like it’s supposed to be preached.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13811142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-800x452.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church leaders pose for a photograph after singers from both choruses pooled $4000 in donations for the church. \" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-800x452.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-1920x1084.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-960x542.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/brown-chapel-offering-e1507676084540-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church leaders pose for a photograph after singers from both choruses pooled $4000 in donations for the church. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>R.J. said he might start his own church someday. When, that evening, I looked more closely at the photograph I had hastily snapped of the couple with my smartphone, I noticed for the first time the unhappy look on Ashley’s face. Perhaps she was showing her negative feelings towards gay people, journalists, or the muggy, wet weather. Or perhaps it was a look of resignation about a heterosexual future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus decided to undertake its “\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/lavender-pen-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lavender Pen Tour\u003c/a>” to five southern states just days after last November’s presidential elections. “We’re doing this because we’re aware the events of last Tuesday have left many in the LGBTQ community feeling either unsafe or wondering about what their future holds, and if their rights are at stake,” Chris Verdugo, the chorus’s executive director, said when the plan was announced. “We in San Francisco and other urban cities are fortunate to have the support of large LGBTQ organizations like GLAAD. These states in the South don’t have that kind of support. So it was obvious that we needed to take to our own backyard and bring a message of hope, equality and perseverance to our brothers and sisters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 593px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13811143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490.jpg\" alt=\"Choir members carry a California flag across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.\" width=\"593\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490.jpg 593w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/bear-rainbow-flag-e1507676291490-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choir members carry a California flag across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir saw a match between the Gay Men’s Chorus’ mission and its own, and decided to join the 200 male singers with around 50 of its own vocalists, male and female, on the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vocal ensembles did a lot of ground work ahead of the journey. They met with local LGBTQ, civil rights and religious organizations. They chose partners in the various cities they planned to visit that would receive the proceeds from the box office and donations after each concert. They offered abundant free tickets to organizations and individuals too, including a cab driver who gave me a ride between venues one morning. One Mississippi healthcare nonprofit I spoke with brought around 200 of its patients, many of which, I was told, had never been to a concert before, let alone set foot in Jackson’s 2,000-plus-seat Thalia Mara hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the Bay Area choruses have been greeted for their efforts with an outpouring of gratitude and love. The atmosphere at the packed concerts in Jackson and Birmingham I have witnessed so far has been an intoxicating mixture of religious revival rally and gay cabaret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13811144\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-800x452.jpg\" alt=\"Audience members dance in the aisles at the Lavender Pen Tour concert in Jackson, Mississippi\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-800x452.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-768x434.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-1920x1084.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-960x542.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-240x136.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Thalia-Mara-e1507676637288-520x294.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members dance in the aisles at the Lavender Pen Tour concert in Jackson, Mississippi \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The singers are tight and talented. They know how to deliver the repertoire of gospel, showtunes, and unity-and-acceptance anthems with just the right balance of earnestness and humor. The diction, as highly-polished as a drag queen’s manicure, helps. As does an audience hungry for what the choirs have to offer. The performers got a standing ovation before they’d even sung a note in Jackson. The crowd later begged for an encore, even after listening for two and a half hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clearly the choirs are tapping into a yearning for greater inclusivity here in the South. At this time, religious organizations I spoke with, like one Knoxville, Tennessee-based Presbyterian Church, are deeply divided between “those that believe homosexuality is incompatible with the teachings of Christ,” as one congregant told me, and those that want to be more inclusive. Several states, most prominently North Carolina, are grappling with stringent anti-transgender bathroom laws. And the LGBTQ community in Mississippi is bracing for controversial House Bill 1523 — the so-called “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act” — which permits business owners to discriminate against anyone they don’t want to do business with due to “religious views or preferences.” The legislation takes effect this week despite major opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But nothing speaks of the current crisis of civil rights to me as much as the look on Ashley’s face. I wish I could have spent more time with her, away from her forthright beau. I would love to learn more about her life, the turns its taken so far from thinking she might be attracted to women, to shaking off that feeling, to apparently taking refuge in a form of Christian fundamentalism. I wonder even more what path she will take from here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though their presence in the South sends out a strong message about the ongoing struggle for both racial and sexual rights, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir didn’t seem to reach Ashley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13811140\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13811140\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235.jpg\" alt=\"Singers from the San Francisco Gay men's Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir pour onto Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on the second day of their tour around five southern states.\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/sf-gay-mens-choir-pettus-bridge-e1507675527235-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choir members pour onto Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Changing hearts and minds is largely, and probably sensibly, beyond the scope of the “Lavender Pen Tour.” The organizers know it takes a lot more than a symbolic, two-hour visit to a couple of civil rights landmarks to get Ashley and others like her to rethink their ideas. (Though one transgender singer told me he plans to wear a T-shirt with the slogan “You Can Pee Next to Me” in the men’s restroom in North Carolina to try to spark conversations about bathroom laws.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then again, who knows what impression 300 people of all skin colors, religious beliefs and sexual orientations wearing matching, purple “Love Can Build A Bridge” T-shirts and striding purposefully out of one of the country’s most iconic churches will ultimately leave on Ashley. After all, she’s someone who is willing to acknowledge her questions and doubts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13811088/sf-gay-mens-chorus-oakaland-interfaith-gospel-choir-selma-alabama-protest","authors":["8608"],"categories":["arts_835","arts_69","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_2733","arts_1119","arts_1118","arts_2442","arts_2176"],"featImg":"arts_13811175","label":"arts"},"arts_13810831":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13810831","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13810831","score":null,"sort":[1507498478000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-choruses-sing-out-in-mississippi-against-anti-gay-bill","title":"Bay Area Choruses Sing Out in Mississippi Against Anti-Gay Bill","publishDate":1507498478,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Choruses Sing Out in Mississippi Against Anti-Gay Bill | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Around 200 members of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/tour-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a>, together with some 50 singers from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oigc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\u003c/a>, gathered on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Jackson, MS to sing a message of love and unity on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/10/GayMensChoruslongcut.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gesture kicked off a concert and outreach tour of five southern states — Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina — and was intended as a powerful message to state legislators just days before a controversial law, \u003ca href=\"http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523SG.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 1523\u003c/a>, takes effect across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also known as “The \u003c/span>Religious Liberty Accommodations Act\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” HB 1523\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gives businesses the right to refuse service to LGBTQ people due to religious views or preferences.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of this week it will be legal for any business owner in Mississippi to tell your pastor he can’t have lunch in their establishment, to tell me I can’t sleep in their inn, to tell me I can’t buy from their shelves,” said Robert Lowry, pastor of \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.fondrenpcusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fondren Presbyterian Church\u003c/a> in Jackson. Lowry spoke with passion about the bill during his Sunday morning sermon, at which select Gay Men’s Chorus members sang. Lowry is gay. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13810852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13810852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Robert Lowry of Fondren Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Robert Lowry of Fondren Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lowry said this week is a turning point for Mississippi because of the passing of the highly-contested bill, and that the Bay Area singers’ visit sends a powerful message.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The religious liberty law is really a law for discrimination,” Lowry said in an interview before the service. “It’s important the choir is visiting right now, coming and celebrating and sharing their gifts and bringing this message of wholeness and peace and community into our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13810853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13810853\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-800x696.jpg\" alt=\"A pair of SF Gay Mens Chorus members arrive at Fondrian Presbyterian Church to participate in the morning service, holding hands.\" width=\"800\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-800x696.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-160x139.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-768x668.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-1020x887.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-1920x1670.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-1180x1026.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-960x835.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-240x209.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-375x326.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-520x452.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pair of SF Gay Men’s Chorus members arrive at Fondrian Presbyterian Church to participate in the morning service, holding hands. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltma)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Spreading a sense of hope and solidarity to some of the most vulnerable parts of the country’s LGBTQ community is one of the main goals of the Gay Men’s Chorus’s “Lavender Pen” tour. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chorus canceled its 40th anniversary international tour plans a few days after last November’s presidential elections in order to undertake what the organization felt was a more pressing outreach mission at home. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to be more radically inclusive,” said Gay Men’s Chorus staffer and former singer with the group, Peter Zimmerman. (Zimmerman even dyed his hair lavender in honor of the tour’s title.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13810854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13810854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-800x450.jpg\" alt='SF Gay Mens Chorus staffer Peter Zimmerman died his hair lavender in honor of the \"Lavender Pen Tour.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SF Gay Mens Chorus staffer Peter Zimmerman dyed his hair lavender in honor of the “Lavender Pen Tour.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zimmerman said his organization expects around 800 people to attend Sunday evening’s concert at Jackson’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.jacksonms.gov/index.aspx?nid=534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thalia Mara Hall\u003c/a>. All proceeds from ticket sales and donations will benefit non-profit, LGBTQ support organizations. These include \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrc.org/campaigns/project-one-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project One America\u003c/a>, the transgender education and advocacy program of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Civil Liberties Union\u003c/a> (ACLU) and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ascms.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIDS Services Coalition\u003c/a> based in Hattiesburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gay Men’s Chorus has also offered some partner organizations free tickets. These include \u003ca href=\"http://mbkinc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Brother’s Keeper\u003c/a>, which provides health services to minority and marginalized communities in the region, and is bringing around 150 of its patients to the concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of the patients that we serve have never been to a concert or even set foot in Thalia Mara Hall,” said Deja Abdul-Haqq, director of organizational development at My Brother’s Keeper. “So it’s a really exciting opportunity for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bay Area Choirs in Jackson, MS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7HOf-j3YxzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus “Lavender Pen Tour” visits various locations in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina Oct. 8 – 14. More information \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/lavender-pen-tour/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Political gesture kicks off the SF Gay Men's Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir's tour of five southern states.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705029383,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":675},"headData":{"title":"Bay Area Choruses Sing Out in Mississippi Against Anti-Gay Bill | KQED","description":"Political gesture kicks off the SF Gay Men's Chorus and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir's tour of five southern states.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Bay Area Choruses Sing Out in Mississippi Against Anti-Gay Bill","datePublished":"2017-10-08T21:34:38.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T03:16:23.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/13810831/bay-area-choruses-sing-out-in-mississippi-against-anti-gay-bill","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Around 200 members of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/tour-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a>, together with some 50 singers from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oigc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\u003c/a>, gathered on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Jackson, MS to sing a message of love and unity on Sunday.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audioLink","attributes":{"named":{"src":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/10/GayMensChoruslongcut.mp3"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The gesture kicked off a concert and outreach tour of five southern states — Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina — and was intended as a powerful message to state legislators just days before a controversial law, \u003ca href=\"http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523SG.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 1523\u003c/a>, takes effect across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also known as “The \u003c/span>Religious Liberty Accommodations Act\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” HB 1523\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gives businesses the right to refuse service to LGBTQ people due to religious views or preferences.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of this week it will be legal for any business owner in Mississippi to tell your pastor he can’t have lunch in their establishment, to tell me I can’t sleep in their inn, to tell me I can’t buy from their shelves,” said Robert Lowry, pastor of \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.fondrenpcusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fondren Presbyterian Church\u003c/a> in Jackson. Lowry spoke with passion about the bill during his Sunday morning sermon, at which select Gay Men’s Chorus members sang. Lowry is gay. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13810852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13810852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Robert Lowry of Fondren Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/robert-lowry-e1507497119859-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Robert Lowry of Fondren Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lowry said this week is a turning point for Mississippi because of the passing of the highly-contested bill, and that the Bay Area singers’ visit sends a powerful message.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The religious liberty law is really a law for discrimination,” Lowry said in an interview before the service. “It’s important the choir is visiting right now, coming and celebrating and sharing their gifts and bringing this message of wholeness and peace and community into our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13810853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13810853\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-800x696.jpg\" alt=\"A pair of SF Gay Mens Chorus members arrive at Fondrian Presbyterian Church to participate in the morning service, holding hands.\" width=\"800\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-800x696.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-160x139.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-768x668.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-1020x887.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-1920x1670.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-1180x1026.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-960x835.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-240x209.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-375x326.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/heading-into-fondren-church-e1507497384156-520x452.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pair of SF Gay Men’s Chorus members arrive at Fondrian Presbyterian Church to participate in the morning service, holding hands. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltma)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Spreading a sense of hope and solidarity to some of the most vulnerable parts of the country’s LGBTQ community is one of the main goals of the Gay Men’s Chorus’s “Lavender Pen” tour. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chorus canceled its 40th anniversary international tour plans a few days after last November’s presidential elections in order to undertake what the organization felt was a more pressing outreach mission at home. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to be more radically inclusive,” said Gay Men’s Chorus staffer and former singer with the group, Peter Zimmerman. (Zimmerman even dyed his hair lavender in honor of the tour’s title.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13810854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13810854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-800x450.jpg\" alt='SF Gay Mens Chorus staffer Peter Zimmerman died his hair lavender in honor of the \"Lavender Pen Tour.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/peter-zimmerman-e1507497507393-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SF Gay Mens Chorus staffer Peter Zimmerman dyed his hair lavender in honor of the “Lavender Pen Tour.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zimmerman said his organization expects around 800 people to attend Sunday evening’s concert at Jackson’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.jacksonms.gov/index.aspx?nid=534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thalia Mara Hall\u003c/a>. All proceeds from ticket sales and donations will benefit non-profit, LGBTQ support organizations. These include \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrc.org/campaigns/project-one-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project One America\u003c/a>, the transgender education and advocacy program of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Civil Liberties Union\u003c/a> (ACLU) and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ascms.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIDS Services Coalition\u003c/a> based in Hattiesburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gay Men’s Chorus has also offered some partner organizations free tickets. These include \u003ca href=\"http://mbkinc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Brother’s Keeper\u003c/a>, which provides health services to minority and marginalized communities in the region, and is bringing around 150 of its patients to the concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of the patients that we serve have never been to a concert or even set foot in Thalia Mara Hall,” said Deja Abdul-Haqq, director of organizational development at My Brother’s Keeper. “So it’s a really exciting opportunity for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bay Area Choirs in Jackson, MS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7HOf-j3YxzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus “Lavender Pen Tour” visits various locations in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina Oct. 8 – 14. More information \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/lavender-pen-tour/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13810831/bay-area-choruses-sing-out-in-mississippi-against-anti-gay-bill","authors":["8608"],"categories":["arts_69","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_1037","arts_7573","arts_1119","arts_1118","arts_2718","arts_2442","arts_2176"],"featImg":"arts_13810866","label":"arts"},"arts_13808443":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13808443","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13808443","score":null,"sort":[1505502010000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"sf-gay-mens-chorus-ups-security-for-southern-states-tour","title":"SF Gay Men's Chorus Ups Security for Southern States Tour","publishDate":1505502010,"format":"standard","headTitle":"SF Gay Men’s Chorus Ups Security for Southern States Tour | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Ever since the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> decided to cancel its planned international tour following the results of last November’s presidential elections and travel to Alabama, Mississippi and other southern states instead, security has been top of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/09/VeltmanGayMensChorus.mp3\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our concern ranges from personal safety to, you know, a bomb threat,” says the ensemble’s executive director, Chris Verdugo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in light of last month’s far-right rally in Charlottesville and subsequent protests, the chorus has decided to double the security budget for its upcoming “Lavender Pen Tour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We are looking to \u003ca href=\"https://tickets.vendini.com/donation-software.html?d=2bf42d51da7ac0227ffb2b2cba15bff3&t=donation&vqitq=e5a61820-e3db-409f-8a28-35e1b70da7e9&vqitp=34d9e8f9-949d-41a3-b9a6-51936e9435de&vqitts=1505339521&vqitc=vendini&vqite=itl&vqitrt=Safetynet&vqith=5801acd9b828164a1288cc5fe666da50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raise $30,000 in 30 days\u003c/a> for our enhanced security measures,” says chorus board chair Steve Huffines. “Based on our conversations with local law enforcement officials, we believe that the odds of us encountering a hostile event are actually quite low. But the board is committed to erring on the side of caution to insure that everyone on the Lavender Pen Tour is kept safe throughout our journey.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lavender Pen Tour (Promo Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ph7K483BKWI?start=2&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tour security director and retired police sergeant Karen Alberts is keeping the the details of the security plan under wraps. Her team of four — three of them women with anti-terrorism backgrounds — have been coordinating plans with state and federal agencies in the places the singers will be visiting, like Birmingham, AL and Knoxville, TN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Things have changed a bit since Charlottesville,” Alberts says. “All the local law enforcement agencies in the areas we’re going to be traveling to are aware of our presence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alberts and her team are also working with the members of both the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oigc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\u003c/a> (the two ensembles will be touring together) on personal safety. “We’re teaching them the basics: don’t go out alone, don’t engage, safety in numbers, that type of thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the choir’s callout for funds to pay for the extra security has caused a backlash on Twitter, particularly from people in the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ryburke/status/907962985590685696\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Lavender Pen Tour happens Sunday, Oct. 8 though Saturday, Oct. 14 in cities across Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>There will be a send-off concert on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Tickets and information \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityboxoffice.com/ordertickets.asp?p=9449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In light of last month’s far-right rally in Charlottesville and subsequent protests, the chorus has decided to double the security budget for its upcoming 'Lavender Pen Tour.'","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705029527,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":429},"headData":{"title":"SF Gay Men's Chorus Ups Security for Southern States Tour | KQED","description":"In light of last month’s far-right rally in Charlottesville and subsequent protests, the chorus has decided to double the security budget for its upcoming 'Lavender Pen Tour.'","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"SF Gay Men's Chorus Ups Security for Southern States Tour","datePublished":"2017-09-15T19:00:10.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T03:18:47.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/13808443/sf-gay-mens-chorus-ups-security-for-southern-states-tour","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ever since the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> decided to cancel its planned international tour following the results of last November’s presidential elections and travel to Alabama, Mississippi and other southern states instead, security has been top of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/09/VeltmanGayMensChorus.mp3","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our concern ranges from personal safety to, you know, a bomb threat,” says the ensemble’s executive director, Chris Verdugo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in light of last month’s far-right rally in Charlottesville and subsequent protests, the chorus has decided to double the security budget for its upcoming “Lavender Pen Tour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We are looking to \u003ca href=\"https://tickets.vendini.com/donation-software.html?d=2bf42d51da7ac0227ffb2b2cba15bff3&t=donation&vqitq=e5a61820-e3db-409f-8a28-35e1b70da7e9&vqitp=34d9e8f9-949d-41a3-b9a6-51936e9435de&vqitts=1505339521&vqitc=vendini&vqite=itl&vqitrt=Safetynet&vqith=5801acd9b828164a1288cc5fe666da50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raise $30,000 in 30 days\u003c/a> for our enhanced security measures,” says chorus board chair Steve Huffines. “Based on our conversations with local law enforcement officials, we believe that the odds of us encountering a hostile event are actually quite low. But the board is committed to erring on the side of caution to insure that everyone on the Lavender Pen Tour is kept safe throughout our journey.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lavender Pen Tour (Promo Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ph7K483BKWI?start=2&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tour security director and retired police sergeant Karen Alberts is keeping the the details of the security plan under wraps. Her team of four — three of them women with anti-terrorism backgrounds — have been coordinating plans with state and federal agencies in the places the singers will be visiting, like Birmingham, AL and Knoxville, TN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Things have changed a bit since Charlottesville,” Alberts says. “All the local law enforcement agencies in the areas we’re going to be traveling to are aware of our presence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alberts and her team are also working with the members of both the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oigc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\u003c/a> (the two ensembles will be touring together) on personal safety. “We’re teaching them the basics: don’t go out alone, don’t engage, safety in numbers, that type of thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the choir’s callout for funds to pay for the extra security has caused a backlash on Twitter, particularly from people in the south.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"907962985590685696"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Lavender Pen Tour happens Sunday, Oct. 8 though Saturday, Oct. 14 in cities across Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>There will be a send-off concert on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Tickets and information \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityboxoffice.com/ordertickets.asp?p=9449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13808443/sf-gay-mens-chorus-ups-security-for-southern-states-tour","authors":["8608"],"categories":["arts_69","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_1037","arts_1119","arts_1118","arts_1626","arts_746","arts_2442","arts_2176","arts_2447"],"featImg":"arts_13808693","label":"arts"},"arts_13806210":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13806210","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13806210","score":null,"sort":[1503601219000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-preps-to-protest-alt-right-rallies-with-clowning-dance-song","title":"Bay Area to Protest Far-Right Rallies with Clowning, Dance, Song","publishDate":1503601219,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Bay Area to Protest Far-Right Rallies with Clowning, Dance, Song | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Many in the Bay Area are planning to express their feelings about this weekend’s rallies in San Francisco and Berkeley — organized by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPrayerUSA/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patriot Prayer\u003c/a> organization, which typically attracts white supremacists and far-right groups to its events — by marching and waving signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/08/ArtfulProtests.mp3\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some are choosing to take more offbeat and artistic approaches to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1946489382274941/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>LovedUp Mobile Dance Rally\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a freeform dance party scheduled to wend its way from Dolores Park to Civic Center, expect around 1,000 people to show up on the afternoon Saturday, Aug. 26. Participants plan a political stand by boogieing to songs like “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang and Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizer Daveed Walzer Panadero came up with the idea of a dance protest because he neither wanted to ignore the Patriot Prayer event, nor feed into what he sees as its aim of inciting violence and generating media publicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal was to respond with a better alternative — one that’s bigger, brighter, and more inclusive,” Walzer Panadero says. “And hopefully draws more people who might not normally come to a political protest or march.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13322802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13322802 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Franti is one of several Bay Area artists scheduled to perform at a public event at Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 26 to protest a nationalist gathering at Crissy Field.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Franti is one of several Bay Area artists scheduled to perform at a public event at Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 26 to protest a nationalist gathering at Crissy Field. \u003ccite>(Photo: Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walzer Panadero and his team are asking participants to bring FM radios and boom boxes, as they plan to use an FM transmitter to share music as well as communicate with the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believes dance is the perfect medium for protest because it’s so universal. “N\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ot knowing the language, not knowing the culture, you can participate,” Walzer Panadero says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Many creative approaches\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The dance gathering is just one of many ways in which Bay Area residents are using the arts to protest the far-right rallies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Franti & Spearhead, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brothers Comatose, comedian Marga Gomez and other Bay Area artists are among those scheduled to perform at a Saturday afternoon \u003c/span>“Peace, Music and Laughter”\u003cb> \u003c/b>concert at the Civic Center.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a group of clowns plans to convene at Crissy Field, the site of Saturday’s controversial rally, with balloons, red noses and other accoutrements of their craft. The intention, as the organizers put it on their \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1559563154102936/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A2%2C%22source_dashboard_filter%22%3A%22discovery%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22dashboard%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22event_discover_categories%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%2C%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22discover_filter_list%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22discovery%5C%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22discover_filter_list%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22discovery%5C%22%7D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook event page\u003c/a>, is “to mercilessly ridicule any neo-nazis, white supremacists, or alt-right trolls who dare show their face in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13437203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13437203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers all dressed up for a city sponsored Summer of Love concert\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers all dressed up for a city-sponsored Summer of Love concert. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Obscura Digital)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, on a less confrontational front, the bucolic San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers is the backdrop for \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1951582161786250/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Cutest Lil Counter Protest\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a family-friendly event on Saturday morning involving a kids’ costume parade and a group photo in front of the DeYoung Museum’s \u003cem>Summer of Love Wall\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Changing minds unlikely\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s unlikely that these creative forms of counter-protest will win over people from the other side, especially since most of the artistic activities are scheduled to happen in locations several miles away from the sites of the rallies they’re reacting to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns over public safety have caused the organizers of some acivities, like the mobile dance rally, to change their plans. Walzer Panadero says his group’s original intention was to convene at Marina Green in close proximity to the Patriot Prayer rally. Now the dancing will be happening further afield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I don’t have any illusions that our protest is going to draw them over and change their minds,” Walzer Panadero says of Patriot Prayer’s followers. “I would not be surprised if select people have a genuine interest in having conversations. But I’d be very wary of interactions on the day of the event. Our interest at this point is maintaining a safe space and distance.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Power of art to make change\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sometimes these sorts of mass protests involving art can bring about actual change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most famous examples is what came to be popularly known as “The Singing Revolution,” where the mass public singing of patriotic songs in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to independence in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Culture in the Baltic Singing Revolution\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gh7vFFjK0rc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to home and on a more modest scale, groups like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a> have used their art to draw impressive crowds and media attention for various political causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gay Men’s Chorus has adopted the Holly Near song “Singing for Our Lives” as a sort of protest anthem. Near wrote the song the night Harvey Milk and George Moscone were assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978. Ever since, the Gay Men’s Chorus has performed it at rallies, such as a 2009 Prop 8 gathering to fight for equal marriage rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Invalidate Prop 8 - SF Gay Men's Chorus "Singing For Our Lives"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/U5bcA8kvIAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gay Men’s Chorus executive director Chris Verdugo says the ensemble is considering whether to join the anti-Patriot Prayer rally protests over the weekend. “Given the opportunity to sing some white supremacists down, I think we would be up for that,” Verdugo says. “We’ll surround them with love and with song.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bay Area approach to protest\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has long been a hotbed for unconventional protests involving art. “There doesn’t seem to be anything more San Franciscan than coming out in bright colors, with joy and expression as a form of protest, and tie that expression into effective action,” says Walzer Panadero, a fourth generation San Francisco native.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tradition has its roots in the 1960s, with notable actions like \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmt.org/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The San Francisco Mime Troupe\u003c/a>’s 1967 tour of university campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13215537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13215537 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mime Troupe, c. 1966.\" width=\"691\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507.jpg 691w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mime Troupe, c. 1966. \u003ccite>(Gene Anthony; Collection of the California Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco-based agit prop theater company performed an anti-Vietnam war satire at the same time the Dow Chemical Company, the manufacturer of napalm, was scouting around the same campuses looking for recruits. The Mime Troupe formed a marching band to energize anti-Dow, anti-war demonstrations and gained national attention and awards for its efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Joey Gibson, the founder of Patriot Prayer, welcomes artistic approaches to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the people that I want to see, that I want to connect with,” Gibson says. “These people are coming in with a positive message, right? It’s so much better than these gangs that dress up in all black, cover their faces, and they try to intimidate, try to use fear and violence and hatred.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibson is calling his event a “free speech” rally and is making a concerted effort to distance Patriot Prayer from white supremacist groups, even though Gibson’s rallies have attracted militiamen and white nationalists in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points out that several hip-hop artists of color like Work Dirty and The Gatlin will perform at his event, and says his team wants to give voice to those that oppose his viewpoint. “We might have an open mike so protesters can speak,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that people are willing to come in and have dance-offs and stuff like that, that’s awesome and I respect them,” Gibson says. “And I hope they have an opportunity to hear what we have to say and hear some of our speeches, because they’ll learn that we actually have a lot in common.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>You can find a list of many of the events going on in protest against this weekend’s Patriot Prayer rallies in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://m.facebook.com/notes/christian-l-frock/bayresist-peaceful-anti-racism-rallies-in-sfberkeley-organized-against-white-sup/1616828384994576/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Instead of protesting this weekend’s controversial rallies by marching and waving signs, some are taking a more creative route.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705029689,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1390},"headData":{"title":"Bay Area to Protest Far-Right Rallies with Clowning, Dance, Song | KQED","description":"Instead of protesting this weekend’s controversial rallies by marching and waving signs, some are taking a more creative route.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Bay Area to Protest Far-Right Rallies with Clowning, Dance, Song","datePublished":"2017-08-24T19:00:19.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T03:21:29.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"guestFields":"0","sticky":false,"path":"/arts/13806210/bay-area-preps-to-protest-alt-right-rallies-with-clowning-dance-song","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Many in the Bay Area are planning to express their feelings about this weekend’s rallies in San Francisco and Berkeley — organized by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPrayerUSA/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patriot Prayer\u003c/a> organization, which typically attracts white supremacists and far-right groups to its events — by marching and waving signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/08/ArtfulProtests.mp3","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some are choosing to take more offbeat and artistic approaches to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1946489382274941/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>LovedUp Mobile Dance Rally\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a freeform dance party scheduled to wend its way from Dolores Park to Civic Center, expect around 1,000 people to show up on the afternoon Saturday, Aug. 26. Participants plan a political stand by boogieing to songs like “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang and Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizer Daveed Walzer Panadero came up with the idea of a dance protest because he neither wanted to ignore the Patriot Prayer event, nor feed into what he sees as its aim of inciting violence and generating media publicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal was to respond with a better alternative — one that’s bigger, brighter, and more inclusive,” Walzer Panadero says. “And hopefully draws more people who might not normally come to a political protest or march.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13322802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13322802 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Franti is one of several Bay Area artists scheduled to perform at a public event at Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 26 to protest a nationalist gathering at Crissy Field.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Franti is one of several Bay Area artists scheduled to perform at a public event at Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 26 to protest a nationalist gathering at Crissy Field. \u003ccite>(Photo: Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walzer Panadero and his team are asking participants to bring FM radios and boom boxes, as they plan to use an FM transmitter to share music as well as communicate with the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believes dance is the perfect medium for protest because it’s so universal. “N\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ot knowing the language, not knowing the culture, you can participate,” Walzer Panadero says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Many creative approaches\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The dance gathering is just one of many ways in which Bay Area residents are using the arts to protest the far-right rallies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Franti & Spearhead, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brothers Comatose, comedian Marga Gomez and other Bay Area artists are among those scheduled to perform at a Saturday afternoon \u003c/span>“Peace, Music and Laughter”\u003cb> \u003c/b>concert at the Civic Center.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a group of clowns plans to convene at Crissy Field, the site of Saturday’s controversial rally, with balloons, red noses and other accoutrements of their craft. The intention, as the organizers put it on their \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1559563154102936/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A2%2C%22source_dashboard_filter%22%3A%22discovery%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22dashboard%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22event_discover_categories%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%2C%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22discover_filter_list%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22discovery%5C%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22discover_filter_list%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22discovery%5C%22%7D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook event page\u003c/a>, is “to mercilessly ridicule any neo-nazis, white supremacists, or alt-right trolls who dare show their face in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13437203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13437203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers all dressed up for a city sponsored Summer of Love concert\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers all dressed up for a city-sponsored Summer of Love concert. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Obscura Digital)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, on a less confrontational front, the bucolic San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers is the backdrop for \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1951582161786250/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Cutest Lil Counter Protest\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a family-friendly event on Saturday morning involving a kids’ costume parade and a group photo in front of the DeYoung Museum’s \u003cem>Summer of Love Wall\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Changing minds unlikely\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s unlikely that these creative forms of counter-protest will win over people from the other side, especially since most of the artistic activities are scheduled to happen in locations several miles away from the sites of the rallies they’re reacting to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns over public safety have caused the organizers of some acivities, like the mobile dance rally, to change their plans. Walzer Panadero says his group’s original intention was to convene at Marina Green in close proximity to the Patriot Prayer rally. Now the dancing will be happening further afield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I don’t have any illusions that our protest is going to draw them over and change their minds,” Walzer Panadero says of Patriot Prayer’s followers. “I would not be surprised if select people have a genuine interest in having conversations. But I’d be very wary of interactions on the day of the event. Our interest at this point is maintaining a safe space and distance.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Power of art to make change\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sometimes these sorts of mass protests involving art can bring about actual change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most famous examples is what came to be popularly known as “The Singing Revolution,” where the mass public singing of patriotic songs in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to independence in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Culture in the Baltic Singing Revolution\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gh7vFFjK0rc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to home and on a more modest scale, groups like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a> have used their art to draw impressive crowds and media attention for various political causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gay Men’s Chorus has adopted the Holly Near song “Singing for Our Lives” as a sort of protest anthem. Near wrote the song the night Harvey Milk and George Moscone were assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978. Ever since, the Gay Men’s Chorus has performed it at rallies, such as a 2009 Prop 8 gathering to fight for equal marriage rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Invalidate Prop 8 - SF Gay Men's Chorus "Singing For Our Lives"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/U5bcA8kvIAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gay Men’s Chorus executive director Chris Verdugo says the ensemble is considering whether to join the anti-Patriot Prayer rally protests over the weekend. “Given the opportunity to sing some white supremacists down, I think we would be up for that,” Verdugo says. “We’ll surround them with love and with song.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bay Area approach to protest\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has long been a hotbed for unconventional protests involving art. “There doesn’t seem to be anything more San Franciscan than coming out in bright colors, with joy and expression as a form of protest, and tie that expression into effective action,” says Walzer Panadero, a fourth generation San Francisco native.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tradition has its roots in the 1960s, with notable actions like \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmt.org/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The San Francisco Mime Troupe\u003c/a>’s 1967 tour of university campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13215537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13215537 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mime Troupe, c. 1966.\" width=\"691\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507.jpg 691w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mime Troupe, c. 1966. \u003ccite>(Gene Anthony; Collection of the California Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco-based agit prop theater company performed an anti-Vietnam war satire at the same time the Dow Chemical Company, the manufacturer of napalm, was scouting around the same campuses looking for recruits. The Mime Troupe formed a marching band to energize anti-Dow, anti-war demonstrations and gained national attention and awards for its efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Joey Gibson, the founder of Patriot Prayer, welcomes artistic approaches to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the people that I want to see, that I want to connect with,” Gibson says. “These people are coming in with a positive message, right? It’s so much better than these gangs that dress up in all black, cover their faces, and they try to intimidate, try to use fear and violence and hatred.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibson is calling his event a “free speech” rally and is making a concerted effort to distance Patriot Prayer from white supremacist groups, even though Gibson’s rallies have attracted militiamen and white nationalists in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points out that several hip-hop artists of color like Work Dirty and The Gatlin will perform at his event, and says his team wants to give voice to those that oppose his viewpoint. “We might have an open mike so protesters can speak,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that people are willing to come in and have dance-offs and stuff like that, that’s awesome and I respect them,” Gibson says. “And I hope they have an opportunity to hear what we have to say and hear some of our speeches, because they’ll learn that we actually have a lot in common.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>You can find a list of many of the events going on in protest against this weekend’s Patriot Prayer rallies in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://m.facebook.com/notes/christian-l-frock/bayresist-peaceful-anti-racism-rallies-in-sfberkeley-organized-against-white-sup/1616828384994576/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13806210/bay-area-preps-to-protest-alt-right-rallies-with-clowning-dance-song","authors":["8608"],"categories":["arts_835","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_1119","arts_1118","arts_2176","arts_2200"],"featImg":"arts_13806279","label":"arts"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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