Celebrate PRIDE MONTH With Us!
All around the world, the month of June is recognized as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. And every weekend, somewhere in the world, members of our community and our allies will hold events acknowledging and celebrating our heroes, history, progress, and lives. While the activities may look different from community to community, there’s one thing we all have in common — whatever progress our community has made politically, socially, and culturally, has been driven by people whose pride in our community and in themselves motivated them to fight for more respect and recognition from society. And they did it not only for themselves but for those who would follow in their footsteps. That same pride and the inspiration it provides is why SFGMC exists and why we celebrate our community all year long, wherever and whenever we can.
This month, every week we will feature a personal story from one of our active singing members. Be sure to check back each Thursday.
As we celebrate all things wonderful and beautiful about our lives and community during Pride this year, let's remember these words from Nelson Mandela.
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
So whether you acknowledge Pride Month and Pride Weekend with boisterous celebration or are more inclined to seek quiet moments for reflection, we hope you’ll spend some time thinking about the people and events that have inspired you to more deeply embrace your sense of self and the pride you feel in your identity. And we challenge you to find ways to share that pride and allow it to motivate you to live in ways that are an inspiration to others.
Happy Pride, Everybody!
Written By:
CLINT JOHNSON (He, Him, His)
Lower 2nd Tenor
Membership Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Representative
Clint has been an active participant in the gay choral movement for 42 years, the last 35 as a member of SFGMC. During his tenure here he's had the opportunity to experience the organization from multiple angles - business and administrative services (box office and general office aide), artistic/creative (singer, soloist, narrator, writer), administrative/ middle-management/creative (subgroup administrator). His current administrative role is Membership Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Representative on the Leadership Team.