Atlanta Gay Mens Chorus: Trans Expo

Jeffrey McIntyre founded the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus in 1981 because he knew the negative things that the media were saying about gay men and gay culture in were propaganda. Consequently, he wanted to flip the script on this dangerous rhetoric and get a group together to tell true, beautiful stories.  For over 40 years the AGMC has been telling meaningful, powerful, accurate queer stories. The truth is, LGBTQ+ stories told with courage, vulnerability, honesty, and integrity are universal and essential in moving any audience member to be a better ally for the community. Today, the trans community is under fire from the same people who were spouting hateful nonsense 4 decades ago. Our trans siblings’ existence is being threatened by politically imposed, discriminatory laws and cultural violence. In 2023, the ACLU reported over 500 anti-LGBTQ pieces of legislation, with the lion’s share of them targeting transgender and non-binary people. This year alone, there are already 125+ pieces of anti-trans legislation, which is triple the number from…