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"Rocky History, Birmingham GLBT Community Making Progress
by Cody Lyon
EDGE New York City Contributor
Saturday Jan 5, 2008
On the cool Thursday night just before Christmas, wooden pews inside Birmingham, Alabama's brownstone St. Andrews Episcopalian Church were filled to capacity with a variety of ages, ethnicities and genders who'd come to hear the Magic City Choral Society Men's Chorus' Holiday Concert. The 40 choir members, all dressed in matching formal wear, were under the direction of Dr. Joseph Paul Dease for the group's debut performance.
"It was time," Dease said of the group's formation, later pointing out the rainbow flag on the evening's program flyer and the chorus' stated purpose: "a voice of song for our community."
