The group is one of only two active gay men's choruses in all of Mexico, where like in other parts of the world the LGBTQ community still faces stigma and discrimination
The chords and notes from the Tijuana Gay Men’s Chorus spilled out from the basement of the red brick Casa de la Cultura and into the still night.
Director Edgar Gheno leads a rehearsal by the Tijuana Gay Men’s Chorus at the Casa de la Cultura on Aug. 24, 2022. Locally, the legal right for same-sex couples to marry in Baja California has been codified in the state Constitution only since August 2021. Before that, same-sex couples had to obtain a court order to marry because the Constitution banned marriage for opposite sex couples.
Francisco Madrid, a 36-year-old tenor who sings in the chorus, says the Tijuana Gay Men’s Chorus is aimed at music and art, but it is also helping overcome stigmas that are still prevalent in Tijuana about the gay community. At the recent Wednesday practice, chorus members warmed up with stretching and breath work. In one exercise, they each thought of a word in their head and then sang a note that they felt represented the word. At one point, the entire chorus seemed to blend their notes into one another, losing themselves briefly in the music.“The choir surviving two years during the pandemic was a miracle,” Gheno said.
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