With a joint in-person performance from our LGBTQ+ choirs not possible this World Aids Day, organisers have something up their sleeves - a virtual event - to raise vital funds for HIV lunch club Lunch Positive and unite our LGBTQ+ communities. We catch up with those responsible for pulling it all together and keeping our communities in tune...
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Ian Groves, director of Actually Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC), said:
We’re fast approaching December 1 and World Aids Day (WAD), one of the landmark events of the year in Brighton & Hove.
For many years the town has remembered those it has lost to HIV and supported those still living with it on December 1 with the Reading of the Names at the memorial in New Steine Gardens followed by a concert in St Mary’s church just a few steps away.
Raising money for Lunch Positive, the concert has grown from a joint performance of the Rainbow Chorus, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and the AGMC to an extravaganza showcasing many of the LGBTQ+ musical groups from the local area.
This year such an event is clearly not possible but the organisers are working on a virtual event to unite the community. The organisers are hoping to include the other local groups as before and invite viewers to make a contribution to carry on the good work of Lunch Positive.
