No exaggeration.Īnd speaking of Downtown, there is not one gay bar. Some quick research on my iPhone revealed that the North Coast Men’s Chorus is, indeed, a gay men’s chorus, though I didn’t encounter the actual words “gay' or “LGBT' until I navigated to their website's “About” section.Īnother curious realization hit me after my first year living downtown after 22 years in New York City: the number of gay men I’ve met socially in Downtown Cleveland can be counted on one hand. Judging by the photo and the overall design aesthetic of the poster, it looked kinda gay, like the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. Shortly after I moved to Downtown Cleveland in late 2017, I saw a poster for an upcoming concert for a group called the North Coast Men’s Chorus.
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