Wednesday, November 21, 2018

On the Streets of Babylon: Gay Musicals on the Streets

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,... 
Come out of her, my people,

Revelation 14:8/18:4
There seems to be a "Gay Musical" performed on the Streets of Babylon...

"An Episcopal cathedral is hosting a gay musical composition that borrows from the Latin Mass. The composer says the work is “a radical appropriation of a European, patriarchal tradition, the
formal Latin Mass, which which we reinterpret through the lens of the marginalized LGBTQ experience.”
Requiem Mass: A Queer Divine Rite” will premiere on Nov. 16 & 17 at Grace Cathedral.
Waller added, “For many who grew up in religious contexts who felt alienated for their gender expression or sexuality, the piece may feel cathartic and surprisingly uncanny in how it intersects the familiarity of High Church with the incredibly queer-affirming love, despite the fact that it’s right there in all of the most basic Christian ideals.” P&P