The Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our members are the most valuable asset we have. The variety of individual differences that our members bring to the CTGMC represents a significant part of our culture, reputation, and the organization’s success. We embrace and encourage our members’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, immigration status, citizenship and other characteristics that make our members unique.
The CTGMC’s diversity initiatives are applicable—but not limited—to our practices and policies on recruitment and selection; performances; volunteer opportunities; trainings; social gatherings; and the ongoing development of a choral environment built on the premise of gender and diversity/equity that encourages and enforces: Respectful communication and cooperation between all members; Teamwork and membership participation, permitting the representation of all member perspectives.; and organization and member contributions to the communities we serve to promote a greater understanding and respect for diversity.
