PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WAS ONLY LGBTQ CHORUS IS GETTING PREPARED FOR THEIR ANNUAL PRIDE CONCERT AT EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THIS WEEKEND. TAKE A LOOK. UBER JANELLE HALL. THE THEME FOR THIS CONCERT WE DREAM A WORLD IS FOCUSED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CELEBRATING QUEER IDENTITY. HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU COULD WOULD DISAPPEAR? I THINK THE THE POWER THAT WE HAVE IS SPREADING JOY, SPREADING ACCEPTANCE, SPREADING SUPPORT OUT TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED TO HEAR THAT MESSAGE. ONE GREAT EXAMPLE THAT WE’RE DOING IS STAND UP. IT’S A SONG THAT IS VERY FOCUSED ABOUT STANDING UP FOR WHO YOU ARE AGAINST A WORLD THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY CELEBRATE YOU THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE CELEBRATED. YOU ARE PRDE MONTH, I THINK IS CONTINUING TO BE MORE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY NOW IN THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH OUR LAWS ARE COMING OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT ARE SAYING YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE WHO YOU ARE. THERE WERE TIMES EARLY ON WHEN MEMBERS COULDN’T BE LISTED IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T BE KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATE WITH THE GROUP. THEY WOULD TAKE PHOTOS AND PEOPLE WOULD TURN AROUND BECAUSE THEY WOULDN’T BE WANT THEIR FACES TO BE SEEN AND IT’S A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF IT. THEY MARCH IN THE PARADE, THEY STAND WITH US WHEN WE’RE DOING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCING OURSELVES AS THE SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS ONLY LGBTQ AND ALLIED CHORUS. AND WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND, YOU CAN REACH, REACH OUT YOUR HAND. THE RENAISSANCE CITY CHOIR’S ANNUAL PRIDE CONCERT WILL BE HELD AT THE EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON SOUTH HIGHLAND AVENUE THIS S