When the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles took their music and message to Eastern Europe, they wound up joining a post-Communist revolution of gay visibility.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE--that was on the back of the T-shirts worn by most of the 137 members of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles and their entourage as they arrived in Moscow, beginning a tour of Russia and Eastern Europe.
Evidently, not all of the sold-out audience was aware of the "gay" part of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. When that was explained there were audible gasps and lots of shifting in the seats.