Summary: With its members’ unceasing joy, artistic flair and proud-to-be-me mentality, it’s hard to imagine anything more quintessentially San Francisco than the Gay Men’s Chorus. But 37 years ago, the still-new singing group wasn’t welcome in all corners of the city. In a devastating blow that made headlines around the Bay Area, the chorus’ April 25, 1981, concert at St. Ignatius Church was canceled weeks beforehand by Archbishop John Quinn.
