Gay Men’s Chorus Presents a Spring A-Cher Gala
metroweekly.comRuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner, Michaels started dressing up as Cher nearly 30 years ago “kind of on a fluke,” he once told Metro Weekly.Since then, he’s met and interacted with the diva on multiple occasions, including at her concert at Las Vegas’s Coliseum where he sat in the front row. “She’s real fun,” Michaels recounted years ago. “She’d screw with me from the stage.
She knows who I am, so that’s cool.”The second weekend in May, Michaels will return to D.C. as the featured entertainment at the chorus’s annual Spring Affair fundraising gala, which has been renamed the Spring A-Cher for the occasion.
Guests at this “creative black tie” soiree can dress in cocktail attire and tuxedos, or take inspiration from one of Cher’s many “looks, songs, eras, and memorable moments.”In addition to Michaels’ double-duty as event host and featured performer, the gala festivities include dinner and open-bar reception, live and silent auctions, and the presentation of this year’s Harmony Awards.The awards are bestowed on longstanding supporters and allies of the chorus and the queer community overall — one award each year designating an individual, another an organization (Metro Weekly was honored with the 2022 award), and the third a veteran chorus member or affiliate.This year’s recipients include U.S.
Senator Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay elected member of the U.S. Senate and first woman to represent Wisconsin in the chamber.The award is in recognition of her tireless pursuit of LGBTQ equality throughout her career as well as her instrumental role in last year’s passing of the Respect for Marriage Act, which formally repealed DOMA and codifies the validity of same-sex and interracial marriages at the federal and state.
