Congratulations to the Lesbian and Gay Band Association for making history!

Music has always played an integral role throughout history in dissolving barriers and bringing people together. The Lesbian and Gay Band Association , with musician members from across the country, will be the first LGBT group in the history of the United States to march as a contingent in an inaugural parade.  Along with many other bands across the nation, the LGBA was invited by Barack Obama’s Presidential Inaugural Committee to march in the upcoming innaugural parade. This is not the band’s first time participating in an innauguration. During Bill Clinton’s innauguration they performed on the sidewalk but were not permitted to march in the actual parade. A web-based initiative called in the parade details the history of the LGBA’s involvement in the presidential innauguration and the effort to have the band march in Obama’s innaugural parade.

A member of the Lesbian and Gay Band Association recently announced this historic occasion on YouTube:

This news offers a potential entry point to discussing the various ways music plays a role in our society and history as well the way it can act as a powerful force that transcend barriers to equity and justice.