# Interview with Maria-Elena Grant, President of GALA Choruses & Chair of Lavender Light

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Podcast: [Queer Voices](https://stenobird.com/podcast/queer-voices-7513036)
Published: 2025-12-03T13:05:07+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/queer-voices/2362740
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## Resource

Listen in to a fascinating conversation between GALA Choruses' Executive Director John D. Carrion and Maria-Elena Grant, the President of GALA Choruses (2023-2025) and Chairperson of Lavender Light: The Black and People of All Colors Lesbian and Gay Gospel Choir. Throughout the course of the interview, John and Maria-Elena discuss her decades-long experience with GALA Choruses and two stints on the board of directors; what it's meant to serve as the organization's first female Black president; and more.

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