 McGuire, unaware of the Sydney group, learned for the first time of the existence of gay choruses while listening to an LP record, "The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Tours America 1981", at a party.Inspired by the discovery, McGuire, along with his roommates (including his sister, Kathleen McGuire, and gay fiend Tuck Wah Leong), discussed the notion of forming a gay and lesbian choir in Melbourne.McGuire wanted to form a choir specifically with gay men and women in an effort to unify these sometimes divergent groups.