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FARMERS FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE GAY GRAZIERS ARE BREAKG STEREOTYP
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GAY FARMERS OPEN UP ABOUT HOMOPHOBIC STIGMA THAT LEAV MANY NSIRG SUICI
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FARMERS FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE GAY GRAZIERS ARE BREAKG STEREOTYP

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When Jon Wright me out as gay as a 28-year-old farmer, he found support om the muny and fay — a wele relief for the grazier after many years of ner turmoil. "I wouldn't ll Cowra the gay centre of New South Wal, " he lghed.

"But there certaly are other gay people around the town. "Jt to be a place where I knew everybody the room was gay, bee my experience was, wherever I was before, I sort of virtually knew everybody the room wasn't gay, " he said. "The issue of not beg able to have children is another whole story that I don't hear talked about that much the gay world, " he said.

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When The Naked Farmer me to town lookg for people to get their k off, the e stck a chord wh dairy farmers Pl and Kerry Wilson, the latter havg left a wife and three children to bee openly gay the dairy dtry. * gay farmers nsw *

It's an enormo thg and there's no reason why 's any different for gay people.

"Rejectg stereotypFurther north near Newstle, Alex Berry ns a boutique goat dairy while his partner Bradd Dillon, an equtrian rir, manag hors on their 20-hectare property at Mr Wright, Mr Berry said his fay and iends gave him every support when he announced he was gay. (ABC Newstle: Keely Johnson)Mr Berry said he did not want to be fed by his sexualy and rejected the stereotypil image of a gay man.

"I never wanted to be like what the inic gay man was supposed to be. "I'd rather be known as the goat man than the gay man.

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Gay dairy farmer Jason Smh received msag of support and even marriage proposals after sharg his story. * gay farmers nsw *

"Mr Berry believ society has bee more acceptg of homosexualy and is beg even more so wh each generatn. "It's a tough gig to be a gay man or woman any dtry, let alone agriculture. [Interviewer] Hey, why don't we startwh you scribg the work you're 's been 22 years, I've been workg on this le of ttle that we've 've put this science on topof what we do that mak so we're dog somethg that nobody else rponsibily is to look after the landbut jt a shame, I missed out on a gay a small untry town, I gus, wh s biggt thg is the difficultyof havg a partner, meetg a mother passed away about 10, 12 years agoand my father's got Alzheimer'sand is the lol nursg I'm the big boy the hoe now, which is very sad.

[dramatic mic]As sorry, as I felt about myselfbeg a sgle gay, man the untry, the sorry was never strong enough to make me changeand go and do somethg as much as the torment 's jt pros and know, do you want the farm?

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Whether people know that I'm gayand whether that means people won't eand buy bulls om meor people know we're talkg about climate changeand they won't e and buy bulls om sends the market and the dtrythat you're workg and tryg to work out, is all right to say . And was this sort of eternal stggle, I gusto get to space where a might meet then if you didn't the prsn that me day that I me home and told my parentsthat I was gay at the age of 28and my mother jt asked all the right qutnsand did everythg betifullyand properly and my dad sort of sat there and didn't say much at 's hard father and sons workg togethern be really, really that's two people makg one cisnor old bull and young bull and all that sort of built the hoe that I now live created my whole world I gus. I stggled wh the prospect of beg gayfor probably 20 odd 's que a lonely suatn.

[dramatic mic]The issue of climate change is que challengg 's a lot of people who believe 's not is is not me makg anythg might be that part about beg gay and beg a gay farmeror somethg like the part about g out was jt that realizatn, that I n't lie anymore. "It's been que a journey, to the pot where I left a wife and three sons to bee openly gay the dairy dtry, " Kerry said.

"Couple hop to help other gay farmers Kerry Wilson said he and Pl were "not the only gays the village". '" Pl, Kerry said, "we weren't the only gays the village".

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"If there's normal, average, mastream people out there that happen to be gay, and some kid the bh se that person or that uple and thks, 'Oh yeah, that's me, ' then we've done our job, " Pl said. Gay farmer out on TV — and his brother’s reactn is betifulTHE first episo of This Time Next Year saw farmer Brad reveal his big secret to his fay.

He was gay.

NSW ttle farmer Jon Wright never expected a msage on gay datg app Grdr would lead to him beg profiled a documentary. But that’s exactly what happened wh Alone Out Here, one of three documentari showsg ral gay and lbian stori on 10 Play.

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But for a sgle gay man the bh there are herent differenc, cludg acceptance and support works. “Dnken nights out wh wh all my straight iends nearly turned to Q&A qutns, for them to get up to speed on what ’s like to be gay.

Alone Out Here is one of three Out Here do shorts fund by 10 and Screen Atralia, jog Belongg which follows 18-year-old LGBTQI+ activist Sam Watson the footsteps of gay rights activist Rodney Croome; and The Rabow Passage, which profil three transgenr women livg regnal NSW.

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Related: WATCH: The secret world of gay farmers explored new documentary.

Related: PHOTOS: Sexy gay farmer on why he lov beg home on the range. In the spotlight: Simpson dairy farmer Jason Smh, who is openly gay, attracted a lot of attentn after speakg up about marriage equaly. Picture: Rob GunstoneFive rad terviews, a TV appearance and two marriage Jason Smh shared his story as a gay dairy farmer to ntribute to discsns about marriage equaly, he had no ia how strongly would ronate wh the public as the story was picked up by media the south-wt rint put his voice out there last week, he was undated wh thoands of supportive msag and iend requts on social even had to polely turn down two marriage proposals om Smh said he had been blown away by the attentn, and hoped people unrstood what he had been gettg at.

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“The whole ia of dog the story was to say I was a dairy farmer who paid his tax and did everythg else but bee I happen to be gay I am not allowed to marry the person I want to marry. ”Mr Smh said he had received msag om gay farmers around the untry – om South Atralia, Wtern Atralia and Queensland – as well as the parents of gay young Queensland farmer who was not openly gay ntacted Mr Smh to say he wished he uld be bi him fightg, and would one day be able to jo .

A powerful segment on BBC show Countryfile vtigated the high suici rat among gay farmers – and the stigma that is still rife ral muni.

GAY FARMERS OPEN UP ABOUT HOMOPHOBIC STIGMA THAT LEAV MANY NSIRG SUICI

BBC reporter Tom Heap looked at attus towards gay people wh ral and farmg muni – and found a shockg lk to prsn and suici. Acclaimed gay film God’s Own Country recently explored the life of a farmer who has e to terms wh his sexualy – but real life many farmg muni reprs their inty for years, leadg them to the brk of suici. He said: “I knew I was gay om very early years, really.

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Frank add: “Farmg beg as macho as is… who wants a gay, weak workman? “You’ve got your gay life and you’ve got your work life, and I’m que sure that if anybody’s got two liv like that ’s gog to tear you half, really.