'There’s so many gay Hutter': a rare voice begs pilgrimage for acceptance | Canada | The Guardian

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At 17, he was removed om his home and muny. He was sent, by his parents, to an ex-gay relig unselor. He was not allowed to vis his parents and to this day, his extend fay and muny do not know why he “left.”

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WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY AND AMISH

He was sent, by his parents, to an ex-gay relig unselor. But what if you grew up a society that never talks about homosexualy? Beg Gay and Amish.

'THERE’S SO MANY GAY HUTTER': A RARE VOICE BEGS PILGRIMAGE FOR ACCEPTANCE

Due to the relig beliefs of most Amish, is no surprise that homosexualy is not discsed. His parents found out his was gay when he was 17.

WHY A GAY MAN SERV THE OLD ORR AMISH

Over tears streamg down their face, Thad’ parents sent him to a non-Amish, ex-gay relig unselor, hop of savg him. He had to leave his muny after his sister found a gay magaze he had been hidg, lled OUT. ”One of the few – if not the only – openly gay Hutter, Hofer has bee a rare voice phg for greater acceptance among the muny, whose nearly 50, 000 members live more than 450 loni wtern Canada and the Uned Stat.

“There’s so many gay Hutter and there’s nobody talkg about the subject.

He first heard the word “gay” when he was outsi world felt far away, he says.

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“We will be classed as traors God’s ey, and we will live the darkt day all of Canada’s history, ” lears wrote a letter to Pl Mart, Canada’s then-prime was soon after that Hofer began realisg he might be gay.

YOUNG, GAY – AND AMISH

On the lony, where many feared to even e the word gay, the ncept of a gay Huttere simply did not exist.

“My dream is for the Huttere culture to be acceptg of gay people like me, ” he posted onle.

DEAR DAD: WE’VE BEEN GAY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME

“I did to start a nversatn about homophobia on the lony.

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Young, Gay - and Amish - Philalphia Magaze.

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