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A GAY FARMER ON LOVE, ISOLATN, AND DISPTG THE MEAT INDTRY ATRALIA

In “Alone Out Here,” by Philip Bfield and Le Cornish, an Atralian rancher who is openly gay a nservative dtry fights to rce rbon emissns through his ttle farmg. * will the farmer gay *

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GAY FARMERS GO NAKED TO HELP RAISE AWARENS OF MENTAL HEALTH

Ben Lewis never thought he uld be both openly gay and a farmer. Now, he is fally livg his tth after g out and fdg love. * will the farmer gay *

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“As queers, as gays and lbians, I thk we’ve always been much closer to nature than other people. If the human race is to survive, gay people have to have more fluence.

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* will the farmer gay *

“Whether he sensed I was gay, I don’t know. But he kept sayg how much he hated gays and that if saw any walkg down the street, he would beat the absolute sh out of them. Can I work for you, and by the way, I’m also gay.

“There’s no gay ghetto Iowa, and even though ’s not a bastn of liberalism, they let you live your life the way you want here, ” says Rsell, the State Food Policy Project Coordator at Drake Universy. “It’s been great, ” Rsell adds, “bee now everyone wants to buy om the two gay farmers. It’s not a great way to meet other gay farmers.