On this week’s show, we’re explorg issu our regn’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny. We’ll hear om a teenager gettg ready for…
Contents:
- BEG GAY APPALACHIAN AMERI
- WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY APPALACHIA?
- GROWG UP GAY APPALACHIA: ANTHOLOGY SHAR POETRY AND PROSE OF A REGN
BEG GAY APPALACHIAN AMERI
Across the untry, there’s been sweepg change the last few years the way the law treats gay people - and how society general feels about gay… * gay in appalachia *
Octavian’s story is not unmon for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people growg up regns of Ameri marked by nservative social views and unrsred by a lack of accs to LGBTQ-affirmg rourc monly found metropolan areas. ”‘Nobody should have to leave home’Whether ’s helpg LGBTQ people thrive or jt survive, grassroots groups like The Stay Project, Tranzmissn and Queer Appalachia have been ccial to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people lookg to atta a staable — and enjoyable — qualy of life the regn. Dev Yano, an 18-year-old gay man livg Wellsburg, was the perfect ndidate.
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY APPALACHIA?
“I vaguely always rememberg thkg boys were cuter than girls but really me to terms wh my sophomore year of high school, ” Dev told me. Across the untry, there’s been sweepg change the last few years the way the law treats gay people – and how society general feels about gay relatnships. Jt this summer, the Supreme Court led that gay marriage was legal all stat – throwg out bans on same sex marriage some stat.
Meanwhile, the showdown between gay upl along wh activists and a unty clerk is unfoldg central Appalachia. Kim Davis was nonted by reporters, homosexuals and gay right activists earlier this week after she refed to issue marriage licens.
Supreme Court cisn legalizg gay marriage. We’ll hear om Alice Moore, who om a strong Christian background and believ strongly that homosexualy is immoral.
GROWG UP GAY APPALACHIA: ANTHOLOGY SHAR POETRY AND PROSE OF A REGN
But first, Trey Kay explor the stori behd one of Charlton’s once-notor gay bars. There’s creasg acceptance of gay marriage, but gay men and lbians n still face discrimatn and harassment at work. Back the 1970s, Lewis shocked people Kanawha County, Wt Virgia, bee he believed that the gospels lled on him to wele gay people to his church.
Do you thk ’s OK for Christians to keep the belief that homosexualy is a s?
Is hard to be gay Appalachia? The myth of Appalachia's homogeno whens has been fively bunked, owed part to the recent surge of Black and brown thors wrg about their homeplace. He started realizg that he really had an tert gay life, but his fay didn’t accept .