A Yorkshire farmer's journal om 1810 reveals surprisgly morn views on beg gay.
Contents:
- THE 200-YEAR-OLD DIARY THAT'S REWRG GAY HISTORY
- IS MATTHEW GAY
- A GAY FARMER ON LOVE, ISOLATN, AND DISPTG THE MEAT INDTRY ATRALIA
- THIS STORY OF GAY FARMERS KICKS OFF A DOCERI ABOUT DIVERSE HERO AGRICULTURE
THE 200-YEAR-OLD DIARY THAT'S REWRG GAY HISTORY
* matthew gay farmer *
I n remember, I was about 10 years old, beg at my grandparents hoe when an em me on the news about gay rights.
IS MATTHEW GAY
I left school to go to work wh my gay-dog-hatg grandad and my father on a 120 acre farm a populated and unprospero b of South Llnshire the Uned Kgdom.
A GAY FARMER ON LOVE, ISOLATN, AND DISPTG THE MEAT INDTRY ATRALIA
I ped wh the circumstanc by listeng to the Smhs pretty much non-stop on a CD Walkman for five years, before pluckg up the urage to tell my bt iend, Melanie, that I was gay when I was 20. When I first me out, I had never actually met another gay person, certaly no one who intified themselv as gay. I hadn’t even seen a credible or posive gay character on the televisn.
THIS STORY OF GAY FARMERS KICKS OFF A DOCERI ABOUT DIVERSE HERO AGRICULTURE
The joyo thg is that once you e out, all those dly homophobic remarks that you endured at social gathergs stop beg ma ont of you. Growg up gay a straight world gave me a strong sire to prove myself and bs has been my foc.
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