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Gay's Ln Farm El Monte has been lled the "Disneyland of the 1920s and '30s," but few trac of s wild past rema.

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_____________________________________________________________Gay's Ln Farm, once a fg symbol of El Monte, has left relatively few trac today's cy. Gay's Ln Farm, . Pamphlet for Gay's Ln Farm | Photo: Secury Pacific Natnal Bank Collectn, Los Angel Public Library.

EntranceBorn 1886, Charl Gay was a French performer who met his wife, English-born Muriel, when he was performg a circ London.

The Gays moved to California wh Charl's circ 1914 or 1915, 4 and began raisg lns near Wtlake (now MacArthur) Park 1919. 6 The Gays tablished the farm to tra lns that they uld rent out to Hollywood studs for e movi.

EL MONTE'S WILD PAST: A HISTORY OF GAY'S LN FARM

11 Jorane Barton's 2006 stallment the nostalgic Imag of Ameri seri clus an illtratn of a Gay's Ln Farm float the Rose Para. 12El Monte High School adopted "Lns" as the school nickname, and the Gays even provid a ln to serve as "mast" for important football gam.

Charl Gay and his lns, . Gay at the Ln Farm, 1923 | Photo: Secury Pacific Natnal Bank Collectn, Los Angel Public Library.

THOSE GAY MALE LNS THAT WENT VIRAL WERE ACTUALLY JT SEXUALLY FLUID BROS

30 Incintally, Roy Addleman, whose funeral home on Valley Boulevard would host Charl Gay's service 1950, is also the picture. Gay tak a baby ln for a walk on Center Street El Monte | Photo: Secury Pacific Natnal Bank Collectn, Los Angel Public Library. World War II brought about the mise of the Farm, as a wartime meat shortage ma prohibively expensive for the Gays to feed their lns.

Hopg to ntue the operatn after the war end, the Gays offered 150 of their approximately 200 lns for sale and also loaned lns to privately-owned zoos.

Gay stated that he planned to keep about fifty lns as breedg stock so that he uld reopen after the war.

KENYAN OFFICIAL: HOMOSEXUAL LNS LEARNED IT FROM "COPYG" GAY TOURISTS"PROBABLY THEY HAVE BEEN FLUENCED BY GAYS WHO HAVE GONE TO THE NATNAL PARKS AND BEHAVED BADLY."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 6, 2017/8:26 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 6, 2017 / 8:26 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KENYAN OFFICIAL: HOMOSEXUAL LNS LEARNED IT FROM \"COPYG\" GAY TOURISTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-11-06T13:26:14.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-11-06T13:26:14.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER REPORTED SEEG TWO MALE LNS MATE A KENYAN SAFARI, A ERNMENT OFFICIAL CLAIMED THE TWO FEL MT HAVE "PIED" GAY MEN VISG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PROBABLY THEY HAVE BEEN FLUENCED BY GAYS WHO HAVE GONE TO THE NATNAL PARKS AND BEHAVED BADLY," TWEETED EZEKEIL MUTUA, HEAD OF THE KENYAN FILM CLASSIFITN BOARD. "I DON'T KNOW, THEY MT HAVE PIED SOMEWHERE OR IS MONIC. BEE THE ANIMALS DO NOT WATCH MOVI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MANY GAY TOURISTS ARE SHG TO KENYA GAME PARKS: NO ONLY IS HOMOSEXUALY PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 14 YEARS JAIL THE UNTRY, BUT A JUDGE LED LAST YEAR THAT FORCED ANAL EXAMS ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTUA SISTED THE "LN LOVE BIRDS" SEEN MASAI MARA NEED UNSELG. HE ALSO SUGGTED THEY BE STUDIED, IF ONLY TO NFIRM THEY WERE BOTH ED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN, WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMETHG LIKE THIS HAPPENG. THE MONIC SPIRS FLICTG HUMANS SEEMS TO HAVE NOW UGHT UP WH THE ANIMALS," MUTUA ADD. "THAT IS WHY I WILL SAY ISOLATE THE CRAZY GAY ANIMALS, STUDY THEIR BEHAVR BEE IS NOT NORMAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWTER ERS MA FUN OF MUTUA'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THIS IS JT THE LATT EXAMPLE OF HIS RABID HOMOPHOBIA: LAST MONTH, MUTUA BANNED THE DISNEY CHANNEL SHOW ANDI MACK BEE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS ME OUT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ANY ATTEMPT TO TRODUCE GAY PROGRAMMG KENYA WILL BE MET WH THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW," HE TOLD NAIROBI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAME-SEX BEHAVR LNS HAD BEEN OBSERVED PTIVY, BUT PHOTOGRAPHER PL GOLDSTE SAID WAS MUCH RARER TO SEE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Gay's health faltered, and when the war end, he was not well enough to relnch the Farm.

In 1949, the Gays put the property up for sale, and they retired to Balboa Island. 35 Charl Gay died of a heart ailment 1950, while Muriel Gay passed away 1966.

Charl Gay is buried at San Gabriel Cemetery, and Leo the ln is buried at Los Angel Memorial Pet Cemetery article was prevly published on Tropics of Meta December 9, 2014.

EL MONTE’S MANE ATTRACTN: A TR OF SNAPSHOTS OF GAY’S LN FARM, 9 FEBARY 1930

2 Gay's Ln Farm. Gay' s Ln Farm. 60-62; "Charl Gay.

Accsed September 14, 2014The ntemporary "Runng a Ln Farm" stat that Charl Gay me to California "shortly after the war, " while Balducci wr that Gay arrived California 1914. The Inter Movie Database lists Gay as a performer a number of Uned Stat-produced short films om 1915, which would support Balducci's date. "As El Monte Celebrat Centennial, Lols Rell Wild History wh Gay's Ln Farm.

62; "MADDENED LIONS BATTLED: Two Sla and Another Captured at Gay Farm as Beast Mls Manager Serly. 32 "Madned Lns Battled: Two Sla and Another Captured at Gay Farm as Beast Mls Manager Serly. 33 "Famed Gay's Ln Farm at El Monte to Close.

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34 "Gay's Ln Farm Clos, Victim of War Ratng.

Muriel Gay, of Ln Farm, Di. The ter rejoiced when the gay wildlife esystem of bears, otters and giraff seemgly weled s newt addn: lns.

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Photographer Nile Cambré spotted the horny pair of ostensibly gay Simbas March Botswana. "It is the first time I have seen homosexual behavr lns, " she alas, reports have sce surfaced that are rag on the gay pri para. 'Cse gay lns, and lns live pris.

Another theory is that the lns hired Packer to sp this elaborate jtifitn to the prs, bee they're still stgglg wh issu related to toxic masculy and eply ternalized homophobia the ln muny, and jt n't brg themselv to adm that they love dick.

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