Gay farmboys
Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest
This was such a heart-wrenching book, yet a life-affirming one, it was a very compassionate reading throughout. Boys growing up in the farthest reaches and with few conditions to make peace with their own selves and come out as strong persons.
When it was not the bigotry environment in which they grew up, it was either the church (this is the Bible Belt) and worst, psychiatrists, telling them the way to take whereas they knew inside those indications were false turns.
Some may think these stories resemble and, indeed, they do. But at the matching time, they are quite different because each of these boys has a personality of their own, and growing up is never the same for everyone. Some dealt with bestiality (which I have heard of many vertical boys as well) and sex with their own brothers (that's the way they discovered sex), some dealt with alcoholic abusive parents who seemed to have bred these kids to grow workforce at the land. Some knew from a very early childhood that they felt for boys, others only came to fin
New Play Explores Trial Of Gay 'Farm Boys'
The Annual Summer Lgbtq+ fest Theater Festival continues this weekend in Randolph, featuring three plays that talk to concerns and issues of gay and lesbian Vermonters.
One of those plays is Farm Boys, an adaptation of a book by Milwaukee writer Will Fellows.
Will Fellows was himself a gay man raised on a Wisconsin dairy farm. For the book Farm Boys, he gathered testimony from dozens of male lover men from rural areas.
Those voices come alive in this world premiere adaptation. They tell stories that display being a good farm boy doesn’t guarantee an acceptance for being homosexual. Disapproval can come from all directions.
One participant says his father told him he "was a mistake." Another recalls a young same-sex attracted neighbor who committed suicide.
How odd for us still, after all this time, to consider coming out a brave proceed. But it's true for so many people in so many situations because of family and religion and nationality. So that's why these stories want to be told. - David Zak, director
The demonstrate features a cast
Farm Boys: Lives of Male lover Men from the Rural Midwest - Hardcover
Synopsis
Homosexuality is often seen as a purely urban experience, far removed from rural and small-town life. Farm Boys undermines that cliche by telling the stories of more than three dozen gay men, ranging in age from 24 to 84, who grew up in farm families in the midwestern United States. Whether painful, funny, or matter-of-fact, these plain-spoken accounts will move and instruct any reader, gay or not, from farm or city.
?When I was fifteen, the milkman who came to get our milk was beautiful. This is when I was really getting horny to undertake something with another guy. I waited every time for him to enter. I couldn&#x;t even speak to him, couldn&#x;t reflect of anything to utter . I just stood there, watching him, wondering if he knew why.
?Henry Bauer, Minnesota
?When I go endorse home, I feel a real connection with the land?a tremendous feeling, spiritual in a way. It makes me want to go out into a field and take my shoes off and insert my feet right on the dirt
Homosexuality is often seen as a purely urban encounter, far removed from rural and small-town life. Farm Boys undermines that cliche by telling the stories of more than three dozen gay men, ranging in age from 24 to 84, who grew up in farm families in the midwestern Combined States. Whether painful, funny, or matter-of-fact, these plain-spoken accounts will move and educate any reader, gay or not, from farm or city.
“When I was fifteen, the milkman who came to get our milk was beautiful. This is when I was really getting horny to do something with another guy. I waited every day for him to come. I couldn’t even talk to him, couldn’t think of anything to tell. I just stood there, watching him, wondering if he knew why.”—Henry Bauer, Minnesota
“When I go back home, I undergo a real connection with the land—a tremendous feeling, spiritual in a way. It makes me want to go out into a field and take my shoes off and put my feet right on the dirt, establish a real physical connection with that place. I obtain ho