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The Gay Farmer Helpline is helping to break silence on gay people in farming. We speak to founder Keith Ineson about how he is helping gay farmers.

Drawing on LGBTQ history in rural areas, KT Taylor publishes the zine "Not Alone, Never Was" to combat isolation through artistic exchange.

True Colors United, a non-profit working to address youth homelessness, says 40% of kids without a home are LGBTQ+. Many are mistreated, and sometimes even kicked out because of who they are. Well foster-adopt connect says the need for foster parents, even here in the Ozarks, is growing. “There are twice as […]

Stereotypically, gay, queer and trans kids flee small towns to find acceptance in big, diverse cities like New York or Chicago. But evidence shows many will eventually return to rural areas.

The multimedia oral history project features the stories of queer people, many of them Texans, who live outside cities.

"Community is a very complicated and roomy word. Rural queer people also have other layers of identity that inform their realities."

"Bad sex education for queer kids it's so violent and erasing and makes kids in rural places feel even more isolated."

‘You might think that people are staring at you a lot and talk about you a lot more’

Samantha Allen, an author and reporter covering LGBT issues, traveled the Midwest recently to learn about our community’s resolve during

The joys of coming to terms with your sexuality in a traditional working class community where every member of your family lives a ten-minute walk away.

Stuart Gardener is typical of a farming 20-something. Having grown up with agriculture “in his blood”, the 28-year-old would love to have his own farm one day. In the meantime, he’s working all hours – renting ground, rearing cattle and contracting, while holding down a full-time job in a local country store. He studied at an agricultural college. He was a member of a Young Farmers Club. He’s also – and this is where his experience differs from many of his peers – gay.

The Equitas Health Institute for LGBTQ Health Equity has partnered with Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Ohio University LGBT Center on Rural Voices: Caring for Trans and Gender Diverse Communities, a day-long summit taking place June 7 in Athens, Ohio for health and social service professionals. The focus of the summit is improving access to care and the quality of care for the trans community living in rural areas

On this edition of Coastline, we meet two people from this community. One woman, one man. One in mid-life. One a young adult. They both live in the Cape Fear region. And while neither of them would say they feel despised or hunted or under attack here, they still must think about how mainstream local residents might respond to them. And this – the constant, necessary vigilance is the part that should not have been – but was news to this journalist.

For decades, the majority of people studying, recording, and even living queer lives believed that “rural queer life” was virtually nonexistent... False narratives about queer populations' absence from rural places are still present today. But there are scholars and activists who try to paint a fuller and truer picture.

Pop portrayals of LGBTQ Americans tend to feature urban gay life, from Ru Paul’s “Drag Race” and “Queer Eye” and “Pose.” But not all gay people live in cities. Demographers estimate that 15% to 20% of the United States’ total LGBTQ population...

When Joe Barb came out as gay while in college, the Maryland resident retreated to the Black Hills to find peace. He’s hoping to offer that to other LGBTQ families

Saskatchewan farmer Stuart Chutter felt disappointed when he saw the published version of a story about diversity at his farm, which omitted any reference to the fact he's gay.

David Freyne's film is set two years after being gay was decriminalised in Ireland

The stars of HBO’s reality series “We’re Here” reveal what they learned traveling the country and delivering small-town America the drag makeover it so sorely needs.

In this installment of our advice column, ¡Hola Papi!, John Paul Brammer phones a friend.

Rural Life Amplifies Impact of Both Acceptance and Discrimination, But Millions of Rural LGBT People Have Few Legal Protections

Samantha Allen’s new book, "Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States" shares the lives of LGBT communities in the South, Texas and other locations between the coasts.

The leader of the Iowa 4-H Youth Development was fired Thursday, just a week before the start of the Iowa State Fair. John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, the first Latino statewide youth leader in 4-H's 115-year history, confirmed his departure...