Gay rednecks

I’m not alone in my southern queer experience. LGBTQ author John Howard has taken on the deep emotional labor of uncovering queer southern histories like mine in his books Carryin’ On In The Gay and Lesbian South and Men Like That: A Southern Queer History.

“Redneck” doesn’t have to mean “overly conservative and bigoted”. I was usually pleasantly surprised by my rougher redneck nascar/hunter/truck bro’s reactions to them finding out.

Shane Wenzel will answer your questions on his Q&A Gay Redneck Series.

But by midafternoon, just one man holding a “REPENT” sign stood outside the Agricultural Park near Pulaski, a town of 7, residents, as several hundred cars – including a jeep sporting the phrase.