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The Daily Yonder Rural Queer History: Hidden in Plain Sight 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.
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For decades, the majority of people studying, recording, and even living queer lives believed that “rural queer life” was virtually nonexistent.
“We take for granted that rural areas and small towns are inhospitable to queer life, and always have been,” said Dr. Colin Johnson, a professor of Gender Studies and History at Indiana University, Bloomington. “And so the assumption is that queer history begins at the city gates.”