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Gay farmers go naked to help raise awareness of mental health
ABC ^ | 10th July 2018 | Nathan Morris

Posted on 07/11/2018 5:10:02 PM PDT by Ennis85

When The Naked Farmer came to town looking for people to get their kit off for a good cause, dairy farmer Kerry Wilson was approached to take part.

He and his partner Paul Wilson agreed, though Kerry had reservations about not having the right body type.

"Gee whiz, I'm 56. Does it matter?" Kerry asked. It didn't.

The cause, which raises awareness about the mental health of Australian farmers, hit a personal chord with the couple.

Kerry and Paul are fifth-generation farmers who live and work together near Nimbin in the northern rivers of New South Wales.

"You carry a lot of guilt thereafter and even before, the 35 years before that when you know that something's not quite right in your head, but you can't quite work it out. Or you're not quite game to go and work through it with anybody.

"So we've have our fair share of ups and downs and the agricultural industry is a tough gig."

Kerry said coming out in the dairy industry was particularly tough.

"Oh, it was horrible," he said.

"At one stage we thought, OK, we'll just go to Brisbane and start a new life in the city, an anonymous life. But it was a fleeting thought. It wasn't an option because I had three sons."

At the time the kids were aged nine, six and four.

"And they by default had to come on the journey with us," Kerry said.

With the support of Kerry's former wife, life kept rolling on.

"I don't remember ever sitting around with my head in my hands going, 'Oh God, what are we going to do?'" Paul said.

And, Kerry said, "we weren't the only gays in the village"

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: farmers; fdrq; gay; homosexual; homosexualagenda; ibtz; lgbt; mentalhealth; mentalillness; mentallyill; nothanks; poofters; sodomites; tmi; wtmi
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To: Ennis85

Mental health awareness, eh?


21 posted on 07/11/2018 5:20:57 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Michael.SF.

Looks ready to mow the farmer’s daughter’s wheat.


22 posted on 07/11/2018 5:21:06 PM PDT by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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To: Ennis85

Not clicking on that link, but the headline speaks volumes LOL


23 posted on 07/11/2018 5:24:44 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Ennis85

Left a wife and three sons. Troubling to me. At least he could have stayed single and not put some woman and some kids through what is really just HIS problem. They say they are too weak to make that decision, when likely they should. I think it’s just being selfish.


24 posted on 07/11/2018 5:24:44 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Ennis85

There are respectful gays, exhibitionist gays, pervert gays, etc. The exhibitionist and perverts give gays an even worse name than they already have.

Maybe exhibitionism and perversion come with the gay package. It’s hard to be sure.


25 posted on 07/11/2018 5:25:34 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Ennis85

Well I guess.


26 posted on 07/11/2018 5:25:57 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Ennis85

And no thank you.


27 posted on 07/11/2018 5:26:18 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Ennis85

28 posted on 07/11/2018 5:27:11 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Ennis85

Each day Australia becomes the Land of PC/Oz!

More and more Americans, who have been living in Australia are selling and moving back to the states.


29 posted on 07/11/2018 5:30:30 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Trump: "Families of American citizens murdered by illegals are permanently separated from them!)
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To: stevio

It’s not really a pun, it’s absolutely true!


30 posted on 07/11/2018 5:47:07 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: Ennis85

Oh yeah, I want the wheat that his naked but sat on.
YUCK!


31 posted on 07/11/2018 5:48:33 PM PDT by conservativesister
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To: Grampa Dave

These naked twits don’t qualify to be called ‘farmers’ - Nimbin is a drop-out region where the most common crop is ‘weed’ - and a bit of goat cheese production isn’t going to produce an income. Most of these ‘farmers’ are perpetually reliant upon social welfare payments. How much they got paid to take their clothes off for this story is what I would like to know.
And if any of them are Americans, you’re welcome to have them back.


32 posted on 07/11/2018 5:51:08 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (I really don't care, do you?)
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To: Ennis85

photo’s with goats, are they Muslim too ?


33 posted on 07/11/2018 5:59:11 PM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: Ennis85

That’s not mayo on the lettuce!


34 posted on 07/11/2018 5:59:43 PM PDT by DickBrannigan ("And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner!")
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To: Ennis85

I have known many farmers over the years, probably hundreds. I have never know any of whom I even suspicioned was homosexual.


35 posted on 07/11/2018 6:06:57 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Ennis85

Gay = mentally sick
Walking around naked = mentally sick


36 posted on 07/11/2018 6:10:52 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
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To: elpadre

I miss Mr. Greenjeans.


37 posted on 07/11/2018 6:11:14 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: Grampa Dave
The main street of Nimbin:
38 posted on 07/11/2018 6:11:17 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (I really don't care, do you?)
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To: Ennis85

Their own mental health, obviously.


39 posted on 07/11/2018 6:23:03 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Ennis85

This theory groups fruits with nuts,
Not an obvious parallel.


40 posted on 07/11/2018 6:23:50 PM PDT by lee martell
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