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You know,
the run-around, faggot-type peopIe.
:13:04
They're more Iike the ones who'II...
:13:07
...throw a baIe of hay, jump on a horse,
brand them and kick ass.
:13:10
Know what I'm saying? As I aIways say...
:13:12
...you don't fuck with a Wyoming queer
'cause they'II fucking kick you in your ass.
:13:17
-But that's not the point.
-What is the point?
:13:20
PeopIe of Wyoming do not give a damn
one way or the other if you're gay...
:13:25
...if you're straight, bisexuaI,
trisexuaI, it doesn't matter.
:13:28
-ReaIIy?
-That's what I just said. It doesn't matter.
:13:31
I was the first out Iesbian
or gay facuIty member...
:13:35
...and that's in 1((2.
:13:37
That's not that Iong ago.
:13:39
They asked me at the interview
what my husband did.
:13:42
So I came out then.
:13:44
When I first moved out here,
I knew it was gonna be hard as a gay man.
:13:49
There wouId be times
when I wouId go to Denver...
:13:51
...and I wouId go to the gay bars there, and
peopIe wouId ask me where I was from...
:13:56
...and I wouId say, ''laramie, Wyoming.''
:13:59
And I met so many men down there
from Wyoming.
:14:04
So many gay men who grew up here
and they were Iike:
:14:07
''This is not a pIace where I can Iive.
How can you Iive there? I had to get out.''
:14:12
But every once in awhiIe, there'd be a guy:
:14:16
''Gosh, I miss laramie.
:14:18
''I mean, I reaIIy Iove it there.
That's where I want to Iive.''
:14:22
And they'd get this starry-eyed Iook,
and I think...
:14:27
...if that is where you wanna Iive, do it.
:14:30
So I get into my office one day and
I have a message to caII this woman back.
:14:34
So I caII her back and she goes,
''I hear you are a Iesbian.
:14:38
''I hear you are one.'' And I'm Iike, ''uh-huh?''
:14:42
She goes, ''I'm one, too.'' She wanted
to come over and meet me immediateIy.
:14:46
She aIso warned me about the fact...
:14:48
...that there's other Iesbians in this town
who wouId not be seen with me.
:14:52
That just to be seen with me
wouId taint them irreparabIy.
:14:56
That just to be seen with me
wouId be a big probIem.