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But southern women are fighters.

I knew it because Mamaw used it to describe the all of the evils that existed in the world. Well, I knew the word. I often reflect on my southern ancestors and wonder what they would think of my life now. I was born in Tennessee on a bright Thanksgiving morning, surrounded by the same Appalachian Mountains my family had called home since the s.

I wanted to please God and my family, never myself. There is beauty in this part of America—white chapels nestled in rolling mountains, streams that flow forever, lush vegetation and rich clay that supply precious minerals and food to the rest of the country.

All gay people had an agenda to abuse the innocent, recruit the gullible, and destroy civilization as God had ordained it. I was certain I was queer around age I also knew how my family would react. Laura McGuire l with her great-papaw, Quince, on their Appalachian farm.

Laura McGuire. I had family members who had serious addictions, repeatedly got pregnant out of wedlock, and even went to prison—but none of that was worse than being gay. Years later, I would find the strength to leave my marriage in order to forge a safer, healthier, and braver life for myself and for my children.

Being a redneck southern born and bred woman means that rebellion is in my blood. If my parents let me have a Black baby doll, they said, I might think it was okay for me to date a Black man, and that was against the Bible. Such policies were demonic, she would say.

Homosexuality was demonic—a deadly sin. Shane Wenzel will answer your questions on his Q&A Gay Redneck Series. In my mind, bringing honor and pride to others was the only reason for being. When I was nine, I was in love with American Girl dolls.

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When I asked my parents for an Addy doll for my birthday, however, I was immediately told no. But in those chapels and small towns lies something just as fertile, but far more dangerous—hatred, fear, and prejudice.

She was a deeply religious Baptist woman, read her Bible every day, and participated in a number of socio-religious campaigns. Our history, music, and art are a mix of the Irish, German, Scottish, Black, and Indigenous people who have lived, loved, and intermarried here for centuries.

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But my relationship with my heritage and identity is messy, as messy as biting into a summertime peach, and oftentimes, is painful. So, I married a man to make them proud and hid my truth from the majority of my family members. Too often we see the depiction of feminine southerners as demur, submissive, and tender.

My favorite, by far, was Addy—the one and only Black American Girl at the time—because her story was the most emotional and brave.