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kpete

(71,991 posts) Sun Oct 11, 2015, 07:08 PM Oct 2015

A father's inspirational words for his gay son in 1959, retold for StoryCorps

Published on Oct 10, 2015

Patrick Haggerty grew up the son of a dairy farmer in rural Dry Creek, Washington, during the 1950s. As a teenager, Pat began to understand he was gay—something he thought he was hiding well. But one day, after performing at a school assembly, Pat learned that his father could see him much more clearly than he realized.

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