Appalachian Justice

Synopsis

billy May Platte Learned The Hard Way That 1940s West Virginia Was No Place To Be Gay. As Billy May Explains, We Was Sheltered In Them Hills. We Didn't Know Much Of Nothin' About Life Outside Of Them Mountains. I Did Not Know The Word Lesbian; To Us, Gay Meant Havin' Fun And Queer Meant Somethin' Strange. The Coal Mining Town Of Cedar Hollow Would Never Be The Same.