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A homosexual support group has received a �76,000 Lottery grant - to
help the only gays in the village.
The Herefordshire's Rural Media Company won the cash to make a series
of short films on how to combat homophobic bullying in rural areas.
Bosses hope to recruit iconic gay celebrities such as Will Young and
comedian Sandi Toksvig to take part in the "Sticks and Stones"
project.
The grant will also bring together about 50 young gay men and women
from isolated rural communities across the UK to appear in the films. 
Rural Media Company chief executive Nic Millington said: "We've wanted
to set up this project for a long time and now we can really get going
with this funding.
"There are so many homosexual youngsters in rural areas across the
country but many feel they're the only one.
"They are usually being bullied in school for being different because
teenagers are trying their best to fit in."
Project managers and the youngsters will work together to write a
script for the series of short films, which will explore bullying
scenarios and ways to get out of them.
The group will also ask the selected gay celebrities how they have
dealt with homophobic bullying in the past and how it effects their
public life now.
Troubled homosexuals will be able to watch the films on internet sites
like YouTube.
Sam Hyde from the Camelot Foundation, an independent charity not
directly associated with the Lottery, said: "What makes this project
special is that the films will be made by and feature the people who
know about the issue best - young gay men and lesbians themselves.
"We hope their efforts will produce a resource that will make a real
difference to a problem that affects young people."
Gay lobby group Stonewall estimates that there are more than 60,000
young people suffering from homophobic bulling in rural areas.
A study published by Liverpool University earlier this week found that
small villages and hamlets were hotbeds of homophobia.
Social scientists claimed that residents of an unnamed rural 16th
century village had fostered intolerance and prejudice against gay
people.
Professor Ann Jacoby leading the research said: "The rural idyll is
very nice so long as you fit into certain categories, but problematic
if you don't.
"You should be married, have children and live in a conservative
family unit." "
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Probably.
akimbo  adv. 
(of the arms) with hands on the hips and elbows turned outwards.
Circus artistes or contortionist company?  Makes my eyes water just
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    @MR: "So,
Gays... foreigners...
Anyone else to have a rant about before you go out and smash up a bus 
shelter?
(That one look Jewish, and this one's a coon) "
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What, and then smash up bus-shelters? "
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