Jim

Jim Egan-- whose early letters to the editor (“it was always a demand for equality rights for the gay community”) and later legal battle against the federal government for the spousal allowance earned him the label ‘gay activist'-- and his partner of over forty years [at time of interview], Jack Nesbit, talk about the activism, farming, earning a living, houses they built, a men’s group they run in the small city in which they live, and relationship issues.

The interviewee, an out gay man in his small home town and an owner-operator of a lumber mill, writes against prejudice and discrimination in stories and opinion pieces he contributes to The Gaezette (now out of print), an Atlantic Canada gay and lesbian publication.

Two gay men with traumatic childhood experiences describe relationships currently important to them. The older of the two, family-focused, credits gay-positive priests among influences of his sexuality; the younger is intimately familiar with bar culture in the club (nightclub) where he works.