The Toronto Star
Consecon, Ontario –"This lamb was born yesterday," says Bill Stearman, leading me to a dimly lit pen where a white curly-haired youngster circles around her mother, looking for milk. Malibu and 60 other lambs will begin their lives this year at the Willow Garden Shetland Sheep Farm.
Bill is one of the growing number of LGBT farmers, artists, and business people settling in Prince Edward County. They're drawn by the greenery, the century homes just begging for a designer's touch, the vineyards and the open-minded rural culture.
Bill says he's seen more homophobia in cities such as Toronto and Belleville. "It's comfortable here and you don't have to worry. There's a person with a beard and breasts who happily walks down the main street in Picton and nobody cares."
Pat Hacker and Marie Frye own the Slickers Ice Cream shop (www.slickersicecream.com) on Bloomfield's Main Street, and they're aware that some locals have difficulty defining their relationship.
"But anyone would pull us out of a ditch, anytime," says Marie. They're more renowned for their ice cream, which comes in flavours like rhubarb ginger and basil.
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