Not ‘the only gay in the village’: Hay rolls out welcome mat for rainbow community

Rainbow on the Plains festival celebrates LGBTQ+ pride with colour, a parade and Australia's largest human rainbow

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When Jeffrey Pu found out he was being sent to Hay in November last year for work, he was definitely hesitant" about how the country town was going to react to his sexuality.

In Sydney there are so many people that having a gay identity, it doesn't matter as much," he says. But out here, you're so isolated."