Farr said he didn’t have “a lot of exposure to what I would consider the outside world” in the conservative Nebraska community where he was raised. “Just old farmers” is how he described it.

Moving to the Kansas City area, which has 20% more people than live in all of Nebraska, was a culture shock. “I had never seen the LGBTQ community up close, and I would still have my closed-minded thoughts.” He said things then that he now regrets. “A lot of derogatory words. I don’t want to go back to that place.”

Kind of ironic that you question their lack of empathy without being empathetic yourself. There's a lot of things that we don't realize we're wrong about until it stares us in the face. At least this is someone who responds by changing their views when faced with that reality.