A gay son’s recollection of his dad’s advice on how to live his life

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While growing up on a Washington state dairy farm in the 1950s, Patrick Haggerty realized he was gay. In this animated feature from our partners at StoryCorps, he tells his daughter, Robin, about the day his father showed up unexpectedly to his performance at a school assembly.

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