"An interracial gay couple who turned a once-fallow patch of rural Virginia into one of the state's most celebrated small farms awoke Wednesday to find what they described as an unmistakable act of hate: bags of medical waste, including soiled bedsheets, used gloves, and human feces, scattered across their driveway near a large sign advertising their "Gardening Gays Farm." Police are investigating the matter."
"Gardening Gays Farm, owned by Kevin Graham, 44, and his husband, Dragan Kurbalija, 47, is situated along U.S. 301 in King George County, a conservative enclave located about halfway between Richmond and Washington, D.C. The 27-acre property, which the couple bought four years ago, has become a cornerstone of the local agritourism economy and an unlikely symbol of queer visibility in rural America."
""It's medical waste that is strewn all the way across the entrance of our farm," Graham told The Advocate. "There are bedsheets that have human feces and urine on them. You can smell the human waste while you're out there standing near it." He said this wasn't the first time someone had targeted their property. Two weeks earlier, fast-food trash had been dumped at the gate."
Kevin Graham and his husband Dragan Kurbalija own Gardening Gays Farm, a 27-acre agritourism farm along U.S. 301 in conservative King George County, Virginia. They awoke to medical waste — soiled bedsheets, used gloves, and human feces — strewn across their driveway near a large sign advertising the farm. Deputies responded and called the Virginia Department of Transportation to handle cleanup because of biohazard risk. Two weeks earlier, fast-food trash was dumped at the gate. The couple said neighbors have been overwhelmingly kind, but the recent escalation, its targeted placement, and timing raised concerns.
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