Appalachian Justice

Billy May Platte is a half Irish, half Cherokee Appalachian woman who learned the hard way that 1940s West Virginia was no place to be different.As Billy May explains, "e;We was sheltered in them hills.  We didn't know much of nothin' about life outside of them mountains.  I did not know the word lesbian; to us, gay meant havin' fun and queer meant somethin' strange."e;In 1945, when Billy May was ...