Gay in Rhea; When a county in rural Tennessee made national news by attempting to make homosexuality illegal, a local lesbian decided to host the Rhea County's first gay pride celebration. She wound up paying a high price

The Stranger | June 24, 2004| | Copyright

There are few roads in or out of Dayton, Tennessee, the biggest town in rural Rhea County. Highway 30 is a two-lane country road that starts at Interstate 75--not far from Knoxville--and skips over the Tennessee River before dumping you in Dayton. Highway 27, the four-lane highway, is the quicker way out of town--it's a 40-minute drive south to Chattanooga, the nearest town with anything like a nightlife.

Kristie Bacon spends a lot of time on those two roads. The country road gets her to Knoxville, where she's looking for work, and the highway to Chattanooga leads to her new girlfriend, ...

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