In an article published in The New York Times in 2005, after the release of the film based on Brokeback Mountain, many people who identified as homosexual came forward to speak about their experiences. Wyoming, the state where Ennis and Jack met, is in an area of the United States that is still not completely supportive of the gay rights movement. Brokeback Mountain is still relatable to by many people, especially by those that can identify with the characters in the story. Incidents like this were not uncommon in the 60’s, and as horrifying as it seemed to read this passage in the book, what made it worse was the Proulx was in no way exaggerating, but rather relaying the harsh truth of the events that would occur during this time. What the tire iron done looked like pieces a burned tomatoes all over him, nose tore down from skiddin on gravel.” (29) They’d took a tire iron to him, spurred him up, drug him around by his dick until it pulled off, just bloody pulp. I was what, nine years old and they found Earl dead in a irrigation ditch. They was a joke even though they was pretty tough old birds. Ennis tells Jack the story from his childhood, saying: “There was these two old guys ranched together down home, Earl and Rich- Dad would pass a remark when he seen them.
At one point, when Ennis and Jack reunite after four years, they fear what would happen if they got caught. The treatments of gays shown in the story were painfully accurate.
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