In rural Colorado, owners of a trans-friendly ranch pack heat and built a fence in the face of harassment. Critics say they're overstating threats to solicit donations.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To Colorado now and a story about neighbors and fences. The owners
Originally published on June 2, 2021 3:04 pm
There s a 6-foot-tall fence going up around the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch in rural Custer County, Colo. The people who live there say they need it because they ve been the target of harassment since they relocated the trans-friendly ranch there in 2020.
The perimeter fence will add security to the ranch, which also has newly installed security cameras. There s a tension on the property, so much so that co-owner Penny Logue and fellow owner Bonnie Nelson, both transgender women, carry pistols at all times. One wall of the communal geodesic-dome ranch house is stocked with various assault weapons.
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Tenacious Unicorn Ranch co-owner Penny Logue uses a jackhammer to tamp down dirt around a recently installed fencepost on April 28, 2021.
There’s a six-foot fence going up around the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch in Custer County. The people who live there say they need it. They say they’ve been the target of harassment since they relocated the trans-friendly ranch there in 2020.
Soon, likely within the next month, the perimeter fence will add security to the ranch, one that also has newly installed security cameras. There’s a tension here around the ranch, so much so that co-owner Penny Logue and fellow owner Bonnie Nelson, both transgender women, carry sidearm pistols at all times. One wall of the communal geodesic dome ranch house is stocked with various assault weapons.
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