The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch was officially founded in 2018. (Instagram/ Tenacious Unicorn Ranch)
The desperate need for safe housing has led a group of trans people to form the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch, a community of armed, anti-fascist alpaca farmers in rural Colorado.
Fearful for her safety and the safety of other trans people after Donald Trump‘s election in 2016, Penny Logue sought refuge at a rented ranch in Northern Colorado.
Recalling her original idea, Logue told the
Socialist Rifle Association Podcast: “We were just living our lives, and then the election happened [in 2016] and Trump got into office.
“We really saw the writing on the wall with the way that rhetoric was changing so quickly, how nasty the ramp-up to the election was, how damaging it was for queer people specifically.