by Eric Siegel,
High Country New

“How a transgender-owned alpaca ranch in Colorado foretells the future of the rural queer west.”

(Editor/GG: Note the Sangre de Cristo Sentinel is prominently featured in the article (negatively, of course). Hold on to your cowboy hats, fellow patriots, this is one wild ride. For the first time ever, we are warning our readers that the article below is very, very disturbing. In many aspects. It might not be appropriate for some folks or children. Our apologies, but the citizens of this wonderful county need to know how the county has been portrayed.)
A year ago, transgender rancher Penny Logue found the dome. Fed up with a hostile landlord in the city and fearful for their safety amid record-high deaths in the transgender community nationwide, Logue and her business partner, Bonnie Nelson, sought refuge in the rural, open rangelands.

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