ART 321 in Casper recently hosted an art exhibit featuring a piece of performance art that focuses on the commodification, objectification, and exploitation of trans people in media. The piece was controversial and left many people talking as they left the gallery. This is the story, and reader discretion is advised.
To be clear, it was a church service in all the important ways. There was fellowship, there was worship, there was a message. And there was so. much. love. Depending on the interpretation of God, He or She or They were there in abundance. But there was also a brunch buffet. And swear words. And alcohol. And a drag queen.
The perpetrator of a hate crime doesn't target a specific victim, but rather targets the person belonging to a larger community based on race or other factors.