I am writing to thank you for Eric Siegel’s piece about the Tenacious Unicorn transgender alpaca farm. As an East Coast city-dweller, I am surely not the target audience, but it definitely struck close to home. I grew up in a small town in the country but left because I couldn’t see a future there as a queer trans person. Someday, I hope to return to my rural roots. Stories like this give me hope and inspiration that there is a place for us, too — if we are tenacious enough! Thank you for putting this out there.
Elana Redfield
Brooklyn, New York
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A queer rural future.
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