Very recent events...
Feb. 26th, 2012 03:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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From my housemate; just saw it when I got to work. Oddly, the rainbow paint job and the household queerness quotient are pretty orthogonal. I'm waiting for more detail from G so we can determine what kind of report we can or want to file. Unsurprisingly, I'm both angry and exasperated.
Some ass hole just knocked on my front door to call me a "fucking faggot" because of our brightly colored house.
I hate stupid people
I told him and his minions to get the fuck off my yard and slammed the door in his face and he ran off screaming "faggot" so now I want to plant a sign in my yard but what do I write on it?
Me: Could you write down descriptions of them, and the incident? I would seriously consider filing a report, if you don't want to.
Three early twenties men short brown hair. The speaking one had a freshly broken nose and about 5'10". Can a report be filed when they did nothing physical and left promptly?
Me: I at least want to talk to The Center and make sure it gets recorded with whomever is recording such incidents for the queer community. They can probably advise whether it's something that should be filed with the police. I suspect so, in case there's a repeat occurence or other harassment.
From my housemate; just saw it when I got to work. Oddly, the rainbow paint job and the household queerness quotient are pretty orthogonal. I'm waiting for more detail from G so we can determine what kind of report we can or want to file. Unsurprisingly, I'm both angry and exasperated.
Some ass hole just knocked on my front door to call me a "fucking faggot" because of our brightly colored house.
I hate stupid people
I told him and his minions to get the fuck off my yard and slammed the door in his face and he ran off screaming "faggot" so now I want to plant a sign in my yard but what do I write on it?
Me: Could you write down descriptions of them, and the incident? I would seriously consider filing a report, if you don't want to.
Three early twenties men short brown hair. The speaking one had a freshly broken nose and about 5'10". Can a report be filed when they did nothing physical and left promptly?
Me: I at least want to talk to The Center and make sure it gets recorded with whomever is recording such incidents for the queer community. They can probably advise whether it's something that should be filed with the police. I suspect so, in case there's a repeat occurence or other harassment.
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Date: 2012-02-26 09:25 pm (UTC)We're in about an ideal position to report. We're a household of very out activisty-types, I own the property, I'm queer, G's queer, and it was directed at him (personally) and at me (as owner of the rainbow house in question). The property is fenced; the assholes in question had to intentionally open the gate and come onto our property. We're in a moderately rough neighborhood, but generally well-liked by our neighbors in all our queer hippy weirdness.
As far as repercussions, I'm not overwhelmingly concerned that reporting will increase the likelihood, but I'm willing to take the risk.
As I said to Chad:
I'm mildly concerned about potential costs and hassles of vandalism, much less about risk of actual physical confrontation -- any combination of people in the household aren't who you want to face in a fight. (it's like a multi-gender multi-orientation bear convention around here).
Thanks for listening, and understanding why this is a big deal.