He said some might say he should remove the pride flags to prevent vandalism.

“I don’t have to have pride flags out, but I feel like as a transgender man, when I put pride flags out, it’s not just saying this is who I am,” Wolfe said. “It’s telling other people in my community there are people here just like you and you can feel safe in this neighborhood. Well, I mean obviously that’s not really the case.”

That’s heartbreaking

With a hatchet???

First degree assault? Where "hate crime"? Where "attempted murder with a deadly weapon"? What the shit is even going on

I can't finish this article, it's horrific.

While they were grappling on the front lawn, Wolfe said he was able to wrap his leg around Jones’ leg, grabbed either end of the bat and pressed it against his neck, causing him to pass out.

While they were on the ground, Wolfe said Jones asked him if he could say something. He said Jones’ comments didn’t make a ton of sense, but he told Wolfe he was drunk and that he was looking for a certain address that Wolfe learned later was a business.

What in the fuck… what a bizarre ending to this melee. Glad the victim is in one piece.

I've been warning folks for years that right-wing media has been slowly convincing their sheep to accept violence against perceived leftists. We need to be prepared for that inevitability.

Holy fuck, I'm impressed he survived

This is so completely fucked. I stand in solidarity with you, my Trans friends. No one should have to be frightened in their own home, with the exception of bigots who would do harm to others.

I live in Spokane. I was recently shooting the shit with a stranger, 50-something guy. Not five minutes into the convo I had to learn about how he'd re-discovered his "T"(estosterone) as a result of some specific exercises and how he felt better than ever as a result. I then heard some ordinary removed about "kids these days" (being disrespectful) and then on to a grouse about how public school teachers were targeting young students to convince them that they were the opposite of their birth sex ... in other words, to "turn them trans". He had grandkids, and these teachers were a threat to them. At this point I was just thinking "WTF" and turned on the grayrocking machine, but later started to wonder where all this came from (the T hobby, disrespect, trans conspiracies) and all I could think of was online "influencers" of some kind. The guy looked/seemed pretty "normal", but apparently was a host to various kinds of angers that could be channeled, by the right forces, into very specific beliefs and quite possibly, actions.

Jesus Christ dude, I'm glad he's ok, that's fucking insane what happened there

Sadly I'm not surprised. I'm in a blue state and still get hate and threats.

Transgender people seem to tend to be the VICTIM of crimes, not the perpetrator.

The perpetrators seem to tend to be the people claiming that transgender people are perpetrators.