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Tenacious Unicorn Ranch

Tenacious Unicorn Ranch is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tenacious Unicorn Ranch rather than just read about it. In short: The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch was a queer and transgender community and working ranch in Custer County, Colorado, United States. Located in a conservative part of Colorado, members of the ranch often carried firearms and wore body armor due to harassment and threats of violence against the community, particularly from local right-wing militias.

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Reference excerpt

The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch was a queer and transgender community and working ranch in Custer County, Colorado, United States. Located in a conservative part of Colorado, members of the ranch often carried firearms and wore body armor due to harassment and threats of violence against the community, particularly from local right-wing militias. The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch primarily raised alpaca, but was also home to several other kinds of livestock.

History Penellope "Penny" Logue founded the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch in 2018, and she co-owned it along with Bonnie Nelson and J Stanley. Logue began the project in the aftermath of the 2016 United States presidential election, fearing and responding to increased hostility and violence from society and the government towards transgender and queer people. The ranch aimed to provide a safe place for transgender and non-binary people who struggled to find housing, employment, or happiness. Speaking to the Socialist Rifle Association Podcast, Logue said, "We really saw the writing on the wall with the way that rhetoric was changing so quickly, how nasty the ramp-up to the election was, how damaging it was for queer people specifically. We didn’t really think it was going to get any better, so we tried to start coming up with ways to not only save ourselves, but bring that kind of safety net to other queer people as well." Logue and her girlfriends adopted a herd of alpaca and moved to the ranch in Colorado. Logue had grown up on a farm, and learned to farm from her grandfather. Originally based in a rented ranch in Larimer County, Colorado, the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch bought and moved south to a 40-acre (16 ha) plot near Westcliffe in Custer County, Colorado, in March 2020.

Community

Members of the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch were anarchists, leftists, and antifascists. As of March 2020, the ranch had nine residents. The ranch's owners had said they intended to expand their community by buying more land and increasing the number of people who could live in their existing building. The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch often shared photos of their alpaca and other animals on social media, and their social media presence attracted volunteers and visitors. Media coverage of the ranch also increased its visibility among the queer community, and attracted visitors and volunteers. The community primarily supported itself financially through selling yarn from their alpaca and working for neighboring ranches. They also raised money through online fundraising. In addition to maintaining the ranch, the group helped with community projects including establishing a recycling program at the county landfill and starting a community garden. The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch also helped other queer collectives start similar projects. In July 2021, they were in the process of helping a group create an Indigenous queer ranch in Arizona. Logue said they intended to cosign for the property and provide the group with a herd of alpaca. Another queer collective inspired by the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch was working towards beginning a farm in Bellingham, Washington.

Ranch

Buildings and infrastructure A solar-powered geodesic dome referred to as the Earthship provided the primary living space on the ranch. Residents built or relocated other small buildings and trailers for additional living space. The ranch operated entirely off the grid, powered by solar and wind energy as well as gasoline-powered generators.

Livestock The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch primarily raised alpaca, most of which were donated or rescued. They processed the alpacas' wool into yarn and sold it online to help support the ranch. They also pooled fiber with other local alpaca farmers to have it processed into hats and socks. In 2021, the ranch had almost 170 alpaca, producing around 2,000 pounds (910 kg) of alpaca wool each year. They also raised sheep, goats, chickens, and ducks, cats, and dogs.

Harassment and threats against the ranch

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tenacious Unicorn Ranch

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tenacious Unicorn Ranch claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tenacious Unicorn Ranch before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tenacious Unicorn Ranch ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tenacious Unicorn Ranch

In research: Tenacious Unicorn Ranch appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tenacious Unicorn Ranch in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tenacious Unicorn Ranch is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2018 establishments in Colorado, 2018 in LGBTQ history, 2023 disestablishments in Colorado, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tenacious Unicorn Ranch outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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