Community Helps Trans New York Woman Paint Her Whole House Rainbow After Transphobic Neighbor Chopped Her Cat In Half

*CONTENT WARNING: Contains descriptions of violence against animals*

Angelina Bouros is a trans woman living in Rosendale, NY.

The community is finding itself in the spotlight after it came together to send a message to the anonymous neighbor who mutilated and killed Angelina's cat after sending hateful transphobic messages.

They don't know who it is, so they can't handle things through the legal system. Instead, they decided to be perfectly petty and we're here for it.

They knew the cat murderer hated rainbow flags, so Angelina and her community came together and painted her entire house in bright rainbow colors.

Angelina says the harassment began in 2017 when she received the first of several threatening letters. She had recently put a pride flag up under her American flag and the letter writer was not a fan.

That letter was just the beginning. Angelina called the harassment "unrelenting" over the years, but could never have predicted how far the neighbor would go. She found out just what they were capable of in a horrifying way.

While in her garden one day she discovered the remains of her beloved cat, Rambo. To be more specific, Angelina discovered some of Rambo's remains.

The neighbor had murdered him, chopped him in half, and placed the back half of his body in her garden. If there had been any doubt about who did it, the transphobe took credit for the cruel murder.

RIP Rambo.

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Police were contacted and Angelina has been working with them by reporting each incident and providing all the evidence she can. Mail has been taken for tracing, Rambo's body was examined, etc.

Rambo was murdered in the summer of 2019, but authorities have not been able to make any arrests.

Angelina took her time grieving, but it wasn't long before she decided she needed to fight back somehow. She didn't like feeling helpless and the police were handling things on their end.

She had already taken steps to make sure she was safe, but she also wanted this neighbor to know she wasn't afraid or ashamed. Angelina needed to send a message.

But how?

It was a rainbow flag that initially irritated the neighbor enough to start sending the letters. So she decided to just turn the rainbow up to full blast.

"You hate rainbows, transphobe? You're gonna get ALL the rainbow!" ~ Angelina, probably.

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Angelina didn't want to just make a statement for herself, though. She wanted to speak as a community, so she invited neighbors to paint the house with her.

We don't just mean her next door neighbors.

We mean Angelina invited basically the whole neighborhood. If you're going to make a statement like this, you go big.

She created a Facebook event and put flyers up around town to let people know what she was doing and why. Painting the biggest, brightest rainbow possible was a peaceful solution that's also just a smidge petty.

So obviously people LOVED THIS IDEA.

A local hardware store got wind of the event and donated all of the paint Angelina would need to paint not just the house, but also the fence and pretty much anything else she wanted to cover in color. On the day of the event, she expected maybe 50 people counting herself and her friends.

That's not what happened.

Instead, hundreds of people showed up. They brought out grills, chairs, music and more.

The community turned it into a painting picnic party to show support for Angelina. At the end of the day, they had the house covered in color.

This has to be the prettiest proverbial "eff off" ever.

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Check out this YouTube video about it.

Angelina's story started making the rounds on Twitter.

Angelina and her community are determined not to let hate win.

If you or someone you know is experiencing harassment, please take the proper steps to make sure everyone is safe before creating any fabulous response.