September 27, 2004
-
Trouble rears up on ranch: Hermaphrodite horsewoman charges town with bias
By J.M. Lawrence
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Gossips in a small, bucolic town are ruining a black female horsebreeder's business by falsely claiming she's a transsexual ever since she launched a plan to house migrant workers in mobile homes on her farm, she says in a lawsuit.
``They really don't want me here. They're trying to drum me out and I'm not going to let it happen,'' said Patricia Renee Pina, 45, who opened the Aces Wild Farm and Ranch in Plympton seven years ago.
She's suing town officials and countered the gossip with a very personal declaration filed in federal court in Boston. Pina revealed she is a hermaphrodite.
Pina once had a dream to turn Aces Wild into a premiere facility with an indoor arena. She now has gone bankrupt and her former business partner withdrew his $600,000 investment. The local feed store refuses to sell to her, she said, and vandals have shot out the windows of the trailers.
Recent Comments