Topeka’s rainbow Equality House hit with bullets and graffiti

Seven bullet holes and anti-gay slurs. That’s just the most recent vandalism against Topeka’s Equality House, the rainbow-colored home across the street from infamous Westboro Baptist Church.

Equality House founder and Planting Peace president Aaron Jackson told NBC OUT that he was inside the house when vandals tagged it with homophobic slurs on Sunday. Later in the week, he found seven bullet holes in the side of the building.

“The Equality House has been a target for acts of hate and intolerance that reflect the same experiences our LGBT family face every day,” Jackson told NBC OUT. “Planting Peace frequently receives hate mail and even death threats, but over the past three months we have seen an increase in physical acts of vandalism and violence. While it may seem shocking to some, it’s a heartbreaking reality.”

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