and to add to this, he wasn’t just a queer man but he was an Indigenous queer man. he and his trans husband had been targeted for months before this and the police did nothing. It was a hate crime.
just so we are clear Jonathon Joss’ murder was a hate crime. the assailant was literally yelling homophobic slurs before openly shooting at him and his husband, and any other narrative is bullshit
this hasn’t been confirmed but it would make sense that the TX police wouldn’t consider it an official hate crime because his husband is trans so they may label their marriage as hetero (which is BS obviously)