Stephen E. Thompson is a 45 year-old man who was working as a DJ at a party thrown at Down Under Lounge in Omaha. His attire for the evening consisted of what has been called priestly garb: (a black Catholic shirt with priest collar and skinny skeleton jeans.
Kara Jeslyn Barone, 27, and a friend, both transgender women, needed to use the women’s restroom that night. It turned out that Thompson’s girlfriend, Dahlia Strange, needed to use the restroom at the same time.
These things happen…especially at bars.
Thompson went berserk. He began kicking at the door and tried to force his way in. Barone pushed him out and locked the door in order to keep him out. Strange finished her business and opened the door to leave. Thompson took the opportunity to punch Barone in the face…while calling her a “faggot” and other anti-gay slurs.