Location: 18th and Irving NW (Mt. Pleasant) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) A week ago (last Monday; a few days before I read about Ms. Gorman’s incident on Dupont) I was walking home on Irving Street. It must have been around 9:30pm. I heard a noise behind me and I looked back and noticed a guy riding a […]
Location: Green line between Georgia Ave and Fort Totten; going toward Greenbelt Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was riding [the metro] back to my car at the Greenbelt station, reading a book when this older man came and sat next to me. For the next two stops he proceeded to inch closer to me, pressing his leg into mine. I kept moving […]
Location: 10th and N St NW Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) So I ride my bike to work every morning, complete with helmet, backpack and business attire. I was getting on my bike on 10th street and riding down around 7:15am, and then at the cross section of N and 10th, this car full of men stops […]
Location: Safeway at H & 14th Street NE Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I walked from my apartment to the Safeway a few blocks away. I was new to DC, had only lived there a few weeks at the time. I walked past a group of men who made comments and gestures towards me. I was very aware of […]
Location: Lake Anna State Park, VA Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I have hesitated to share this story, as only few people know to this day, and I still feel ashamed (although, I know I shouldn’t). However, I feel it’s better to alert people to what had happened and draw awareness to it, in order to prevent something similar from […]