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Walking to the bus stop from my apartment complex, I have to pass a construction site where the future Siena Park apartment will be built. On June 1st, 2010 at 1:10pm, several construction workers whistled and catcalled as I walked by. I have to walk this way to get to the bus and there is […]

After reading a submission to your site last week about a woman getting harassed multiple times on Georgia Avenue, I had to steel myself for what was to come when I had to head out that way today for a hair appointment. Since I was over a half hour early, I decided to try to […]

I’m female born and female identified. Maybe it’s my queerness that makes me so intensely sensitive to harassment, because I absolutely DESPISE the idea that I am on this earth for men, for male consumption, to entertain the male gaze. I deliberately dress in shapeless clothes during the day, and only bust out the super […]

My wife and I were walking on our block, holding hands, on Sunday morning and a garbage truck driver whistled at us as they drove by. I ran to catch up with the driver at the red light and asked for his truck number since I couldn’t see any kind of identifying number on the […]

This might seem a bit odd, but here’s my story. I am a gay male, who boarded the Green Line from Shaw in route to Columbia Heights with my boyfriend. As soon as I sat down, a young woman (with suggestive cup in hand) pointed at my and acclaimed to her friends, “Oh my Gawd, […]