Location: 7th and P, playground Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking into the park with my three-year-old, and I kneeled down to talk to him. A man stopped, put his hands on the gate, and stared at us. I looked back at him, and I asked him why he was staring at us. He […]
Location: 12th Street NW between Mass and M Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was in my apartment and taking something out of the oven. A fire truck was outside my apartment building since the fire alarm had been going off for an hour or so. Two firemen had been in the ladder which had been extended […]
Location: 7800 block of Eastern Avenue (Silver Spring side) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking home from the bus stop about an hour ago and passed a man who looked at me and said “bitch-ass n*gga.” I was shocked and confused and repeated what he said in a state of said shock and […]
Location: Chinatown, near McDonald’s on 7th Street NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Today, during my lunch break, I was walking back to my office from Washington Sports Club in Chinatown. I noticed a man and woman walking towards each other, and the man seemed to be saying something to the woman. I realized that he was […]
Location: H Street NE Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) My girlfriend and I were asked to leave Little Miss Whiskey’s by the owner for kissing in the bar last night. I’m not sure it was explicitly homophobic, but it was pretty uncomfortable to be told that we weren’t welcome and should “get a room, or do that […]