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Because I did not take a young man’s newspaper, the free daily Express, he yelled and called me “FAGGOT”! My roommate, probably targeted for his small stature, has been punched in the face and had his glasses broken by young kids in the same spot. He was also later hit after he did not have […]

I was walking down the escalators into the metro station, and I was holding my skirt so that it wouldn’t blow up in the wind. As I walked on the left, I passed a man who leaned over, placed his hand on the arm that was holding my skirt, and said “just let it go.” […]

Monday, April 11: It was around 7:30 pm and I was sitting at a table on the third floor of the MLK Library. I was in the middle of a timed section of test prep when a young man (about 20) came and sat beside me. I thought this was a little odd because the […]

Coming home from the Metro around 10:30 at night Sunday 4/10, a man blew kisses at me while I was talking to my husband. It was as if he thought that since I was facing his direction (and paying attention to who was around us at night), I wanted his sexualized attention. The other thing […]

I was walking home from studying at the GWU library and a man was standing in front of Trader Joe’s on my way home. I was across the street and when he saw me, he started walking across the street. Naturally feeling uncomfortable I crossed toward Trader Joe’s to get far away from him and […]