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Location:  Belcrest Rd, Maryland Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Within a half mile walk to the gym, I was catcalled and whistled at 7 times. One car decided to pull over and follow me as I was walking, going about 5mph and making kissy noises out the window, holding up traffic. After about 30 seconds I told […]

Location: 1525 Wilson Blvd #2, Virginia Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I spent the weekend in DC for Awesome Con, and was sexually harassed on three separate occasions: 1)  Along 7th st NW, while walking back to the convention center after buying a jacket to keep warm, a group of men in a van started shouting “hey […]

Over the course of 2010-2011, I lost 100 pounds and had skin removal surgery. With every progressive step in my weight loss journey, the level of harassment I experienced continued to rise. By “Dechanique” I finally called the WMATA harassment hotline and reported the constant street harassment I’ve been receiving outside the New Carrolton Metro […]

On Friday, March 15th, Julia Strange, CASS’s Director of Programs and Policy, testified on behalf of CASS at the DC Council’s performance oversight hearing on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA). Julia addressed the agency’s handling of sexual harassment and assault on public transit, an issue that CASS first shed light on in February 2012 when […]

Location: 14th & Spring Rd. (Columbia Heights) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) After a few days of battling a cough, I was tired. Tired of work, tired of coughing every time I laughed, and definitely tired of getting street harassed. So when this old man said, “Damn, baby, is that ALL you’re wearing?” (mind you, I was wearing […]