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Of course, like most of you, I have a million things to say to the assholes that harass–but only much, much later than the time when it matters. Tonight I took the Metro to Adams Morgan to meet some friends. I sat in the seats on the farthest side of the train, facing all the […]

I finally spoke up to the “old creepy bus commuter” guy. I’ve noticed him before, when he’d stare at myself and other women, literally stare down, leering, unblinking, unwavering, at the bus stops and in the buses during morning and evening commutes. He’s the guy that leans in too close for comfort and hovers over […]

I was doing my morning run up Massachusetts and the driver of an N-line bus honked at me 5 times while I ran on the sidewalk. I looked around, there were no other cars or people he could have been honking about. Gender-based street harassment by a District employee violates DC’s Human Rights Act, which […]

I was sitting at a bus stop in Farragut North waiting on a bus to get to an appointment at Georgetown hospital around 10:30 am during the week. An older man (late 50s, early 60s) came up and said “Would it be wrong if I asked if I could see them” and then gestured towards […]

This altercation with the Metro Transit Police occurred on July 1, 2011 at about 9:30pm at the Verizon center/Chinatown Metro on the entrance across the street from Rosa Mexicana on 7th & F st in Washington, DC. The incident began when one of my friend’s metrocard was not working due to it being demagnetized, and […]