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Location: K Street NW between 6th and 5th Street (Mt Vernon/Convention Center) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking to the Safeway at 5th and L Street NW and a biker came up behind me (I could hear the bike, so I moved slightly to the right of the side walk to let it pass) and […]

Location: 18th and Irving NW (Mt. Pleasant) Time:  Night (7:30pm-12am) A week ago (last Monday; a few days before I read about Ms. Gorman’s incident on Dupont) I was walking home on Irving Street. It must have been around 9:30pm. I heard a noise behind me and I looked back and noticed a guy riding a […]

Location: Hamilton St at 35th Ave, MD Time:  Dayyime (9:30A-3:30P) Bent over to lock my bike. Heard a honk from a passing car. Turned around an saw a man leering at me as he drove past. Submitted by anonymous Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment or assault you would like to submit? […]

Location: Q St and New Hampshire Ave NW (Dupont) Time: Morning Rush Hour (5A-9:30A) While I was riding my bicycle to work, I was verbally harassed and threatened by a man driving an ICON cab. I was stopped in the bike lane at Q St. NW and New Hampshire Ave. NW waiting for the light to turn […]

I was eating lunch at a cafe in the outdoor seating area. A bike messenger came up to our table and said to me and my friend “I just have to say that you ladies look wonderful.” I don’t want random people coming up to me at lunch to tell me that! Mind your own […]