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Do you have a personal experience with street harassment in the DC area? Your story can help to inform our work and help make our community safer for everyone.

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“It’s Unacceptable to See This as ‘No Big Deal'”: Public Masturbation on Bike Trail

Dec 22, 2015

Location: Metropolitan Branch Trail and R Street, Washington, DC Time:  Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was just biking on the MBT. On the trail, a block north of R St, there was a man standing on the trail masturbating. He was doing this on my way riding northbound and later when I was biking southbound again […]

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“He Continued Stroking His Penis”: Public Masturbation on the Red Line

Dec 15, 2015

Location: Red to Silver Line Time:  Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) Around 7:15am on Tuesday, December 15, a man on the red line Metro bound for Silver Spring was sitting across the aisle from me. When I looked over, he was holding a newspaper over his lap, but had his penis exposed and was stroking it. He […]

58“Do You Know This Man?”: Bystander Who Intervened

“Do You Know This Man?”: Bystander Who Intervened

Oct 27, 2015

Location: Ben’s Chili Bowl, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I had just ordered my food, and I was walking with my toddler to sit down at a table. A man came extremely close to me as though he was going to touch me saying “Come here,” and “What’s your name?” I responded, “I am having […]

59Followed By Car in Petworth: “Get in, Baby.”

Followed By Car in Petworth: “Get in, Baby.”

Sep 16, 2015

Location: Petworth, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) After work I decided to go for a brisk walk. It was broad daylight. I was walking down 9th Street when a car pulled up. The man rolled down the windows and was trying to coax me into the car with him. I could hardly hear what he […]

60Home Isn’t Safe: “I felt like a sexual object… in my own front yard.”

Home Isn’t Safe: “I felt like a sexual object… in my own front yard.”

Sep 10, 2015

Location: 12th St. NE & Girard St. NE, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Tonight, I was walking into my own front yard and saying “hi” to a neighbor (also female) who lives in my building while we retrieved our keys from our purses to go inside. Someone yelled, “Hey, ladies, looking good!” at us. I […]

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