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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.

61Public Masturbation at Bus Stop in Chevy Chase: “He was fully exposed.”

Public Masturbation at Bus Stop in Chevy Chase: “He was fully exposed.”

Sep 9, 2015

Location: L8 Stop on Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was waiting by myself at the L8 bus stop on the way home from work. Traffic on Connecticut Avenue was stop and go. A small black car pulls up, and a man 25-35 years old casually asked: “Is this the fastest way […]

62Repeated Verbal Harassment: “I will break your neck.”

Repeated Verbal Harassment: “I will break your neck.”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: 16th & L St NW, Washington, DC Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Last week I was walking from the Metro to work and a white man was sitting on the sidewalk with a tin can. I had a mug in my hand, and, as I passed, he yelled at me: “I will knock that right out of […]

63

Harassed in the Rain: “Make it Nice and Wet for Me!”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Mt. Olivet Rd. NE & Trinidad Ave. NE, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was getting ready to jog home from the corner store. As I left the store, a man opened the door for me so I thanked him for the kind gesture. It had just started to rain so I started my […]

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Moving Trains to Feel Safe: “How You Doing, Mami?”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm)”>Red Line Silver Spring Metro Station, Silver Spring, MD Time:  Night (7:30pm-12am) A few minutes after I sat down on the Metro at Silver Spring, someone started saying, “Hey.. Beautiful girl… Hey how you doing Mami?” at me repeatedly for about 5 minutes. I ignored them until finally one of guys […]

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Public Masturbation on the Red Line: “I Yelled at Him to Get Off at the Next Stop.”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Red Line Train to Shady Grove, Washington, DC Time:  Night (7:30pm-12am) Video of Perpetrator is located here: http://youtu.be/Lz8MlgLgNtw. A man began to masturbate as soon as the person sitting in the seat in front of him left the train. He was sitting in the last seat at the end of the train car. I was […]

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