Location: Bourbon in Adams Morgan (2321 18th Street NW) Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I was at Bourbon in Adams Morgan earlier this summer when I felt a hand grab my waist. The person was clearly walking past behind me, but it was a deliberate touch that made me uncomfortable. I swatted the hand away and left the bar, […]
Location: DC Circulator bus towards Navy Yard Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was riding the bus sitting next to a man who kept touching his knee to mine and touching his crotch. I wondered if I should say something, but didn’t….until he exposed himself. I yelled at him and got up from the seat and […]
Location: John McCormack Dr NE DC (Catholic Univerisity/Brookland Metro Station) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Around 5:30 PM, I was walking up John McCormack St. NE from CUA Brookland Metro towards CUA law. I saw a group of teenagers (appx. 16 years old) walking towards me, about 6-7 of them, and I got nervous when they […]
Location: Bus stop at University Blvd. and Piney Branch Ave; inbound to Silver Spring, Maryland Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I’ve been harassed a few times on WMATA, but there’s only one time that I went home and cried afterward. I was coming back from the grocery store when a man started to talk to me. I initially didn’t […]
Location: Georgia Ave and Wayne Ave (Silver Spring, MD) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking to an appointment and passing by two men sitting on a bench. I nodded to them and made eye contact like I usually do. As I walked past, one of them said, “Hey, how you doing, sexy?” I didn’t respond […]