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I was walking north between Friendship Heights and Bethesda around 8 PM on April 25th when a young man in a large blue SUV pulled up to the intersection with Wisconsin from one of the side streets. He kept saying I was beautiful and sexy and repeatedly asked me to get into his vehicle. I […]

On the evening of March 18, after 11:00 pm, I was walking home from the Friendship Heights metro west along Western Avenue, about 1.5 blocks from the metro, when I heard footsteps behind me and then felt a hand up my skirt touching me on my genitals. The man, an African American in his 20s-30s […]

I was walking across the street and this car started to turn while I was still in the crosswalk. He came up really close to me, to the point where I thought he was going to hit me. Instead, he rolled down his window and yelled, “Hey sexy!” and then drove off very quickly — […]

This happened earlier this spring. It was a Wednesday evening; I was taking the train from Friendship Heights, where my dance studio is, to my home in Silver Spring. While on the train I was reading a book about polynesian culture and I was sitting on the inside seat. The train was fairly empty. Out […]

I opted to take the bus from Friendship Heights to Rockville this evening to go to a friend’s happy hour, which was to celebrate her recent marriage. I knew it would be longer than taking the train, but it was going to save me money and I think the Potomac area is lovely to glance […]