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Location: L’Enfant Plaza Metro – Southbound yellow line Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) A man, late 20s-late 30s, dark hair, gray or black shirt and pants, approached me on the train platform Aug. 27. He asked me if I was a teacher because of the badge I was wearing. (I’m not.) He told me he worked in “sales” and […]

Location: L’Enfant Metro Station, waiting for the orange line Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Today I was assaulted at L’Enfant metro station while waiting for an orange train for the second time this year. The platform there is dark and cramped and overrun with the large number of construction projects down there and now also the addition […]

Location: 7th and Constitution NW (Archives/ L’Enfant Plaza) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I work by L’Enfant Plaza and like to enjoy my lunch break walking along the mall and resting on one of their benches. When I reached a place to sit today, there was no one on the benches around me. After about 10 minutes, a man stood […]

Location: 7th & Independence SW (L’Enfant Plaza) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was attending an evening event on the Mall, standing outside by myself and waiting for my friend. Imagine my surprise when a man walking past me started making comments about my ass, even though there were food trucks and plenty of gallery-goers milling around. I yelled […]

Location: 12th and Maine Ave SW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Street harassment has happened to me before, but I have been lucky to experience it rather infrequently. I’m not sure if it’s due to my naturally assertive walk or that I’m somewhat oblivious to guys yelling out of cars, or some other factors I don’t know of. Regardless, no […]