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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: South Capitol Street & M St SW overpass (Navy Yard) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking from the Navy Yard metro stop to my house. As soon as I turn the corner on M St, I could hear a man talking loudly behind me. He was about 30 paces behnd me, but kept shouting hateful things […]

Location: 1121 14th Street, NW (Thomas Circle/McPherson) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was near my appointment time for an interview at CoStar, located at 1331 L St. NW, Washington, DC. A block away from the location, I walked in the wrong direction going north on 14th St NW. Unknown to me I passed a group of men in various […]

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 […]