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Location: 1st and Massachusetts Ave NE DC (Union Station) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking with my girlfriend out of the 1st St exit of Union Station Monday, around 4:30-5:00pm. As we were nearing the crosswalk, what sounded like a female voice from behind yelled out, “Let met get your girlfriend’s number!” I ignored it, […]

Location: Union Station Metro Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) “Lord, Father, God, you like nice! He made you good.” Submitted 7/9/14 by Anonymous, Take a stand against public sexual harassment and assault: Donate now. Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment or assault? Submit your story to help raise awareness about the pervasiveness and […]

Location: 2nd & E St NW (Union Station/Capitol Hill) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was walking home from the library when a man walked up to me with open arms. He put them around me and began kissing my face. I asked him to stop, [but he] grabbed my chest and butt. He kept kissing me and kept […]

Location: Bus stop at N. Capitol and Massachusetts Ave. NE (Union Station) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) A clearly mentally ill man was muttering to himself and wandering around the bus stop at N. Capitol and Mass. I walked past him to wait for my bus and he tried to lift up my skirt. I dodged, but he […]

Location: Circulator going to Union Station Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) This guy banged into me when the bus wasn’t even crowded. My fiance called him on it and he started throwing a tantrum and nearly challenging him to fight. I don’t know if this is street harassment but he did act as if, as a male, […]