In addition to being International Guitar Month, National Welding Month, and National Pecan Month, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the second week of April is Anti-Street Harassment week. It’s a time to honor the experiences of survivors and think about how we can all work to create a safer community. What do we […]
Location: Metropolitan Branch Trail and R Street, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was just biking on the MBT. On the trail, a block north of R St, there was a man standing on the trail masturbating. He was doing this on my way riding northbound and later when I was biking southbound again […]
Location: Red to Silver Line Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) Around 7:15am on Tuesday, December 15, a man on the red line Metro bound for Silver Spring was sitting across the aisle from me. When I looked over, he was holding a newspaper over his lap, but had his penis exposed and was stroking it. He […]
Location: L8 Stop on Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was waiting by myself at the L8 bus stop on the way home from work. Traffic on Connecticut Avenue was stop and go. A small black car pulls up, and a man 25-35 years old casually asked: “Is this the fastest way […]
Location: Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro Stop, Washington, DC Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Last night in the Georgia Ave/Petworth area, I was leaving a Yoga class and stopped briefly on the side walk to look up the nearest bus stop. A man, slurring his words, said, “How about 30 cents, beautiful?” I kept walking, and another man walked […]