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Location: Georgia ave & Dennis ave, Maryland, Q4 Bus Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) On a very, very crowded bus a young man about 20 years old leaned up against the seat I was sitting in. He was so far up on my seat with his backside that I tried to push him off. He didn’t budge. […]

Location: 6th & M St. NW (Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center Metro) Time:  Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I had just exited the Mt. Vernon Square metro and was walking home after work. I saw out of the corner of my eye that a white van had slowed down to my right. The man driving the van had his […]

Location: California & Columbia Road, NW (Adams Morgan) Time:  Night (7:30pm-12am) I was heading back to Dupont on the 90 bus after happy hours on U Street. It was a crowded bus, so I grabbed the last seat open, which was in the very front, next to a seemingly drunk man who kept nodding off. As soon […]

Location: Red Line to Shady Grove near Farragut North Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I am pretty tall, almost 6 feet and I usually stand on Metro especially in rush hour either coming or going. Guys usually try to feel me up, so I decided to always keep a hat pin with me, and I never sit […]

When feminist activist Ben Atherton-Zeman asked us if we wanted to produce a public theater piece he’d written to address harassment on the Metro, we said ABSOLUTELY! Even though WMATA has made huge strides towards addressing public sexual harassment and assault, we continue to receive submissions from people who were harassed or otherwise violated on […]