A bit of TMI & FYI for anyone who's interested
The other evening my daughter was the victim of a hate crime just outside our building. She was walking back from the mini mart & three guys started hassling her. Being who she is, she flipped a little shit back without breaking stride. Within the next hour or so the thugs had thrown the three-letter F-word at her and then punched her in the face a few times; a couple who happened to be walking by intervened & called the police; the police & the paramedics came & the "person" with the bloody fist was arrested.
She'll be okay, & the lead cop is amazing & the prosecution of the offender has been picked up by the DA's office. A grand jury will be convened shortly, not sure exactly when. I'm very thankful for those bystanders & for the fact that the three sub-humans didn't realize they were using the wrong pronoun. The cops took a knife off the one they arrested, & if he was that homophobic then he was probably even more transphobic.
I feel a bit of agoraphobia over the whole thing, despite the fact that I'm a cis woman who seems to come off as straight most of the time. So I may be even quieter than usual here for a while, but I'll be reading & I TIA for the distraction from RL.
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