I was well aware of the history of people being either shoved onto the tracks or into oncoming trains by disturbed people.
And while there are a lot of girls in NYC who are my height, I was definitely paying attention to my surroundings when I was riding the subways.
On Monday a 28 year old trans woman waiting for a southbound 6 train at Manhattan's Bleecker St. Station at 9 AM EDT was assaulted and shoved off the platform by a male assailant.
The assailant asked the woman “What are you looking at?” while standing nearby on the platform. He then “ran to a garbage pail” and removed a plastic bottle which he threw at her before pushing her onto the tracks, according to an NYPD spokesperson.
NYPD is investigating this incident as a hate crime, and this person is wanted for the crime.
And note to you trans haters, trans women are not your societal punching bags for your personal problems and issues.
As we wish our trans sister who was attacked a speedy recovery from her injuries, let us also hope the waste of DNA who committed this crime be swiftly arrested and punished for it.
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