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Transgender Woman Speaks Out After Horrific Attack in Paris Crosswalk Goes Viral: VIDEO

April 3, 2019 by Andy Towle Leave a Comment

A sickening attack on a transgender woman in a Paris crosswalk near a rally against Algeria’s president has gone viral, and she’s speaking out.

The BBC reports: “Julia, 31, was set upon on Sunday as she walked up steps at the metro station in the Place de la République. A big rally was taking place in the square against Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s long-ruling 82-year-old president, who has since announced his resignation. Wearing a black-and-white striped blouse, Julia was blocked by protesters who taunted her in Arabic. One man ruffled her hair, while a girl draped in an Algerian flag came to try to help Julia. After the girl moved on, a man repeatedly punched Julia while another could be seen kicking at her.”

Julia spoke out about the attack to Paris media, telling Le Parisien: “One of them yelled at me, ‘you‘re a man!‘ I did not answer him and tried to pass. He shifted to block me again and said ‘I asked you a question, you answer! You will not pass!’ Another said to me ‘But you have breasts’ and touched my chest. I pushed him away and told him not to touch me. A third then exposed his penis and shook it and said that I was going to make him happy. Meanwhile, I had beer thrown on me.”

“The hardest thing is not the blows, it’s the humiliation,” she added.

Agression transphobe.
Nous sommes bien en plein @Paris, à République. 🌈

Une honte pour notre pays. 🇫🇷
Une honte pour le drapeau auquel vous pensiez faire honneur. 🇩🇿

#Transphobies

@stop_homophobie
@FVauglin@ACORDEBARD@Prefet75_IDF pic.twitter.com/GbD6bBG5dt

— Lyes Alouane🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@Lyes_Alouane) April 2, 2019

She added: “The violence against this [transgender] community takes place every day. But some people won’t have the strength that I have and they’ll be destroyed by these attacks.”

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo condemned the attack, demanding that those responsible “must be identified and prosecuted.”

Indignée par cette agression transphobe, que je condamne avec la plus grande fermeté. Je tiens à assurer la victime de tout mon soutien. Les coupables de cet acte intolérable doivent être identifiés et poursuivis. https://t.co/w2gdNeiwaG

— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) April 2, 2019

Filed Under: towleroad Tagged With: France, hate crime, Paris, Transgender

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