The Market
I was sipping a pop in the Byward Market when a man started to harass me. I’m no stranger to being targeted in the market or over gender-conformity and I ignored him. He alternated between yelling “You’re intersex; I don’t know if you’re a man or a woman” and “if you’re a man I’d kick your ass”. When that didn’t elicit the reaction he wanted, he took to repeatedly calling me “fat ass”.
He finally placed himself at my feet and uttered “if you’re a man, I’ll kick your ass”. I looked up but didn’t say a word; people often gender me male after hearing my voice. He walked away.
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