SeattleTimes.NWSource.com – By Nancy Bartley – Seattle Times staff reporter
“Humiliating.” “Embarrassing.” “Terrifying.”
That’s how a transgender woman described being accosted by a man who she says called her names and threatened her as she walked down a Capitol Hill street in the middle of the day.
The Oct. 20 incident, which resulted in the arrest of a man, is one of several similar incidents on Capitol Hill since June. King County Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Mike Hogan says it’s part of a spike in malicious-harassment incidents targeting gays and transgender people on Capitol Hill.
Hogan said the incidents appear to be random and not part of any organized effort.