Police: Transgender woman beaten in Midtown

projectqatlanta.com – By Project Q Atlanta

A transgender woman was assaulted in Midtown Friday morning after she allegedly solicited her apparent attacker for sex, according to the Atlanta Police Department.

The woman rode with her alleged attacker to College Park to have sex and when they returned to Midtown, the man brandished a handgun and fought with the victim, police said. The transgender woman, who was beaten in the face and bitten on the ear, was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital to be treated for her injuries. The suspect fled in a gray sedan.