Emmit Davis, a transgender man from Colorado Springs, was assaulted by a group of men whilst he and his partner were sitting on their porch on Saturday 6th April.
The two of them were relaxing together when three men began to shout homophobic slurs, such as 'look at those dykes', believing the two of them to be a lesbian couple. When Emmit responded the three men jumped over the fence and began assaulting him, shouting racial slurs whilst they did so. The attack left Emmit badly beaten and shaken.
'The right side of my face was completely unrecognisable,' he told the press. According to local press Emmit sustained fractures around his eyes and nose.
'We were so scared, we still are.' He said. 'I never in my life thought for being who I am I would be assaulted. We don't hate the people who attack us, if we fill ourselves with the same hatred that they fill themselves with nothing is going to change.'
Colorado Springs Police Department are investigating the attack, and have reported that the three suspects were last seen on the southeast side of Colorado Springs.
Emmit, who was recently named Mr Trans Of Colorado Springs added 'We're not seen as human by some people'.
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