Atlas Marshall, a trans woman from Portland, USA, has reported being attacked last week. Three people, including Atlas, were attacked by a group of people in what is being described as a 'bias crime'.
At around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday September 12th, Atlas and her friends were returning home following a meal when they were approached by a group. They described the group as singling them out and abusing them based on Atlas being transgender.
'He saw me, visibly could tell I was trans, I was queer, and he started throwing homophobic and transphobic slurs at me.' Atlas told NBC reporters.
'Very quickly you could tell that he had noticed that I am trans. He started calling me all kind of slurs and homophobic and transphobic things. He just got more and more escalated and continued to say more and more things that were very much like hate speech. Then he started to approach me. Then he and his friend attacked me.'
Atlas said that she tried to defend herself, but was held down by two of the attackers and beaten. One of her friends, Austin Schuchard, tried to stop them, but had his nose broken. Atlas suffered from wounds to her knees and the side of her head.
The attackers fled before police could arrive at the scene. However, as two of the victims are members of the LGBTQ+ community police identified the incident as a potential bias crime and are requesting any information that could help them to identify the culprits.
Both Atlas and Austin have reported that the police involved in the investigation have made the case their primary focus. Police are asking any witnesses or anyone with video evidence of the attack to come forward to help with the investigation.
This is the second time in just a month that members of the LGBTQ+ community have reported experiencing a hate crime.
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