Laverne Cox and Her Friend Were Targeted in a Transphobic Attack While on a Hike

cosmopolitan.com:

), Laverne said that she and a friend were walking in the park when a man "aggressively asked for the time." Her friend told him the time, "and then the guy who asked for the time says to my friend: 'Guy or girl?'" At this point, Laverne's friend told the man to "f*ck off" and then suddenly "the guy is attacking my friend."Laverne says that as she was pulling out her phone to call the police, the attack suddenly stopped and the man left. "This dude was looking for trouble...

because I happened to be a trans person in public."This kind of targeted harassment and violence is unacceptable and is sadly something Laverne says she's had to deal with throughout her life. "This isn't shocking to me—obviously, this is my life.