"Ashley allegedly approached the woman aggressively, called her "a man," then grabbed her umbrella, and hit her with it several times, KPTV reported. He then allegedly grabbed her by the hair, pulling her to the ground and punching her while screaming, "You don't belong in my country!""
""We see Portland as a really trans-friendly town," said Mikki Gillette, a trans woman who works at the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Basic Rights Oregon. "We try to make Oregon the best place in the country for queer and trans people, so when something like this, which seems deliberately hateful against the trans community, happens, it's really frightening.""
A 51-year-old man allegedly attacked a transgender woman at a Portland light rail station, striking her with an umbrella, pulling her to the ground, and punching her. Security video reportedly shows an attempted stabbing that the victim blocked with her bag. Police found the victim bleeding profusely from her knees and transported her to a local hospital. Officers allege the attacker headbutted and kicked an officer, used racial slurs, spat through a patrol-car partition, and resisted arrest. He faces multiple charges including first-degree bias crime, attempted second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, and attempted assault on a public safety officer. Oregon reported 11 hate crimes against trans people in 2023, down from 14 in 2022, and community reaction noted fear and concern about deliberate hate targeting transgender people.
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