Three transgender women were assaulted and robbed in Los Angeles Monday at around 2:15 a.m., and police are now investigating the attack as a hate crime.
The following is the victims’ account to The Advocate of what occurred.Joslyn Flawless, Eden the Doll, and Jaslene Whiterose were waiting for an Uber on Hollywood Boulevard early Monday morning when a man approached them and stole Eden’s phone.
The thief had harassed them earlier in the evening, but they had shrugged him off at the time.But the theft was a bridge too far.
The three women chased the man down the street. In their pursuit, however, they soon found themselves surrounded by a crowd of about 10 people, mostly cisgender men.