@DavidM_yeg@mstdn.ca Sixty years in New York City and the only near assault I've witnessed in a public restroom was a man (actual masculine appearing man) threatening to enter the ladies' room at a transit hub, yelling "Where's my bitch? Bitch, you better not be in there!"
Those of us who were in the facility but had finished stood around. To be completely honest I was kind of scared to walk past the guy, but more scared to let him enter.
A woman outside the restroom found a police officer.
@DavidM_yeg@mstdn.ca To be clear, this was (I am 99.999999% certain) a cis man, not a transgender person, and he was threatening a woman he knew, not a stranger.
I'm sure assaults in restrooms happen; I just doubt that trans women are a significant proportion of the threat.
Did you get your #Wrapstodon for 2024?
I shared 2,579 posts, gained 119 new followers, and my most-used hashtag was #Petition. Yup, there it is automatically suggested by my tablet's onscreen keyboard.
Quite nice to get this the same day I quit Twitter.
EDIT: I did not initially notice that above the cute cartoon of a Mastodon is a category based on my account activity here. Not sure what makes me a Cool-hunter, but I'm good with that.
I try to use alt-text on my photos, although I sometimes forget.
Inspired by @kavana@scholar.social here are descriptions of my profile photos.
My avatar is a photo of me sitting at a table, wearing a dark sweater. My hair is very white. There is a laptop computer on the table and one hand is on the keyboard.
The banner at the top of my profile is a photo of a cloudy sky with somewhat overeposed sun breaking through the clouds.
Updated #Introduction, part 2.
I am a fan of most #sports, especially #Mets #baseball and #Isles #hockey.
Other interests include #walking, especially #nature walks, #parks, #photography, #museums, #cooking, #transportation and #pedestrian #safety, and #HistoricPreservation.
I am not here for dating or sex. You will be muted or blocked.
It's Spring Cleaning season, and there seem to be many new users joining the Fediverse, so it's time to update my pinned #introduction toots, which go back to 2018 when I joined Mastodon.
I have a BA in #English and enjoy #writing and #editing. I #blog, do a little #freelance writing, and enjoy #reading #nonfiction.
My professional career has been spent providing #administrative support to #nonprofits. I am also a serial #volunteer.
Karen E. Lund 💙
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