"The situation is going from bad to worst"

Hi, all. I’m a transexual woman who lives in a small town in Spain.

While I am respected by the majority of neighbours, there is a a small group of lazy young people, maybe in their late adolescence, who sit on the stairs of the church who say all kind of insults, ranging from fagot, transvestite, whore, and ask, “Do you have condoms?”

Every day the situation is going from bad to worst, today they started to walk behind me while menacing me.

I’m considering seriously to start to walk the streets with the cellular recording video on and present a formal denunce to the police using the records as proof.

Do you have any suggestions for dealing with harassers and/or ending street harassment in general?

If you expect harassment in a concrete situation, put your phone in mode video and recording on. But avoid to do it in sight of the harassers, this could end in a physical aggression. Do it before the harassment, there are situations like mine where it is perfectly predictable.

– Amanda Azañón Teruel

Location: Las Navas del Marqués, Hermita de la Plaza del Cristo, Spain

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