Transgender Woman Raped Inside Bathroom At Historic Gay Bar

BuzzFeed ^ | 32/8/16 | Mike Hayes

[Impala64ssa]

The NYPD is investigating the alleged attack in Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn.

A transgender woman reported to police that she was raped inside the bathroom at the historic New York City gay bar Stonewall Inn on Saturday night.

The 25-year-old victim told police she entered the bar’s single occupancy unisex bathroom when a man claiming he needed to wash his hands walked in behind her. He then allegedly groped and raped her, before fleeing the scene.

The victim left the Christopher Street bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood and returned an hour later, according to an NYPD spokesman. The victim then called 911 and was taken to a nearby hospital.

The NYPD confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the department’s sixth precinct is investigating the incident and that no arrests had been made as of Monday morning.

The Stonewall Inn was the site of the 1969 protest that gave birth to the LGBT rights movement and was declared a New York City landmark in 2015.

A spokesperson for the bar did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

[DungeonMaster]

I don't think the men in this historic gay bar wanted anything to do with a real woman. But a man pretending to be a female might get their attention.

OK that actually makes sense.....

And I'm ashamed for getting it.

[Zeneta]

Lola.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

They wanted equal rights...now they have them they get to be raped just like the rest of us could be...welcome to bizzarro world America

[Delta 21]

A Fake woman raped in a Greenwich Village gay bar restroom?

No f-ing way that can be RAPE rape.

[skimbell]

"Scorecard, Scorecard, you can't tell the players without a scorecard..."

[jessduntno]

“He then allegedly groped and raped her, before fleeing the scene?”

Groped and raped? Does a grope still matter after a rape? Or is this to remind the faithful that you should always check the victim first to make sure you have the proper equipment, or just polite to give a respectful reach-around?

[jonno]

He then allegedly groped and raped her...

I don't mean to be callous, but does this sentence strike anyone else as a bit odd? It seems to me that an incidence of "groping" becomes more or less moot if rape also occurs.

It's like saying "...a man was assaulted and killed last night..."

[elcid1970]

And it happened where the modern faggie revolution began.

Sodom & Gomorrah & Armageddon - we’re seeing it all, now.

[RummyChick]

Is Bruce Jenner getting castrated?

[muglywump]

Dude looks like a lady, you know?

[jonno]

eh - you beat me. Great minds, I guess...

[Jamestown1630]

Um...I’m confused...

-JT

[dfwgator]

And it happened where the modern faggie revolution began.

Of course they conveniently omit the fact that the raid occurred because the Mob ran the place.

[dhs12345]

People have too much time on their hands. There are starving and abused children and women around the world, non-muslims are being murdered in the ME, the threat of diseases and other maladies, and we are worried about accommodating someone’s extracurricular activities; their perversion?

The world is very mixed up.

[Mr. K]

left the bar then came back for more sloppy sec.. to complain?

[lee martell]

Of course, rape of any kind is wrong. Maybe it’s going to take incidents such as this to convince people of the wisdom of SEPARATE BATHROOMS FOR SEPARATE GENDERS. Hey! What a concept!

[RummyChick]

Alex Silverman ‏@AlexSilverman 35m35 minutes ago Vermont, USA NYPD looking for this man in connection w/sex assault of transgender woman in Stonewall Inn bathroom Saturday nite

[DungeonMaster]

Now I have Aerosmith in mind.

[RummyChick]

[Mr. K]

And how do you rape someone inside a bar? no one else walked in to use the bathroom? he/she didn’t scream?