[transgendernews] [News] [Australia] Transexual woman ran out of town
Stephanie Stevens
Sunshine Coast Daily, Queensland, Australia
Transexual woman ran out of town
12:00a.m. 11th December 2008 | By Amy Remeikis
A transexual has fled the Sunshine Coast after an alleged vicious
attack on a Caloundra street left her afraid to venture outside.
Alice (not her real name), was born male but has identified as a
female since she was five.
On Tuesday evening, Alice, 40, said she and her daughter, 13, set out
along Landsborough Parade in Golden Beach to buy groceries to prepare
for dinner.
Sometime before 5.30pm, Alice said she passed a small group of women
pushing a pram accompanied by a gentleman who she alleged was abusive
to her as she walked by.
Alice said she heard what the man said and questioned the man about it.
"He just started screaming abuse at me, swearing and calling me a
'trannie fag'," Alice said.
Alice said she had been previously advised to record such attacks.
"I held up my phone to record what he was saying and he turned
physically abusive," she said.
She said the man chased her into a nearby playground where he
allegedly threatened anyone who came to her aid.
She alleged the man smashed a bottle and hit a man who had tried to protect her.
Another car arrived at the scene and a man holding a base ball bat
stepped out of the car and allegedly chased Alice down the street.
Alice said she called for help from those driving by and a family
eventually stopped and took Alice to the police station.
She said she had lived full time as a woman since she was 14 and has
medical approval for a sex change operation but can not afford the
surgery.
Alice, her best friend and her daughter have spent the past 18 months
travelling around Australia.
She says once knowledge of her transsexual nature is made public, she
is chased from the towns.
The Sunshine Coast, she said, had been no different.
"We are leaving the Sunshine Coast though because I am afraid to walk
down the street," she said.
"I don't want to leave my room.
"I can't understand why normal people act like this.
I harm no one but I am always subjected to people's abuse because they
don't like me for who I am."
Police have charged a man with one count of public nuisance and two
counts of common assault.
He will appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on January 6.
(c) APN News & Media Ltd 2008.
http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/dec/11/transexual-woman-ran-out-town-caloundra/
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