"I’m sure people in their houses could hear... Everyone outside was doing absolutely nothing."

I'm a young Chinese trans woman. I was just walking in my neighborhood when a middle-aged man on a porch started screaming at me. “Hey ching-chong. You’re not fooling anyone.” “I’m going to come out and beat you. I can do that.“ “You’re not fooling anyone.” “I’m going to come out and beat you. I can do that.” I started walking away thinking if I should record him or just walk by acting like I didn’t notice. I didn't want to escalate.

“I can smell you from here, your smell stinking up everything. You smell like sh+t tr+nny” “F+cking f+ggot, no one is fooled f+cking f+ggot.” “You’re a man, you’re a boy.” “I’ll f+cking kill you, you’re disgusting.” “I’m going find you and murder you.” “I’m going to kill you, I’m going to come out there and kill you, I’m serious, that’s something I can do.” “You in school? I’ll find your school, I’ll find you there, I’ll f+cking do it right there in your dorm.” “I can tell you’re afraid.” “I can tell you can f+cking hear me. F+cking f+ggot tr+nny I’ll find you soon.”

He kept constantly repeating that he was going to find me and murder me. I could see it in his eyes. Such clear intention. If there weren’t people eating dinner in the yard he would have done something. When I started moving away, he started screaming so loud and long that I could hear him from three blocks away. I’ve really never seen someone so angry and loud in my life. I’m sure people in their houses could hear him. Everyone outside was doing absolutely nothing.