Today, one of my friends, a great dude who is not mean to people nearly ever and if anything is more nice than half of our school, was surrounded by a group of people. His deadname was screamed at him and they kept poking him. He now has a hurt shoulder and probable bruising due to how hard they were hitting him. And why did they do this? Because he’s trans. Because he’s not Christian. Because he is an easy target. You wanna know what happened to those who did it, mind you we only know one of the four because I wasn’t there and our other two friends only recognized one of them, but guess what. THEY WEREN’T PUNISHED! NOTHING HAPPENED, THEY DIDN’T EVEN GET A “Stern talking to”! I’m livid. You wanna know what that was? Assault. Complete with physical evidence. I am going to try to take them to court. Especially if the school doesn’t do anything. That was a hate crime and he didn’t even defend himself. He couldn’t. This is Florida for trans people. This is how we allow ourselves to be treated. I will be taking the evidence of his bruises(only with his consent of course) and with any witnesses I can find. If anyone has any advice I’d appreciate it. At the least I’m getting them suspended.