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# Trans woman attacked on night out in Belfast
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-woman-attacked-on-night-out-in-belfast/
- Published: 2020-10-08T14:15:05.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-08T09:54:26.000Z
- Description: A trans woman named Anna Montgomery, 20, was left with facial injuries after she was attacked in a bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Belfast, Human Rights Campaign, Ireland, LGBTQ, Trans Rights, Transgender

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/anna-montgomery-1.jpg)

Anna Montgomery before and after the attack

A trans woman named **Anna Montgomery**, 20, was left with facial injuries after she was attacked in a bar in **Belfast, Northern Ireland**. According to a post Montgomery shared on[ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/100011411041876/posts/1482989668758054/?extid=yzfuHnwYzAkV8iZ6&d=n) after the incident, she was at **Bootleggers** bar with her boyfriend when she was hit in the face. Her attacker has not yet been publicly identified.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/bootleggers-2_-lewis-1.jpg)

She wrote that she was having an enjoyable night until the unprovoked attack, continuing: *“I have never felt more humiliated in my whole life. It ruined my whole night. It was completely unexpected and uncalled for. I hope no one has to go through what I went through last night.”* She also commented on the widespread violence against the trans community, saying *“It’s just so sad; it’s the year 2020 and I am a trans woman getting assaulted for just being me.”* Local police told [**Belfast Live**](https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/transgender-woman-speaks-out-after-19013288?ref=scenemag.co.uk) they are continuing to investigate the incident which is being treated as a hate crime.

The **Human Rights Campaign** says violence against the trans community has increased within the last year. It [estimates](https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-trans-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2020?ref=scenemag.co.uk) 30 trans people have been killed in the **US** alone, which is greater than the total number murdered in all of 2019; the majority were black trans women who the HCR says *“did not deserve to have their lives taken from them”.*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/trans-rights-are-human-rights-600-400.jpg)