A trip to Barton Springs turned deadly over the weekend for a group of people looking to enjoy one of the most popular swim spots in Texas.
Redditor r/Fish_Able shared that on Saturday, July 26, a group of friends — which included a trans woman — were subjected to a “violent, transphobic hate crime” at Barton Springs spillway. A “Good Samaritan” intervened and was “brutally assaulted,” according to the post.
“My friend and her friend were sitting at Barton Springs at dog beach enjoying the water, and were being incessantly hit on by three men,” r/Fish_Able wrote. “A third friend who is a trans woman came and joined my friends. The three men then started becoming aggressive towards the trans woman just for being trans, and generally escalating verbal attacks, accusing the other two girls of being trans, poking at them near their breasts, etc.”…