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A video of an attack on a transgender woman in central Paris has become viral and prosecutors have opened an investigation into the violence committed on the basis of gender identity. Sunday's attack took place on the sidelines of a protest demonstration against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
In the video, the woman is surrounded by people carrying Algerian flags on her shoulders as she walks out of the subway station.
She mocks her as she climbs the stairs and, at one point, a man hits her, while another strikes in her direction. A woman wearing an Algerian flag appears to intervene before a team of subway security guards escort her.
Speaking of the incident to the French media, the woman, identified as Julia, said she was out of the metro station after being harbaded by people inside. The physical attack occurred outside, as she tried to make her way through the crowd.
Security forces helped her down the stairs, throwing tear gas drums to disperse the crowd, she said. But they too harbaded her, calling him "sir" and telling her that if she had not worn a skirt, she would have had no problem.
Prosecutors opened an investigation into "acts of violence based on badual orientation and gender identity". One person was arrested but later released.
On Tuesday, Julia herself filed a badual badault complaint, a decision she was reluctant to make, she told French television BFM. The fact that the incident was filmed encouraged him.
The incident sparked criticism of trans- and homophobia on the part of French Muslims, as it happened on the sidelines of the Algerian demonstration. But Julia insisted not to mix problems.
Marlene Schiappa, the government's minister for gender equality in the fight against discrimination, tweeted that homophobia and transphobia are "not opinions" but expressions of "ignorance and of hatred ".
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