A transgender woman was attacked last week near West Burnside Street in Portland, according to media reports.

KGW (8) reports the attack happened early Thursday after one of the women’s friends approached a group of men and asked for a cigarette.

Atlas Marshall, who was attacked, said one of the men spewed hate speech, according to KGW.

“He saw me, visibly could tell I was trans, I was queer, and he started throwing homophobic and transphobic slurs at me,” Marshall said.

Two men pushed her to the ground and started beating her, she said, and another friend ran to help.

That friend, Austin Schuchard, got one of the men off Marshall but was punched in the face, according to KGW.

Schuchard suffered a broken nose and black eye, and Marshall suffered scrapes and bruises.

“I think overall the mental and emotional damage is a little bit more intense than the other stuff is for me,” Marshall said.

Marshall is well known in Portland’s drag community and goes by the stage name Nae Nae Dominatrix, according to the Portland Mercury.

Portland police said the incident possesses bias crime elements and is under investigation, KATU (2) reports.

-- Jim Ryan; jryan@oregonian.com; 503-221-8005; @Jimryan015

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