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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A transgender woman has filed a lawsuit against the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, saying she has had to endure transphobic slurs, disparaging treatment and suffered a beating because of her gender identity.

The 22-year-old woman said in her lawsuit that the apartment building manager, only identified by the last name “Brown,” at a building on Detroit Avenue refused to recognize the woman’s gender identity. This included the manager’s refusal to change her gender pronoun from “he” to “she” on the lease.

Police reports of the June 20 altercation paint the transgender woman as the aggressor.

The lawsuit also says the woman was tricked by some neighbors who took her to the beach. When she got back to her apartment, some people were there to carry out a transphobic beating, the suit says.

In police reports her attorney provided to cleveland.com, the woman is listed as the aggressor. One of the neighbors said the transgender woman got drunk and that when they got back to the apartment, she accused the neighbor of stealing her keys. This led to a fist fight, the reports say.

The neighbor had scratches on her chest and neck, as well as a bloody nose, according to the report. The transgender woman was taken to the hospital.

The transgender woman told police that the neighbor and others attacked her after a fight about her keys. She had abrasions on her knees, arm and neck, the reports say.

Police interviewed her again the next day and she said several men attacked her because of being transgender. Hospital staff told the officer that she was brought there for a crisis intervention.

“According to the site manager, (the woman) is also known for heavy illegal activity in the building, and upon any altercations, immediately claims to be a victim of a hate crime,” the reports say.

The lawsuit says the transgender woman was wrongly cited for assault.

The lawsuit also names CMHA CEO Jeffrey Patterson, its Board of Commissioners, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton and the people she accused of attacking her as defendants, among others. She says the defendants violated her civil rights and makes claims for felonious assault and obstruction of justice.

It also says CMHA violated the Fair Housing Act by denying her First Amendment right to self-expression to "present her gender without having to conform to a stereotype."

The transgender woman is seeking $25,000 in damages.

The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan.

A CMHA spokesman on Thursday provided a statement from general counsel Audrey Davis that said the association had just received a copy of the lawsuit.

"We are reviewing and investigating the allegations and claims. We will respond appropriately once we gather all necessary information," Davis said in the statement.

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