Tymesha Wearing (Philadelphia Police Department) PHILADELPHIA - Prosecutors announced charges in connection with an attack against a transgender woman in Point Breeze.The alleged assault happened on the 1200 block of South 22nd Street on Aug.
24.According to prosecutors, Tymesha Wearing faces aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation charges and related charges.The district attorney’s office says the assault began when the victim sought to quell a disturbance outside of her home.
When the victim and her daughter exited her home, the group of individuals loudly arguing with one another started to punch the victim and call her derogatory names, including “tranny,” regarding her gender, prosecutors said.