Bay WindowsSusan Ryan-Vollmar
srvollmar@baywindows.com
Last week, three Lowell men were indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury for allegedly assaulting a transwoman as she walked home from a bar around 2:45 a.m. on June 2. In announcing the indictment, Middlesex County District Attorney Gerald Leone's office identified the victim as a man who had been attacked because of "his sexual orientation." Later, in the press release, the victim is described as someone "who considers himself a transsexual."
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Welford said that the D.A.'s office was "sensitive" to Nickola's gender identity and the issue of referring to her with male pronouns. "If it's not how the victim wishes to be referred, we'll try to correct that moving forward," he said.
