A Trans Woman Tried to Help Someone Outside a Queer Bar. She Says She Was Beaten Instead.

Lilith Barraza Garcia says she was assaulted outside Rumors Cabaret in Bellingham while checking on an intoxicated person. The case is now being upgraded to a felony hate crime.

Lilith Barraza Garcia documented facial injuries she says she sustained in the assault outside Rumors Cabaret in Bellingham, Washington.

Lilith Barraza Garcia, 22, says she was doing something simple and humane when the violence began. Outside Rumors Cabaret Bar in Bellingham, Washington, she and a friend were trying to help a person who appeared intoxic…