D.C. police are hunting for three men who shouted anti-trans slurs before attacking Cayla Calhoun, a 43-year-old transgender woman, on June 29. The attack left Calhoun with a concussion and broke her ribs, elbow, femur, palate, a vertebra, and multiple fractures around her eye socket. She blames right-wing anti-trans rhetoric for motivating her attackers.Calhoun left her job at Annabelle restaurant around midnight while wearing a skirt and a rainbow pin and riding her Onewheel motorized skateboard. While travelling, three other men on motorized scooters encountered her on the street, began shouting transphobic slurs, and then shoved her off her vehicle, she told Advocate. Related A man shot a trans woman dead in the street. Her family thinks its a hate crime. Officers are hunting for her killers. There was a point where I was pushed off again, she told the publication. I remember thinking in my head, I have to get away. This isnt somebody making fun of me anymore. I have to get away. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Emergency medical responders found her lying near a curb around 6 a.m. local time and transported her to George Washington University Hospital. Her bloodied skirt had been shredded, and hospital workers threw away her personal belongings, possibly mistaking her for a homeless person.[My] fine motor skills are horrible, she told Advocate. Im like a two-year-old trying to use a really small iPhone. Grabbing things, picking things up, trying to drink or eat its very arduous right now.She hasnt heard from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) since her attack, but an MPD spokesperson told the publication that her attack is being investigated as potentially being motivated by hate or bias. Its not an accident that were seeing a rise in violence against transgender humans. Its part of a right-wing plan, Calhoun said, blaming Republican anti-trans rhetoric for inspiring her attackers. [Republicans are] not doing anything to help the American people, but the things that help them force their agenda, theyre certainly adept at. A GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign for her medical costs and lost wages has raised over $20,304 as of Tuesday morning.Cayla is a vibrant, gentle, and creative soul, deeply loved in the wine and arts communities, the campaign webpage states. She exudes warmth, empathy, passion, and joy in all that she does. Her spirit remains unbreakableeven in the face of unimaginable cruelty and pain. Though her attackers tried to crush her body, they could not crush her spirit.In a statement, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Lindsey Appiah said, There is nothing more important than our continued efforts to drive down crime and make our city safer for all of our residents and visitors. While gender identity/expression bias-related crimes are down in the District when compared with 2024, we know there is still work to be done so long as anyone is victimized in our city.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.