A trans-identified man in Courtenay, B.C., has admitted on Instagram to smacking a teenager “upside the head” at Lewis Park after a group of youths called him a “tranny,” later telling Juno News he would “do it all over again” and warning that anyone who questions his existence will be treated as a threat.
Leanne Lawson said he was “minding [his] own business” in Lewis Park when a “group of kids” directed the slur at him and “used words they weren’t supposed to.” In a series of videos posted to Instagram, Lawson said he responded by smacking one of the youths upside the head.
Lawson continued filming as he followed the teens, trading insults with them. After one teen told him to stop following, another person can be heard telling the group they would “all get [their] a*ses kicked.”
