Caitlyn Jenner suffers hate crime outside British LGBT awards ceremony

Caitlyn Jenner had just been honored at the annual British LGBT Awards on Friday, receiving the “Loud and Proud” award for her transgender advocacy work, when she faced an ugly reminder that transgender people are still more often shunned than celebrated.

As she excited the building, the reality TV star and former Olympian was confronted with transphobic abuse from paparazzi trying to get a reaction.

“One of them shouted ‘where’s your dong, fella’ and then they all started punching each other because they were so desperate for a photo,” one witness, Cameron Fallow, told The Huffington Post.

A friend added that the paparazzi were also addressing Jenner as a man.

“Someone shouted to her, ‘Oi, Bruce, get your dick’ out,” an unnamed witness reportedly told The Sun Online. “Then someone else threw something at her. It was horrible.”

The witness added that Jenner “looked terrified.”

Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.

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