I Was Sexually Assaulted by a Friend
Why I’m talking about it over six years later
10 min readApr 23, 2021
(Trigger warning: sexual assault)
Back in 2014, I was sexually assaulted by someone I considered a close friend. I wrote this detailed account of the experience for my blog in 2016, but never had the courage to publish it. It felt scary to be so vulnerable in a public setting about something so…