A Colorado transgender woman was brutally beaten and left with a broken jaw and a partially paralyzed face after she was allegedly targeted for her gender identity.
Amber Nicole, 23, was viciously attacked outside of the bar Tavern LoDo in Denver on Sunday April 29 around 1.20am.
Amber says she was harassed and followed by two men as she was leaving the downtown bar with a friend.
She recorded cell phone video of herself almost getting into a car to go home before returning towards the bar. When she returns to the car her face is bloody and she appears to be barely conscious, aided by the friend.
Transgender woman Amber Nicole, 23, (left and right) was brutally beaten after a night out in downtown Denver on April 29 around 1.20am. She claims she was attacked by two men who followed her and targeted her on account of her gender identity
'We’re just out trying to live our lives and have fun with our peers, be with our friends, just live our lives and people just can’t seem to see us that way,' she said on the incident
She suffered a dislocated jaw, partially paralyzed right side of the face, and popped blood vessel in the eye in the horrific attack
'We felt like these two men were going to attack us,' Amber said in the video clip. 'I'm pretty much giving warning in this video that if anything does happen to me, I was attacked by these two men.'
'We’re just out trying to live our lives and have fun with our peers, be with our friends, just live our lives and people just can’t seem to see us that way,' Amber said to CBS.
Her friend reportedly found her with her hands on her face, begging the two men to stop hitting her, according to NBC.
The friend drove the bleeding Amber to the hospital. Her jaw was broken in several places and she suffered a popped blood vessel in her left eye.
She also suffered nerve damage to the right side of her face, leaving it partially paralyzed. Doctor's aren't sure if she will be paralyzed
