Community rallies around 70-year-old transgender actor who lost teeth in attack near 2SLGBTQ+ bar in Hamilton

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Posted on 12/16/2024 7:07:30 AM PST by jerod

2 fundraisers, police victims fund help pay for Lisa Stroud's $28K dental work to get her working again

Lisa Stroud flashes a wide smile when she talks about her burgeoning acting career.

The 70-year-old Hamilton woman has been in 11 film and television productions, alongside stars such as Josh Hartnett (M. Night Shyamalan's film Trap) and Kim Cattrall (TV series Glamorous), since she first responded to a casting call online in 2021.

These days, the trans actor is thankful not just for her line of work, but also getting back the confidence to smile.

Stroud went without many teeth — and as a result, acting gigs — for seven months following an attack in March after leaving The Well, Hamilton's only bar marketed to the local 2SLGBTQ+ community.

"I was grabbed from behind, swung around and just pummelled in the face, over and over again."

Stroud described blacking out before waking up, picking up her teeth off the ground, getting into her car and driving home.

"Apparently I was bleeding quite a bit on the outside of my driver's door."

Stroud reported the attack to Hamilton police the next day, but so far, no one has been arrested. She said one of the detectives told her that her experience was "definitely a hate crime."...

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1 posted on 12/16/2024 7:07:30 AM PST by jerod

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