*We wrote this post when the woman cried out. It is an international story now because the man has some slurs and yelling to do. His voice and actions made the world pay attention.

At We Survive Abuse, we know that art can be a voice for truth, for safety, and for survival.
And when an artist chooses to stand in that truth publicly — to say, “I will not shrink myself to stay safe” — that’s revolutionary.

Tish Hyman was told that speaking up for her rights as a woman would end her career.
And what did she do?
She spoke up anyway.

That’s courage. That’s leadership. That’s womanhood in action.

Tish is out here using her own platform, her own name, her own face and voice — standing tall for women’s safety and human rights.

No mask. No silence. No middleman. Just truth.

This is art.
The kind that doesn’t bend for brand approval, sponsorship, or corporate comfort.
The kind that reminds us that women are not decorations or footnotes. We are the story.

We are human beings. Worthy of safety, boundaries, and rights.

In a time when too much art plays it safe enough for rigged male owned algorithms so that they can be seen, Tish is the reminder and the roar.
She shows that her art, her womanhood, and her right to safety belong to her first — and that’s how real change begins.

Power to Tish Hyman — walking that line between fear and freedom and doing it out loud.

Please support her work. 
Because too many women have had to go anonymous just to protect their livelihoods, their friend groups, and their family connections — just to survive.

She stands for us.

Men are out here climbing the ladder of success even as they are harming, raping, murdering, and trafficking women while people are remaining silent.

Tish Hyman is turning up the volume and yelling that the whole thing is on fire.

Support who supports you.

She’s on Instagram, @listen2Tish on X.com, Youtube, and TikTok, by the way. I’ll get the rest of those handles for y’all.

(Probably @listen2Tish at most places.)

Support the art we want to see that speaks to us as people living and loving through these times.
 #ArtAsResistance #TishHyman #WomensSafety #PowerToHer

* Side bar: If you’re warning other women to surrender to men’s wants and be silent about it-smile for good measure- think about how it felt when someone once told you to do the same.

Because, isn’t there someone always there to do exactly that?

11/4/25  UPDATE:

At the first outcry from this woman, WE and other women (small group though) began to circulate this story and come alongside her. The rest of world is paying attention now because the man is speaking.

Trans Person Convicted of  Brutally Beating  Ex Wife Before Taking Her Name

Singer Tish Hyman Men In Women’s Locker Room Scared Me …No Protection for Us!!!

LA singer says her Gold’s Gym membership was revoked after heated confrontation with ‘man’ using women’s locker room

Singer Tish Hyman Calls Out Los Angeles Gold’s Gym For Letting Men Into Women’s Locker Room

Lesbian banned by iconic gym after standing up to trans woman ‘who stared at her and swore while she was naked in locker room’

Honorable credit to the work of Kara Dansky, veteran women’s rights advocate

What happened between Tish Hyman and Gold’s Gym? Complete controversy explained amid singer’s membership revocation drama

NY Musician Tish Hyman claims iconic gym banned her after she reported a trans patron for following her into women’s locker room; viral video sparks outrage

I know many of us are still unlearning what we were taught about being agreeable, patient, and self-sacrificing. Nearly all of us are (including you beautiful young women.)

Still, we owe other women the same grace and understanding that society so often reserves for men — even when that “grace” shows up as silence, or as the encouragement to quietly endure mistreatment. How often do our actions and words encourage other women to be quiet and take it?

The next time you’re tempted to name-call a woman for standing her ground against a man who’s trying to humble her, silence her, or strip her of her rights and dignity—pause. Catch yourself. The problem isn’t her defiance; it’s our comfort with her being diminished.

*And now we watch as all the voices that have been vocal about Black women like her (I can’t say that q word, I’m GenX and people were tortured under that word. It stays with you.) go silent or join in calling her “hateful” for standing up for her rights. Will certain publications stand by her? Leaders? Voices? Platforms? We shall see.

In this life, there is always a pop quiz.