TRANSGENDER BLACK MAN SLASHED WITH A KNIFE AFTER GIVING UP HIS TRAIN SEAT TO HIS HISPANIC FEMALE ATTACKER

A trans-gendered black man was slashed multiple times on a subway train Christmas Day after he offered his seat to a woman who refused to sit next to him because he was black, police said.

The 44-year-old victim was headed home on a northbound 4 train in Harlem on Sunday night when two female cousins entered the train car and one took a seat next to the victim, sources said.

The victim then slid over and offered his seat to 30-year-old Stephanie Pazmino, the cousin who was left standing, so that she can sit down next to her relative, according to cops.

“I don’t want your seat,” snapped Pazmino, who then turned to her cousin and stated in Spanish, “I don’t want to sit next to a black person,” sources said.

A verbal dispute then ensued between the victim and Pazmino, who is Hispanic, and the victim got up from his seat and sat across from the two cousins.

As the train pulled into the 125th Street station around 11 p.m., Pazmino walked up to the victim and slashed him several times in the left side of his face and stabbed him in his left arm, cops said.

A good Samaritan on the train then intervened and escorted the bleeding victim off the train and onto the platform.

Police showed up and arrested Pazmino, who was charged with assault as a hate crime, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.

Paramedics rushed the victim to Harlem Hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Cops recovered the knife at the scene.

Police interviewed Pazmino’s cousin, who confirmed the account.

-----NEW YORK POST