Sen. Alex Padilla is rolling out what he’s calling the Senate’s first-ever LGBTQ mental health caucus.
But San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and Rebecca Rolf with the San Francisco LGBT Center say the city and the Bay Area in general are not immune to some of the hateful rhetoric and even physical violence.
"I know that many of the organizations in the Bay Area, particularly organizations that serve youth and serve trans folks, have really been targeted with explicit threats of violence," Rolf said. Earlier this month, two men walking together near Hartford and 18th streets in the Castro reported being attacked by a 20-year-old man.
According to police and the district attorney's office, Mohamed Abdulah was following the pair and yelling gay slurs at them. He also apparently threw a glass object at one of them. He was later arrested a few blocks away at Dolores Park with the help of the two victims Abdulah is facing several charges, including two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, both of which include a hate crime enhancement, according to the district attorney's office.
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