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STONEWALL DEMOCRATS ENDORSE GEORGE GASCÓN FOR LA DISTRICT ATTORNEY
LOS ANGELES –George Gascón’s campaign for Los Angeles DA is proud to announce that the Stonewall Democratic Club has endorsed George Gascón for Los Angeles District Attorney. Since 1975, the Stonewall Democratic Club has been the dwelling for progressive Democrats in Los Angeles who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight allies of the LGBT community. Gascón joins the Stonewall Democrats in their commitment to achieving equality for all and to advancing progressive and feminist values through the Democratic Party. Stonewall is an all-volunteer grassroots non-profit political organization and is among the largest Democratic Clubs in California.
“The Stonewall Democratic Club is proud to endorse George Gascón for Los Angeles County District Attorney,” said Lester Aponte, President of Stonewall Democratic Club. “George’s decades of commitment to amplifying voices in the LGBTQ community is exactly the sort of inclusive leadership we need in the largest prosecutors office in the country. LA needs
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has suspended the former lead prosecutor in the widely publicized case of child molester Hannah Tubbs, who began identifying as a transgender woman after her 2014 arrest for the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in Palmdale.
Deputy District Attorney Shea Sanna, 34, whose five-day suspension ends Thursday, March 2, is accused of misgendering and “deadnaming” Tubbs.
“In a case strategy meeting and in a department email you intentionally and repeatedly misgendered a transgender individual who had a case pending in juvenile court,” Joseph F. Iniguez, who is Gascón’s chief of staff, wrote in a Feb. 22 suspension letter to Sanna. “Your conduct was unprofessional, made your co-workers uncomfortable, and reflected poorly on yourself and the department.”
Iniguez alleges that during a Jan. 26, 2022, staff meeting, Sanna claimed Tubbs was using gender identity as a ploy to gain more favorable jail treatment and used the untrue pronoun in describing Tubbs.
Sanna said Monday that he doesn’t
Meet George
In 1967, Gascón, then 13, carried a cardboard suitcase with his mom, Maria, and dad, Marcos, and boarded a “freedom flight” from Havana, Cuba to Miami. They had nothing more than the clothes on their backs and a change of underwear in their cardboard suitcase. Within a week he and his family moved to Southeast Los Angeles and settled in Cudahy. He had difficulty learning English and keeping up with schoolwork, and Gascón ultimately dropped out of high school and started bagging groceries.
Once he turned 18, Gascón joined the army and quickly became the youngest sergeant in his brigade. He would earn his high university degree while simultaneously taking college extension courses, and after earning a four-year degree in history from Cal State Long Beach, Gascón got a job as a patrol officer in the Hollywood division of the Los Angeles Police Department.
He worked his way up the ranks of the LAPD from patrol officer to Assistant Chief of Police under Bill Bratton. As Assistant Chief he oversaw operations for the more than 9,000 officers in the LAPD. Then in 2006 he
Gascón announces creation of office's 1st LGBTQ+ advisory board
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón Monday announced the creation of the office's first LGBTQ advisory board.
The board will meet regularly, seek input from the public and provide regular feedback on improvements to improved serve LGBTQ+ residents and others who come into contact with the office and ways to improve diversity and inclusion within the office, according to Gascón.
"The contributions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people verb made to society make up a rich part of U.S. history. Sadly, LGBTQ+ people hold long been subjected to general hostility, discrimination and violence," Gascón said in a written statement.
"This new advisory board creates a precedent for this office to truly listen and learn from the LGBTQ+ community and notify my policies."
The board will be chaired by Bamby Salcedo, the president and chief executive officer of the TransLatin@ Coalition, which advocates for and addresses the issues of transgender Lat