West Hollywood is a city in Los Angeles County,California,United States. Incorporated in 1984,it is home to the Sunset Strip. As of the 2020 U.S. Census,its population was 35,757.
Brett Ratner is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour film series,The Family Man,Red Dragon,X-Men:The Last Stand,and Tower Heist. He is a producer of several films,including the Horrible Bosses series,The Revenant and War Dogs,and was an executive producer of the television series Prison Break.
Sexual harassment is a type of harassment involving the use of explicit or implicit sexual overtones,including the unwelcome and inappropriate promises of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. Sexual harassment can be physical and/or a demand or request for sexual favors,making sexually coloured remarks,showing pornography,and any other unwelcome physical,verbal,or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment includes a range of actions from verbal transgressions to sexual abuse or assault. Harassment can occur in many different social settings such as the workplace,the home,school,or religious institutions. Harassers or victims can be of any gender.
Gerry Eastman Studds was an American Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts who served from 1973 until 1997. He was the first member of Congress to be openly gay. In 1983 he was censured by the House of Representatives after he admitted to what he described as a "consensual relationship" with a 17-year-old page.
Rob Kampia is an American activist who is the co-founder of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP),co-founder of Decriminalize Sex Work (DSW),and founder of the Marijuana Leadership Campaign.
James Lee Toback is an American screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1991 for Bugsy. He has directed films including The Pick-up Artist,Two Girls and a Guy and Black and White.
Gordon Dunlap Bennett,S.J. is an African-American former Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mandeville in Jamaica from 2004 to 2006. He was banned from returning to active ministry in two dioceses of the Baltimore Province following a sexual harassment allegation.
Valerie Susan Terrigno is a former mayor of West Hollywood,California. She was elected to the city council in 1984 and became mayor not long after. She was the first lesbian mayor of an incorporated municipality in the United States.
Joe Lewis is a post-conceptual non-media specific American artist and educator. Lewis was co-founding director of Fashion Moda in New York,where he curated and mounted numerous exhibitions and performance events. He also early on has been associated with Colab and ABC No Rio
Although often characterized as apolitical,“Los Angeles has provided the setting for many important chapters in the struggle for gay and lesbian community,visibility,and civil rights." Moreover,Los Angeles' LGBT community has historically played a significant role in the development of the entertainment industry.
Eric Carl Bauman is an American political operative who was,until 2018,the chair of the California Democratic Party. Previously the vice chair of the state party (2009–2017) and chair of the Los Angeles Democratic Party (2000–2017),he is known for his influence in Los Angeles County Democratic politics. He announced his resignation as head of the California Democratic Party on November 29,2018,following sexual misconduct allegations.
3 Arts Entertainment is an American production company and talent management agency founded in 1991 by Erwin Stoff,Michael Rotenberg and Howard Klein.
Dr. Virginia Uribe was an American educator,counselor and LGBT youth education outreach advocate. She was best known for founding the Los Angeles Unified School District's Project 10 program,an educational support and drop-out prevention program for LGBT youth,and the nonprofit arm of the Project 10 program,Friends of Project 10 Inc.
#MeToo is a social movement and awareness campaign against sexual abuse,sexual harassment,and rape culture,in which people publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The phrase "Me Too" was initially used in this context on social media in 2006,on Myspace,by sexual assault survivor and activist Tarana Burke. The hashtag #MeToo was used starting in 2017 as a way to draw attention to the magnitude of the problem. "Me Too" empowers those who have been sexually assaulted through empathy,solidarity,and strength in numbers,by visibly demonstrating how many have experienced sexual assault and harassment,especially in the workplace.
Time's Up is a non-profit organization that raises money to support victims of sexual harassment. The organization was founded on January 1,2018,by Hollywood celebrities in response to the Weinstein effect and the Me Too movement. As of January 2020,the organization had raised $24 million in donations.
Amanda Daflos is the inaugural Executive Director of the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University. She previously served as the Chief Innovation Officer for the City of Los Angeles. During the COVID-19 pandemic,Daflos served as a key advisor to Mayor Garcetti and oversaw all public health,science and data efforts for the Mayor and Los Angeles.
Douglas Holden Wigdor is a founding partner of the law firm Wigdor LLP,and works as a litigator in New York City,specializing in anti-discrimination law. Wigdor is best known for representing seven victims of alleged sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein,the hotel maid in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case,over twenty employees at Fox News in sexual harassment and discrimination cases,and NFL coaches Brian Flores,Steve Wilks,and Ray Horton in a 2022 class action lawsuit against the National Football League alleging racist and discriminatory practices against Black coaches.
John Valdivia is an American politician who served as the 34th mayor of San Bernardino,California. Valdivia was unsuccessful in his bid for re-election in the 2022 San Bernardino mayoral election. In 2021,Valdivia became the first elected official in 20 years to be censured by the San Bernardino City Council for alleged misuse of public funds.
Lindsey Patrice Horvath is an American politician,advertising executive,and activist who is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District,which covers the San Fernando Valley,and is the Chair Pro Tem of Los Angeles County. She was previously a Councilmember for West Hollywood,California and was twice the mayor.
Sepideh Shyne is an Iranian-born American attorney,civil rights advocate,and member of the West Hollywood City Council who has been serving as West Hollywood's mayor since 2023. Shyne is the first LGBTQ+ Iranian-American to be elected to office as well as the first woman of color elected to the West Hollywood City Council,with her election making the first female-majority council in the city's history. She was an unsuccessful candidate to represent California's 30th congressional district in the 2024 election to succeed Adam Schiff who vacated the seat to run for the U.S. Senate.
