Antigay Mask Rant Courtesy of Former Fixture of LGBTQ+ San Francisco

A man in a viral video refused to wear a mask and hurled antigay slurs and racially charged statements at others.

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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An unmasked man berating an employee and using homophobic slurs at a California Marshall's store was reportedly identified as a former fixture of LGBTQ+ San Francisco.

Twitter and Facebook users claim the man is 52-year-old Timothy Gaskin. Gaskin was the host of the mid-2000s public access show OUT Spoken, which focused on San Francisco's LGBTQ+ community, according to the city's CBS affiliate. Gaskin hosted several other local TV and radio programs and launched a philanthropy-focused magazine in 2006. Gaskin's charity work placed him in the same circles as politicians including current California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

Gaskin was allegedly caught on camera (see below) this week refusing to wear a mask at the Campbell, Calif., discount department store. He repeatedly berated a store employee, falsely claiming the worker would be fined $75,000 for asking him to leave because of Gaskin's refusal to wear a mask. The person filming Gaskin was subjected to antigay slurs and a racially charged statement before the video cut off. Another video shows Gaskin unzipping his pants (see below) and threatening to expose himself to the person filming him. Police were called to the store but Gaskin was gone when they arrived, according to TMZ.

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\u201cToday at Marshalls in Campbell, Ca this Kevin didn\u2019t want to wear a mask. Hurled offensive comments to the workers, my friends, to customers while exposing gestures to the public. I\u2019m reaching out to y\u2019all in the ether to expose this m\u2019fer to the world! #KarenStrikesAgain #mask\u201d
— Mr. House (@Mr. House) 1597724866

\u201cInsult to injury this loser thinks he can tell the world of laws/lies while scting above it all. Lets expose this one. #blm #KarenGoneWild #KarenStrikesAgain\u201d
— Mr. House (@Mr. House) 1597724866