Fear Rampant As Police Continue Search For Suspect In Fatal Shooting Of Transgender Sex Worker, 25-Year-Old Washington D.C. Man Convicted In Assault On Transgender Woman, Proposition 8 Proponent And Hotelier Doug Manchester Purchases San Diego Union-Tribune, Choir Stages Fundraiser In Duluth Against Same Sex Marriage Amendment In Minnesota, Gay Dirty Boy Porn Filmed At Occupy Oakland Encampment, Kellan Lutz Runs, Patrick Schwarzenegger

As authorities searched for a gunman who killed a transgender woman in Hollywood late Thursday night, residents and sex workers along Lexington Avenue voiced fears of further attacks. The victim, Nathan Vickers, 32, was said to frequent areas known for prostitution, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Vickers, who also used the name Cassidy, died of a gunshot wound to the chest and was discovered near the corner of Lexington Avenue and Gower Street at 9:55 pm, police said. The Los Angeles Times reports that authorities say they are unaware of a motive for the attack but believe Vickers was killed by the same man who tried to rob a second transgender woman at gunpoint in West Hollywood's Plummer Park half an hour later, a mile and a half away. The assailant in the second shooting used a black semiautomatic pistol but missed. The suspect is described as male, black and possibly homeless. He is about 5 feet, 9 inches tall and is in his mid-20s to 30s. Authorities issued a police sketch late Friday, saying he should be considered armed and dangerous. He was further described as having skin tags around his eyes and might have been riding a bicycle. News of Vickers' death spread quickly among residents and streetwalkers along Lexington. Phone traffic "just exploded," said Valerie, a transgender beautician from Guatemala who declined to give her last name. Valerie, who said she used to work as a prostitute, said she lives two blocks from where Vickers died. "A death has never happened here in the street like this. I thought it was a friend of mine." A small candle, a glass of water, a crushed white rose and a small bloodstain now mark the asphalt where Vickers died. On Friday evening, residents and passersby said they did not know who Vickers was. Both Vickers and the second victim were black, according to police. The area around Lexington and Gower has drawn sex workers for more than a decade, most of them transgender women from Mexico and Central America. They are often seen walking small dogs. Prospective clients who cruise the street "know exactly that we're men and not women," Valerie said in Spanish. On Friday, Lexington residents said the sex trade was another burden in a neighbourhood plagued by densely populated apartments, scarce parking and constant traffic. "I wish to heck that the cops would do something about it," said one neighbour, who requested anonymity for fear of retribution. "They are parading notoriously, outrageously, and the cops don't do nothing about it. There is a good doughnut shop nearby but I am dissuaded from going over there because who wants to be around that." Another transgender woman who identified herself only as Laura said she had worked as a prostitute on Lexington Avenue for 20 years. Now 42, she said she left her home in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, because of intolerance, and was harassed by police in Acapulco, Mexico City and Guadalajara. "Gays weren't so attacked here as they were in Mexico. They had rights; that's why I came here," she said.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says a jury has convicted a 25-year-old D.C. man for assault with intent to rob in a case involving a transgender woman. Authorities said in a news release that Russell Brock-Smith faces an enhanced sentence of up to life in prison when he is sentenced on January 20 because of multiple prior convictions for crimes of violence, according to The Associated Press. The jury returned the verdict on Friday. Prosecutors say Brock-Smith tried to take the victim’s purse on August 1 when she was walking in the 1400 block of Buchanan Street, NW. He then pulled her hair, punched her and tried to pull her into an alley. Authorities say the victim chased after the man and was able to take a photo of him before calling police.

Hotelier Doug Manchester bought the San Diego Union-Tribune on Thursday, returning the paper to local ownership in a sale that would appear to turn a big profit for a private equity firm that bought it two years ago. The Voice of San Diego reports that in a brief interview, Manchester said he paid "above" $110 million for the newspaper. "The asking price was a lot higher than that," he said. The price is more than double what the Wall Street Journal said Platinum Equity bought the paper for in 2009. Manchester, a prominent conservative downtown hotelier who insists on being called "Papa Doug," takes the reins as owner; John Lynch, a former radio executive, will become the president and CEO of the newspaper company. Manchester declined other comment, saying the parties in the sale had agreed to stay silent until the deal was finalized between November 30 and December 15. "Taking ownership of a 143-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization comes with great responsibility," Manchester said in a prepared news release. "We believe San Diego is the finest city in America and pledge to be strong advocates for the city's interests and conscientious caretakers of the Union-Tribune and its legacy." Manchester has been a polarizing figure, one known for his brash negotiations and controversial politics. He sponsored a 1994 effort that sought to move the city's international airport off the waterfront and to the Marine base at Miramar. The $125,000 he donated to the 2008 initiative to ban gay marriage in California attracted a high-profile boycott of his local hotels. His stand on marriage drew attention to his own divorce a year later. "He has a well-earned reputation for being a small-minded, resentful, mean-spirited man," said Fred Sainz, the former spokesman for Mayor Jerry Sanders. "And those are not the character traits you want in the publisher of your newspaper. It's going to be hard to believe the editorial positions of the newspaper were arrived at in a thoughtful and unbiased manner." Sainz said he thought the community needed to stage an intervention, adding, "It's putting way too much power in the hands of one person with a multitude of agendas."

Choral sounds took main stage during a fundraiser in Duluth for the campaign against a same sex marriage amendment in Minnesota. The One Voice Mixed Chorus of the Twin Cities is a 90-member GLBT chorus and part of the Duluth United for all Families fundraising event, reports WDIO. The goal is to raise campaign money against a ballot question next year writing into the constitution a ban against same sex marriage. Gary Anderson is a volunteer with Minnesotans United For All Families. He said the concept of love is for everybody. "Marriage is about family, and that family is about love, respect and commitment," Anderson said. "Everybody deserves to be in a loving family that has the respect of their neighbours, the respect of the state." Same sex marriage is already illegal in the state of Minnesota, but Democrats argue changing the constitution writes discrimination into the state's doctrine.(Video at the source)

The gay porn company Dirty Boy Video decided to utilize a tent inside the Occupy Oakland encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza for a hipster twink shoot featuring two of the movement’s participants. The tagline: “Police can ban the erection of tents at Occupy Wall Street, but they can’t keep us from pitching a tent in our pants." The source is obviously NSFW.

Kellan Lutz spotted jogging, moments later stopping for tacos.

Patrick Schwarzenegger accompanies his mother Maria Shriver, brother Christopher, and sister Katherine at a Los Angeles-area Whole Foods shopping stop Saturday.