Meanwhile, in San Francisco, police say a Bay Area woman has been beaten and raped by four men in an anti-gay hate crime. The victim was attacked on December 13th as she left her car, which bore a gay pride sticker. She was struck with a blunt object, raped multiple times and left naked outside an abandoned apartment building. Gay rights advocates have warned the approval of measures like Proposition 8 could be indirectly encouraging physical attacks by reinforcing homophobic attitudes.