Watch: After Beating of LGBTQ Activist & Drag Queen, San Fran Police Suggest Pride-Goers Attend in Groups

The beating of an LGBTQ rights activist and a drag queen in Oakland, Calif. and San Francisco, Calif. are causing pause and police are suggesting people attending the upcoming San Francisco Pride do so in groups.

Scott Long, an LGBTQ rights activist from Oakland, says he believes he was attacked with a tire iron on June 9, ABC 7 News reports.

"I suddenly felt this huge blow right upside my head over my ear," he said, adding that he was hit at least four more times. He also explained he had to undergo surgery to reconstruct his jaw and cheekbone.

Long said he quickly saw his attacker, who he described as being a white male, very thin and shorter than himself. Long said he's unsure why he was attacked. When speaking with news station KRON4, Long said he heard the man yelling something at him but couldn't understand him.

But Long wasn't the only person attacked on June 9. Around 10 p.m. that same day, Tim Tait, also known as the San Francisco drag queen Ginger Snap, told ABC 7 News he was beaten on his way home from the Eagle Bar.

"Got about one-quarter of the way down the block when I felt a bang to the head and started to get attacked," Tait, 40, said, adding that he was also punched, kicked and dragged.

San Francisco police officer Joseph Tomlinson told the news station authorities obtained "surveillance camera video so we are reviewing those now and looking at the footage to see if it captures anything that will help us."

Speaking with the Bay Area Reporter, Tait said he was not dressed in drag during the alleged attack. Tait said after the incident, he went home and looked at himself in the mirror.

"I was so flabbergasted. I was in shock. I didn't know how bad it was until I looked in the mirror," he told the newspaper. That's when he called 911 and was taken to the hospital where he underwent a CAT scan. That showed he suffered a concussion. Tait said he didn't immediately file a police report because he wanted to get more details while he recovered.

San Francisco Police Department spokesman Robert Rueca told the Bay Area Reporter that authorities are currently investigating the incident, which could be a possible hate crime. When speaking with ABC 7 News, Rueca suggested that with San Francisco Pride coming up that attendees should celebrate in groups.

"If you have the ability to move with a group, absolutely do so," Rueca said.

Watch ABC 7 and KRON4's report about the incidents below.