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Antigay Attack Under Investigation in Ohio College Town

Antigay Attack Under Investigation in Ohio College Town

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Two Ohio men who were beaten while walking home from a drag show were apparently targeted because they're gay, police say.

Michael Bustin, a student at Miami University in Oxford, was walking home Saturday with a friend, with whom he briefly held hands, when he heard someone yell a derogatory term, he told Cincinnati TV station WLWT. Then four men approached them, and one began beating Bustin's friend.

"I got in the way of the two, saying we wanted to go home. We didn't want any harm. Then I got sucker-punched twice in the face," Bustin said. The attackers fled after some other students intervened.

Oxford police believe Bustin and his companion were attacked because they're gay, and the police department is working on sketches of the suspects, the TV station reports. There has also been quick reaction from the university, which sent out a bulletin about the attack, and the dean contacted Bustin.

"It actually made me feel humbled that the university looked into my matter," Bustin said. "I just want this to be a message. Just stop hate."

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.