Oklahoma City-area realtor, has gone public with his account of a brutal homophobic attack that left him hospitalized.The incident took place early Saturday morning as Council and a friend returned to his apartment complex.
Council honked his horn, as another car was blocking his parking space. After the car moved and Council parked, two people approached him.“When they saw us,” Council told local TV station KFOR, “and saw what we looked like they said ‘oh are you two a couple of-‘ and they used a gay slur. … It was clear that when they could tell my friend and I were gay, or that we appeared to be gay, they knew they could do what they did to me.”The two proceeded to beat Council until he was “knocked out.” He suffered severe bruising and.