A man from Ohio State was punched in the face after for kissing his boyfriend near campus last week.
Cole Ledford didn't want to spend the next day explaining his bruise to his friends at school, so he decided to take a picture of his face and post a message to "the guy who punched me for kissing my boyfriend" to spread awareness of the hate crime on his college campus.
To the guy who punched me tonight for kissing my boyfriend pic.twitter.com/SMVmTpDCdL
— Cole Ledford (@ColeLedford11) November 7, 2014
Before he knew it, the tweet went viral and his story reached communities all over the world.
The night of the attack the young couple were walking home together holding hands from a friends house. During their walk they passed a group of kids who yelled a gay explicative at the couple, The Lantern, Ohio State's student newspaper, reported.
Before splitting their separate ways - one lives on campus, the other off - they shared a goodbye kiss.
