The co-owner of a popular drag queen restaurant chain claims he was punched in the face because he’s gay.
Mark Zschiesche, who co-owns the Lips Drag Queen Showplace restaurants, claims he was walking in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego, California when he was attacked by a passerby, CBS 8 reported. Zschiesche, 54, recounted the alleged incident, which he said took place shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday not far from the San Diego location of Lips, in an emotional Facebook video.
“Look at my face,” Zschiesche, who lives in New York full time, says in the video, which can be viewed below. “Somebody beat me because I am gay, and I blame [President Donald] Trump and all those who support him!”
Speaking to The Huffington Post, Zschiesche said his alleged assailant called him a “faggot” before attacking him. “It all happened so fast, I wouldn’t even really be able to point the person out,” he said. Noting that he’d never been attacked because of his sexuality before, he added, “I’m fortunate enough to have lived a good portion of my life in New York. When you live in New York, you just feel like you can walk [anywhere] and you won’t have a problem. I guess we all have to be a little more alert now when we go out.”
Although Zschiesche said his Trump claims in his Facebook video were “a little dramatic,” he believes the country’s divisive political climate is having an influence in how the LGBTQ community is perceived. “I just feel that, ever since the campaign, that there’s just this hatred brewing,” he told HuffPost. “This isn’t about me; this is about all of us.”
The alleged attack left Zschiesche bruised and bloodied, but he said did not require medical treatment.
The San Diego Police Department confirmed to HuffPost that Zschiesche did file a police report. Meanwhile, officers told CBS 8 that they are investigating the incident, and that an assailant had not been caught.
Leo Taylor
>Odds are that he was punched by a mexican.
Lucas Brown
Mestizos tend to hate gays.
Lucas Turner
Maybe you should blame your own choices in life. Like being gay.
Perhaps then you wouldn't have been raped.
Isaac Thomas
Exhibit A right here.
Isaiah Evans
And have no problem in showing their disgust.
Owen Stewart
>gay >choice
Sebastian Morales
I don't expect civility of the uncivilized.
Dominic Sanchez
It is a choice. Only animals have no control (choice) over their impulses.
Carter Anderson
t. hopeless christcuck
maybe turn the other cheek sometime sweetie?
Eli Gray
The day I meet a non-miserable gay guy I'll change my opinion of it.
Srly, can't you really see that there is something awfully wrong in homosexuals?
Nolan Smith
You just seem a bit focused on it.
Tyler Lewis
>punched by a spic
found the problem
DEPORT SPICS
James Perez
Trump is objectively pro lgbt
Good bye liberals
David Campbell
I have to deal with four faggots at work. That gave some inside.
Kevin Rodriguez
nobody cares faggot
Leo Carter
stop crying
Brandon Morales
Maybe it's because they're niggers stuck in Argentina? That sounds horrible
Connor Wood
...
Daniel Taylor
It is tho faggot
Eli Sanchez
He was probably soliciting buggery from the wrong person.
SAGE
Christian Morris
>I couldn't recognize the guy >I don't need medical attention
>Hey AIDS carrier watcha doin?
Juan Powell
When do you remember choosing to be straight?
Noah Jackson
bump
Justin Myers
Nazi detected.
Aaron Russell
How is it not a choice? Attraction may not be a choice but acting on the impulse is.
Fuck you for trying to hide behind a faith you do not understand.
David Johnson
evolution and natural selection you nigger
Ian Powell
i live literally 5 min from this place in north park. what do?
Evan Nguyen
Maybe he was just punched in the face because he was being a fag at the time and not just because he is gay.
See what I did there?
Angel Turner
This guy knows... He was so gay he used to do the anal with all the guys. But now he's married and happy!
Tyler Barnes
That's a non-sequitor. Explain when you made a conscious choice to be heterosexual.
Josiah Brooks
>Hey faggi, whatcha doin?
Brody Martin
I didn't make a choice to be normal, it just happened
Jace Long
Hey rabbi
Jeremiah Morris
look at all the plebbitors faggots you triggered, this board has been infected with newfags, we need pol harbor 2 now