A man permanently blinded and almost killed in an alleged hate crime in Florida says he was attacked by his boyfriend’s family, who he says believed he had turned their…
(Newser) – A man permanently blinded and almost killed in an alleged hate crime in Florida says he was attacked by his boyfriend’s family, who he says believed he had turned their son gay. The 31-year-old victim told Broward County Sheriff’s deputies that his boyfriend of nine months,21-year-old Oleh Makarenko, told him in late July 2021 that his parents had learned he was gay, were unsupportive, and that « his mother was going to force him to marry a woman, » according to an arrest warrant. The victim said Makarenko later asked for his address in Pompano Beach, which he found odd because Makarenko had a key to the apartment, per CBS Miami.
