Marquis Bryant in Sacramento, CA

March 14, 2009

Marquis Bryant says he was just leaving a nightclub when four men beat him so badly he had to be hospitalized. A bruised head and swollen eye didn’t stop 20-year-old Marquis from speaking publicly about the attack. He’s admittedly afraid after what happened, but said he is not afraid of who he is. “I’ve been called names while I was out, but never like this,” said Bryant. Bryant says the attackers started by yelling offensive remarks. “I was being called a ‘fag’, a ‘faggott.’ The next thing …