Wilfred de Bruijn, a Dutch man living in France for 10 years, poses in Paris on April 11, 2013. Wilfred de Bruijn’s face is bloated, seeped in blood, his bruised right eye shut tight, his tooth broken — the victim of a brutal attack in Paris while he was “walking arm in arm” with his boyfriend. His is one of the latest cases of homophobia in France, where activists say reports of verbal and physical assaults on gays have surged amid rabid debate over a bill allowing same-sex marriage, currently being discussed in the Senate. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA
