Kristen Boyne, 32, was walking home from her job at Calhoun Square at 11 p.m. Thursday and decided to stop at a nearby grocery store to buy ice cream. Before she could make it into the store, two men beat her, leaving her unconscious.

Boyne says the men called her a “dyke.” When she responded, “What did you say to me?” the pair punched her repeatedly and kicked her in the stomach. She was taken by an ambulance to a Hennepin County Medical Center where doctors said she suffered from a severe concussion.

“These two men attacked me, and for what reason? Because they think I’m a lesbian?” Boyne told KSTP. “Which maybe I am, but what’s the difference?”

Minneapolis police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime and urge anyone with information to call Sgt. Bruce Kohn at 612.673.2941.