A gay California man has died due to injuries from a November assault that authorities believe was a hate crime. The alleged attacker, 25-year-old Sean Wesley Payton Jr., now faces homicide charges.58-year-old Alvin Prasad had been enjoying a Halloween night out with his adult daughter and friends in Lavender Heights, Sacramentos LGBTQ+ district. After exiting the Badlands nightclub and heading for their car, a man approached Prasad and insulted his flamboyant costume. Related 10 people found guilty of cyberharassment for claiming Frances first lady is secretly transgender He calls my dad weird, Prasads daughter, Andrea,told KXTV in December. He says it in a very rude, aggressive way like he wants to hurt my dad.Prasad who was dressed in an 18th-century coat and hat, with knee-high platform boots, a pink wig, and large white wings strapped to his back tried to speak with the man. But the man punched Prasad in the forehead, causing him to fall backward and strike his head on the pavement. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Hes lying flat on his back, and hes, for lack of a better expression, hes breathing like a fish out of water, family friend Jonathon Wisinski said. He seemed like he was seizing up. Before I rolled him, I noticed that he was bleeding from the back of his head.Prasad had been hospitalized in a coma ever since and succumbed to his injuries on December 28. Before Prasads death, Payton, the alleged attacker, was already facing felony assault charges with a hate crime allegation and great bodily injury allegation. The Sacramento County District Attorneys Office takes every hate crime seriously, including those targeting members of our LGBTQ+ community, the office told USA Today.Throughout Prasads hospital stay, his daughter maintained a GoFundMe page to raise funds for associated medical bills. She updated the page when he died, writing that when the nurses told her, she immediately started to cry and dropped to the floor.I thought I had a little more time, she wrote. I just wanted to say I love you one more time before he passed. Prasad describes himself in his Instagram bio as Gay & proud. His posts include several countdowns to his retirement. The attack occurred when he had less than a week to go.David Heitstuman, CEO of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center (which is near the scene of the assault), said in a December statement that the brutal attack is part of a string of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks in the area.Weve also learned of several other bias and hate-related incidents in the neighborhood, from an attempt to tear down the Centers Pride flag and broken windows to multiple attacks targeting LGBTQ+ people over the last several months, Heitstuman said. These acts harm our community and threaten the sense of safety and belonging in the place we call home.He said the center is in contact with the Sacramento Police Department and intends to talk with local leadership, law enforcement, and community advocates about how to make the area safer.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.