AVP is working with the two survivors of a violent anti-gay assault that took place this past Sunday, May 5th, around 5 p.m. on 8th Avenue, between 34th and 35th Street. Nick Porto and Kevin Atkins were violently assaulted by four men shouting anti-gay slurs near Madison Square Garden. The couple had been walking with their arms linked when members of the group started shouting at them, and then jumped and beat them. Both men were taken to Bellevue Hospital to have their injuries treated, and have since been released.

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