This would be the sixth alleged gay hate crime in New York City in just over a month. Update: It now appears there was not one, but two attacks on Monday evening.
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Just hours after thousands of New Yorkers joined Edie Windsor, Christine Quinn, and the family of recently slain Mark Carson to rally against hate crimes, another gay man was reportedly attacked in an apparent hate crime in the city's East Village. According to Bruce Yelk of NightLifeGay.com, witnesses saw Dan Contarino, a former club promoter, being kicked and beaten by an assailant yelling gay slurs. Catarino posted on Facebook and Twitter about the alleged incident, which took place on Avenue D and 4th Street.
Source: @dancontarino
Yelk, a friend of Contarino, spoke with BuzzFeed this morning about his knowledge of the alleged attack: "I found out initially via Dan's Facebook post which went up around 10:30pm on Monday. I was able to reach him by phone 45 minutes later. By then, he had woken up in a hospital room with no memory of how he got there. He kept saying that he was scared and that he was covered in blood. I spoke with him again this morning just before he met with the [NYPD's] Hate Crime Unit. He was with them for about three hours and has since gone back to the hospital."
Yelk said he believed Catarino was alone, but noted that witnesses said they heard the alleged attacker yelling the word "faggot."
