Watch: 2 Gay Victims of Hate Attack Speak Out, Refuse to Live in Fear

Two gay men in New York say they refuse to be terrorized into silence in the wake of a slur-filled homophobic attack from assailants who were "infuriated at [their] existence," The Raw Story reported.

Harmony Vuitton, 22, was left with four stitches on his face and his friend Eric Ortiz suffered an injury to his hand after two men approached them with anti-gay slurs as they stood outside a smoke shop.

"They were like, look at this ***** ****** and homophobic slurs such as that," Vuitton told local news channel ABC 7.

"Then those taunts became violent," the news report said. "The perpetrator picked up a long stick."

"The men were just infuriated with my existence," Vuitton added.

Vuitton described how the alleged assailant "punctured my face" with a "long metal stick," and Ortiz recounted that he blocked the blow when the alleged assailant took a swing at him, bruising and gashing his hand.

Vuitton and Ortiz had seen the two purported attackers around their neighborhood before the assault took place on the evening of June 8, but Vuitton told ABC 7 that this was the first time they had been attacked by them.

Vuitton said that facing such hatred was "mentally traumatizing," according to the report, but he also said that he refuses to be bullied or intimidated into silence.

"It makes me feel motivated to raise awareness and to get the message out that we are here and we aren't going anywhere," the young man told ABC 7.

"I don't want nobody to hear this and be afraid," he added. "I want people to have hope that things can happen and you can still have a smile on your face."

No suspects are in custody yet, the report said, but police are still searching for them.

Watch the ABC 7 news report below.