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Students gather in Red Square Sunday evening to rally against two recent alleged anti-gay assaults.

*Updated at 2:31 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 6.*

A student was physically assaulted in a bias-related incident near the intersection of 36th and N Streets, witnesses reported to the Department of Public Safety early Sunday morning. It was the second time in one week a student was the victim of a reported assault that appeared to be motivated by anti-gay bias.

According to [a DPS Public Safety Alert](https://publicsafety.georgetown.edu/82678.html), a male suspect repeatedly asked the victim, “Are you a homo?” before physically assaulting the victim. The victim was taken to the emergency room of Georgetown University Hospital by GERMS to be treated for injuries sustained in the assault.

[A female student was allegedly physically assaulted on Canal Road last Tuesday](https://www.thehoya.com/news/student-allegedly-assaulted-bias-incident-tuesday) by two unknown males after being taunted on the basis of her perceived sexual orientation. She said she was wearing a T-shirt expressing support for gay rights at the time.

The PSA sent after Sunday’s reported assault, which was e-mailed to the campus community on Sunday afternoon, said the incident was reported at about 1:32 a.m. Sunday but did not specify when the incident took place.

The suspect was described as a white male wearing red and white face paint and a black leather jacket. DPS notified the Metropolitan Police Department and an investigation is in progress, the PSA said.

A slur was found posted on the door of the LGBTQ Resource Center on Monday. Shiva Subbaraman, the director of the center, said she found the note, which was directed at her, on the door at 8 a.m. on Monday morning. She said she contacted DPS immediately and filed a report. According to DPS, the note read, “Homo go home to India.”

[About 50 students gathered](https://www.thehoya.com/news/red-sq-attacks-draw-student-response/) in Red Square at 5 p.m. on Sunday evening to protest the reported assaults. The rally, which was organized by Carter Lavin (SFS ’10), followed by a march from the front gates of campus to the Intercultural Center.

embers of GU Pride subsequently held a meeting in an ICC classroom to discuss campus security, the university’s response to the incidents and the safety of LGBTQ students at Georgetown. About 25 students attended the meeting.

About 200 people attended a vigil in support of the victims of the reported assaults at 8:30 p.m. Monday night in Red Square.

Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity Rosemary Kilkenny and Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Philip Buroughs, S.J. sent an e-mail to the campus community at about 5 p.m. Monday evening encouraging students to report suspicious activity to DPS and to use the university’s Bias Reporting System.

The university will meet with representatives of the MPD Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit this week, the e-mail said.”