Investigators with the hate crimes task force are looking for two women and a man.
They say the suspects yelled anti-gay slurs at a man and a woman inside the Neptune Diner on Astoria Boulevard in Astoria.
According to police, the verbal dispute escalated into the victims being assaulted with plates thrown at them.
Both were taken to Astoria General Hospital with lacerations to their head.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM <http://WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM> or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
