Not a big deal
Not at all. If nightclub fights didn’t happen so frequently in Staten Island and Brooklyn that the cops ignore them, I would have been arrested several times myself as a youth.
And it was difficult working with a dozen gay guys in graphics in Manhattan (the gorgeous gals somewhat offset it) but the truth is at least a few of them every year did get beat up.
Some of us straight guys would meet the gal workers at clubs sometimes and a few of the gay guys showed up.
If someone called them a faggot AND hit them, I would have stepped in.
Their lifestyle might make me nauseous, but they don’t deserve to get beat up for that.