Security footage has shown a young gay couple being beaten by a gang for kissing outside a bar in Spain.

Andy and Jorge, both in their early 20s, had gone to La General club in Berga, a city in the northeast.

Around 4am, they went outside for a cigarette and began kissing.

But then a man approached them, telling them they were being ‘disgusting’.

When they responded by kissing each other again, they were attacked. Surrounded by gang members, they were kicked and punched until they were left lying on the ground.’

‘We tried to defend ourselves and then I cannot remember what happened until the ambulance and the police arrived,’ Andy said.

Sharing pictures on his Facebook account, he said: ‘We want this to be visible in order to make people aware that these kinds of things happen, unfortunately.

‘We are still scared.’

‘We are still scared.’

Maria Miro, owner of La General, said the security guard had intervened to stop the beating.

‘It is the first time anything like this has happened here,’ she said.

‘The aggressor will not be allowed to come here anymore.’

Police have arrested an unnamed 19-year-old Spanish man in connection with the incident.

The authorities are continuing to investigate.

Following the attack, both Andy and Jorge attended a vigil calling for the end to homophobic, biphobic and transphobic attacks in Spain last night.

Gathering in the Plaza Sant Pere, Berga mayor Montse Venturós condemned the beating of Andy and Jorge.

‘We will always fight bigotry against LGBTI people. We will organize, struggle and persist. Berga is and will be a free city!’ she said.