Singer Rufus Wainwright performs at a benefit concert on Thursday night in a nearly sold-out Woolsey Hall.
When more than 300 Yale alumni and their guests arrived at Yale for the University’s first-ever lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender alumni reunion this weekend, they found not only camaraderie, but also controversy.
“I’m gonna see some folks who have already been let down. I’m so tired of America,” sang Rufus Wainwright, opening his concert with the melodic strains of his popular song “Going To A Town.” As the audience erupted into applause, Wainwright shook his head and tweaked the words for his next line: “They never really seem to want to tell the truth. I’m so tired of homophobia.”
