Yale Singing Group Suffers Anti-Gay Attack
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SAN FRANCISCO — Members of an all-male singing group from Yale University say they were taunted with anti-gay slurs and beaten after singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a New Year’s Eve party in San Francisco.
At least three members of the Baker’s Dozen a cappella group were hurt. One suffered a broken jaw.
No arrests have been made. Police said they are investigating.
The trouble started when a couple of partygoers began mocking the 16 student singers — who wore sports jackets and ties — as preppies, witnesses said.
“You’re not welcome here,” Sharyar Aziz Jr., an 18-year-old Baker’s Dozen member whose jaw was broken, quoted one partygoer as saying. “He called a few members of the group, whether it was fag or homo, very, I would say, juvenile taunting.”
