Members of the LGBT community refused to attend a Pride event over the weekend after learning it was to welcome a drag act named Beeyonce to its stage.
Why?
The performer, whose real name is Leanne Harper and who impersonates the singer Beyonce, darkens her skin to do so.
Enraged, those who had planned to party at the event in Durham took to social media to blast its organisers for hiring her.
One of these was the Durham University Labour Club who cited the horrors behind the practice of blackface as their grounds for concern.
After a lot of controversy over Durham Pride’s inaccessibility issues, and their decision to hire a black face performer, with a heavy heart, DULC’s exec has decided that we will not be officially attending Durham Pride this year.
Leanne as Beyonce…
The entertainer uses a skin darkener to achieve this look and now finds herself blasted, bombarded and berated for doing so.
A 20 year-old man has been arrested for threatening to kill her over the row.
She had this to say about the dramatic episode.
Never in all the years have I had anything like this before. I only put on St Tropez tan like I would for a night out.
I want to look my best, I never thought of it in that way before. It is heartbreaking to think that people think like that.
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People so damn sensitive about everything these days.
B****, you knew.
Figured it wasn’t Beyoncé’esq because the dancers weren’t on BEAT!! ??♂️
Rachel Dolezal is shook?
All this drama when Beyonce doesn’t even care about the LGBT people.
Who says Beyoncé doesn’t care about LGBT community b****? Beyoncé doesn’t every no Life on Twitter and their beef. She’s already PUBLICLY support the LGBT since Destiny’s FUFILLED as far as i can remember.
Take it off…. He is a t***** dressed like a girl with black brown makeup Faking like he’s Beyonce can his act be anymore fake…the gays probably wanted to see someone more real performing the show is too fake
What does a drag queen have to do with Beyonce? This site does anything for click bait. I know it’s a slow news day Samantha but this is pathetic even for a .net site
Beyonce isn’t at the center of this. I guess this is what Trump is talking about when he says FAKE NEWS,
I’m confused… How are you a drag act of you’re already a woman?
Jennifer Lopez darkens/tans her skin to look more Latina when she’s being Jennifer Lopez/ J-Lo superstar.
I dont agree with this woman doing this and i also think Jennifer should be the paler Latina that she is .