Ballroom Legend Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga Reportedly Killed at 43
The activist is being remembered by the community for how loving she was as well as her fight for equality and for victims of abuse. May 03 2021 9:12 AM EDT
The ballroom community is mourning the death of a legend this week after news broke that activist Jahaira DeAlto died after being stabbed on Sunday. The House of Balenciaga regretfully acknowledges the death/murder of our own Jahaira M. DeAlto, a community advocate and friend to many, Harold Balenciaga wrote to Facebook Sunday night. Let us not forget her ongoing work against domestic abuse and continue to uplift her name and ensure her memory lives on in this ironic twist of fate. The killing makes DeAlto the 21st reported trans killing this year, putting 2021 on track to be the deadliest on record for trans Americans. She is the seventh trans woman of color to be killed in a month.