Anti lgbtq drowned out by saxophones
Homophobic Preacher Drowned Out By Saxophone Performers In Viral Clip
Music unites people and that's a lesson that one homophobic preacher had to learn when he was drowned out by street performers in Modern York City on Friday (October 25).
In a video making the rounds by filmmaker Nicolas Heller, a sidewalk preacher is seen yelling about how LGBTQ+ people will blaze in hell, while standing in the middle of Union Square. However, his words are quickly drowned out by the saxophone performers Augie Bello and Julian Roel, who initiate spreading their talents as loud as possible as a means to remove the hate spewing from the unidentified preacher. "This strapping young gent (who clearly gets laid regularly) is preaching that the LGBTQ community is going to burn in hell so street musicians @augie_bello and @roel.julian offer some foreground instrumentals," Heller captioned the clip.
Speaking with Queerty, Heller, who is famous for making short films and mini-documentaries, admitted that he only captured the moment while running after time to a meeting. However, Bello, had more perception to the incident, admitting that the footage only showed a bit of what went down. "Me and my friend Ju
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Anti-LGBTQ street preacher drowned out with saxophones on New York street
1 November 2019, 20:48 | Updated: 2 November 2019, 00:34
When a guy started warning of the dangers of 'the homosexual community', these saxophonists knew just what to do.
A spontaneous trio between two saxophones and a anti-LGBTQ preacher has caught attention online.
The scene, which unfolded in New York's Union Square Park last Friday, was captured by Modern York-based filmmaker Nicolas Heller.
The street preacher is heard promoting that the "homosexual community has the highest suicide rate of any group" and confronting members of the universal. But it's not long before two saxophonists drown out the anti-LGBTQ messaging with some jazzy riffs on their tenor and alto instruments.
One of the reedy warriors even takes to his Swagcycle to circle the preacher and replace his message with excellent music.
Take a watch at the move as it unfolds:
Heller later explained what happened to the publication Queerty, saying: “I was running late to a meeting when I was passing through, so I only had two minutes to see what was up”
One of the saxophonists, Augie Bello, wrote on Instagram
Introduction
There is a certain lure to the spectacle of one queer standing onstage alone, with or without props, bent on the project of opening up a world of lgbtq+ language, lyricism, perceptions, dreams, visions, aesthetics, and politics.
— José Esteban Muñoz, Disidentifications (1999)
I attended Jasmine Gardosi’s spoken word theatre display Dancing to Music You Hate on 24 January 2023 at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, UK. The ‘award-winning, debut show about gender identity, coming to terms with queerness, and finding the words’ (Gardosi, n.d.) was originally commissioned by and performed at Warwick Arts Centre (henceforth WAC) in October 2021 and won the Saboteur Award for the Top Spoken Word Show in 2023. In its incorporation of dubstep basslines and folk violin, the hour-long show expands our empathetic of queer performance and transcends ‘the boundaries of gender and musical genre alike’ (Gardosi, n.d.). Jasmine Gardosi is an award-winning poet, transqueer activist and the former Birmingham Poet Laureate (2022–24). They possess performed their work at Glastonbury Festival, Tate Contemporary and on BBC radio, and are a prominent voice in the British poetry performance scen
Violinist plays powerful ‘This is Me’ to drown out detest speech in Florida neighbourhood
9 November 2020, 14:58 | Updated: 9 November 2020, 15:00
In violence versus violins, music once again silences hate.
A violinist has gone viral over the weekend for playing ‘This is Me’, the foot-stomping empowerment anthem from The Greatest Showman, to drown out the sound of homophobic slurs from avenue protestors.
The musical moment took place on 3 November as election night started to unfold.
Protestors gathered in the South Florida neighbourhood of Wilton Manors, known as a destination for the LGBT+ community, and began to heckle people with a megaphone.
Musician Stephen Neil took out his electric violin and an amplifier, and broadcast his music-making on Facebook Reside. He received an overwhelmingly amount of support on the video, which now has more than 20,000 views.
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Neil said he had called the police, who had already received several calls about the homophobic protestors. As Neil was filming, he says the police arrived to “monitor” the situation.
But, Neil tells CBS Miami, he “decided