At last night’s GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were honored with the super-prestigious Vanguard Award for their tireless, career-long advocacy of LGBTQ rights. Before receiving it, though, they were wowed by a rousing 7-minute lip-sync medley of Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child hits from none other than our very own Shangela! Slay, girl! What an unbelievable honor! According to the twitter thread below, Shangie received an “electrifying” standing ovations from the crowd, as well as MULTIPLE standing ovations from Beyoncé herself!
Watch below.
OMG. @itsSHANGELA IS PERFORMING A BEYONCÉ MEDLEY IN FRONT OF BEYONCÉ AT THE #GLAADAWARDS. pic.twitter.com/VNS0oGurxF
— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) March 29, 2019
So happy to see @itsSHANGELA living her very best life performing in front of Beyoncé!!! #glaadawards pic.twitter.com/CE7BgH9kwA
— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) March 29, 2019
Never felt a room this electric! @itsSHANGELA honoring Queen Bey in front of her. #glaadawards pic.twitter.com/3eaKgdHhno
— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) March 29, 2019
Beyoncé gave a well-deserved standing ovation for Our Queen, @itsSHANGELA! #glaadawards pic.twitter.com/qhsmu4uvXu
— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) March 29, 2019
Beyoncé was SO into this performance! She was clapping and beaming the entire time. @itsSHANGELA is born to entertain and she took this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and DELIVERED. #glaadawards pic.twitter.com/AQwr7UnDHB
— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) March 29, 2019
.@itsSHANGELA capped off her marathon 7-minute Beyoncé megamix performing the iconic Single Ladies dance and received an electrifying standing ovation from the entire #glaadawards audience, including multiple standing ovations from Queen Bey herself. It’s what she deserves! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/oHTlWRDEev
— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) March 29, 2019
Accepting her award, Queen Bey said:
I want to dedicate this award to my Uncle Johnny, the most fabulous gay man I’ve ever known, who helped raise me and my sister,” said Beyoncé, her voice shaking with emotion. “He lived his truth. He was brave and unapologetic during a time when this country wasn’t as accepting. Witnessing his battle with HIV was one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever lived. I’m hopeful that his struggles served to open pathways for other young people to live more freely. LGBTQI rights are human rights.”
During his acceptance speech, Jay Z honored his mother Gloria Carter, who is gay and received an award from GLAAD last year.
Also: Sean Hayes of Will and Grace received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, presented to him by Allison Janney, and Love, Simon was honored as Outstanding Film — Wide Release by Gwyneth Paltrow.
Full List of Other Winners:
Outstanding Film — Wide Release: Love, Simon (20th Century Fox) [accepted by: Greg Berlanti and cast members including Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Keiynan Lonsdale, and Alexandra Schipp; presented by Gwyneth Paltrow]
Outstanding Comedy Series: Vida (Starz) [accepted by: Tanya Saracho and cast members; presented by Jake Borelli and Alex Landi (Grey’s Anatomy) and Olivia Munn]
Outstanding Reality Program: Queer Eye (Netflix) [accepted by: Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown; presented by Meghan Trainor and Nico Santos]
Outstanding Documentary: Believer (HBO)
Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series w/o a regular LGBTQ character): “Someplace Other Than Here,” The Guest Book (TBS)
Outstanding Kids & Family Programming: Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)
Outstanding Video Game: The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset (Bethesda Softworks)
Outstanding Comic Book: Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, written by Mark Russell (DC Comics)
Outstanding Magazine Article: “Can a Transgender Woman Get Justice in Texas?” by Nate Blakeslee (Texas Monthly)
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Variety
Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine (Spanish-Language): “Entrevista con Luis Sandoval para National Coming Out Day,” Despierta América (Univision)
Outstanding Digital Journalism (Spanish-Language): “Así pinta la televisión hispana a los personajes LGBTQ, una representación preocupante” por Daniel Shoer Roth (ElNuevoHerald.com)
Special Recognition: Nanette (Netflix)
Special Recognition: TransMilitary (Logo)
Special Recognition (Spanish-Language): House of Mamis (INTOmore.com)
(Madonna will receive the Advocate for Change Award and Andy Cohen the Vito Russo Award in NYC in May)
(Photos from the red carpet, above: Avalon)
