Arts & Entertainment
Sinead O’Connor found safe after posting suicide note
Singer claims family turned on her
Sinead O’Connor is now receiving medical treatment after posting a troubling suicide note to Facebook on Sunday morning.
O’Connor, 48, wrote that she felt her family, including her husband, her children and her son’s friends and girlfriend, had committed “horrific betrayals” against her.
“There is only so much any woman can be expected to bear. What was done to me this week was appalling cruelty,” O’Connor wrote.
O’Connor stated that she was in a hotel somewhere in Ireland, under a different name and that she had taken an overdose.
She continued on to say that her family’s behavior toward her changed in August after she received a hysterectomy. She claimed that her family had no interest in her well-being.
“I could have been dead here for weeks already and they’d never have known. Because apparently I’m scum and deserve to be abandoned and treated like sh-t just when I’ve had my womb and ovaries chopped out and my child is frighteningly sick. I’m such a rotten horrible mother and person, that I’ve been alone. Howling crying for weeks. And been told by them all t go f**k myself. I’m invisible,” O’Connor wrote.
O’Connor also noted how she felt her fame and popularity were much different from how she felt her family treated her.
“I don’t matter a shred to anyone. No one has come near me. I’ve died a million times already with the pain of it. So yeah … Strangers like me … But my family don’t value me at all. They wouldn’t know if I was dead until weeks from now if I wasn’t f**king informing them now,” O’Conn0r wrote.
Irish media reported that O’Connor was “found safe and sound” and was receiving medical treatment.
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m.
There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a drag performance by Sapphica, and dancing to a blend of smooth R&B, Afrobeats, hip-hop and pop by Slammer & Saba. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 (plus fees) in advance, purchased here.
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free.
Out & About
DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K set for Saturday
Annual event held at historic Congressional Cemetery
The 14th annual DC Front Runners’ Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registration ends Friday at 11:59 p.m.
Runners can pick up their race packets on Saturday from 7-8:30 a.m. at Congressional Cemetery; the race begins at 9 a.m.
The fee to run the 5K in person is $65 ($35 for those under age 20). Proceeds benefit local LGBTQ nonprofits, including Thrive DC, Wanda Alston Foundation, Blade Foundation, Ainsley’s Angels, SMYAL, and Team DC. Visit DCFrontRunners.org for more information.
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