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PITTSFIELD â Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga spent just a few short years in Pittsfield, but she didnât need long to make her impact in the community. âWhen she showed up into a room, you knew that she was there,â Kelan OâBrien, a friend of DeAltoâs and an organizer for Berkshire Pride, said at a Saturday evening vigil for DeAlto, 42, who died last Sunday in a violent attack at her Boston apartment. âShe was loud in the best type of way, she loved unconditionally, she welcomed everybody into her chosen family, into her community and we can see that here tonight,â OâBrien said to more than 100 people who gathered in Pittsfieldâs Pontoosuc Park. ....
The former Pittsfield resident and transgender activist was murdered Sunday in Boston. The vigil is being organized by Berkshire Pride, her former workplace the Elizabeth Freeman Center, and Christopher Liljeholm, who has been involved in Berkshire Pride events.
Jahaira was a one of a kind, and just so special, said Helen Moon, the center s development and communications coordinator and Ward 1 councilor. The Berkshire community and the LGBTQ-plus community, we re not the only ones that have a significant loss, I really believe that just the community at large, we are all at a loss for having lost Jahaira.
DeAlto, 42, and Fatima Yasin, 27, were reportedly stabbed to death in DeAlto s Dorchester home. Yasin s husband, Marcus Chavis, 34, was arrested in the murders. ....
By Bill Forry, Editor Bill Forry, Editor Jahairi DeAlto, above, was a transgender woman who was widely respected as an advocate for the rights of LGTBQ people. She also worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. A man who has been charged with murdering his wife and another woman inside their Taft Street apartment did so in front of two young children who led Boston Police to the dying women on Sunday afternoon, according to a Suffolk County prosecutor. Marcus Chavis, 34, was charged with two counts of murder on Monday during his arraignment in Dorchester district court and ordered to be held without bail in the stabbing deaths of his 28-year-old wife, Fatima Yasin, and her roommate, 42-year-old Jahaira DeAlto. ....