Beyonce faces criticism for $24M private performance in Dubai amid anti-LGBTQ policies of UAE

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Beyonce is facing criticism after accepting a $24 million payday for her performance at the new Dubai hotel Atlantis the Royal on Saturday, amid the anti-LGBTQ policies of United Arab Emirates.The Grammy-winning star's outing in the area 'casts a shadow over her support for lesbians and gay people,' according to Bev Jackson, the co-founder of the British advocacy group LGB Alliance.'Beyoncé is a huge icon for many gay people,' Bev Jackson told The Telegraph Sunday. 'LGB Alliance is deeply therefore disappointed that Beyoncé has agreed to give a lucrative concert in Dubai, where same-sex sex acts are a criminal offense, potentially punishable by death.' The latest: Beyonce is facing criticism after accepting a $24 million payday for her performance at the new Dubai hotel Atlantis the Royal on Saturday amid the anti-LGBTQ policies of United Arab Emirates.

She was pictured at the event Saturday The Houston native, 41, performed a full concert live for the first time in four years in a one-hour concert at the new facility, at one point being hoisted 16 feet in the air at the hotel's Skyblaze fountain.Beyonce at one point on Saturday performed the song Brown Skin Girl with her daughter Blue Ivy, 11.

While efforts were made to restrict filming of the exclusive concert, some clips leaked on social media over the weekend. A number of fans took to Twitter to question why the wealthy Crazy in Love singer agreed to perform under the controversial circumstances, regardless of the finances involved.'When you're that rich ..

largely, if not entirely, through the fierce loyalty of LGBTQ+ fans – what amount of money is simply too much to turn down to perform in a homophobic country?' one user said.