On Saturday, a Twitter user tagged the singer in a tweet and told the story of Gabriel, an LGBTQ+ fan from Brazil that lost his life due to homophobia. “Hey Miley, this is Gabriel.
He was a huge fan of yours, Brazilian, and recently lost his life to brutality. Homophobia. He loved you very much,” they said.
The tweet included a picture of Gabriel and a statement from his boyfriend that revealed the cause of his death. “This Tuesday he was murdered with three shots in his head, on a barbershop…they killed him because of who he is, who he loves,” Gabriel’s boyfriend wrote. “[He was] a pure-hearted person that was mean to no one, always helped everyone and today I had to say goodbye to the love of my life with my heart aching and sadness.”