Mourners Pay Tribute to O’Shae Sibley at the Scene of His Murder
Hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday at the Brooklyn gas station where O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old dancer and choreographer, was fatally stabbed last weekend after a dispute over his vogueing in its parking lot.
They chanted Mr. Sibley’s name while carrying Pride flags and posters that read “Vogueing is resistance.” At the foot of the gas station sign, some of them left shrines made up of lit candles, flowers and photographs of Mr.
Sibley dancing. As evening fell, L.G.B.T.Q. activists and dancers took the megaphone to pay tribute to Mr. Sibley, who was gay and Black and whose murder has been charged as a hate crime.
Neko Old Navy, a ballroom dancer, recalled Mr. Sibley’s entry into the ballroom scene when he was a youngster in Philadelphia.
