Friends, family members and activists are mourning the death of O’Shae Sibley, a Black gay man who was stabbed late last month while dancing with friends at a New York City gas station.
The 28-year-old professional dancer and choreographer was killed while voguing to Beyoncé’s music as his friends filled up their car on the way home from the Jersey Shore on July 29.
Officials say a group of men approached and demanded they stop dancing, using “derogatory names,” “homophobic slurs” and “anti-Black statements.” As the confrontation escalated, one of them fatally stabbed Sibley in the rib cage.
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