Beyoncé honours dancer who was fatally stabbed after voguing to her music – National | 24CA News
Beyoncé‘s message was simple: “Rest in Power O’Shae Sibley.”
In what police are investigating as a doable hate crime, Sibley, a 28-year-old skilled dancer, was fatally stabbed at a gasoline station in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday.
While filling up a automobile, Sibley and his buddies recorded footage of the dancer voguing to Beyoncé’s Renaissance album for Facebook Live, the New York Times reported. (Voguing is a extremely stylized sort of dance that originated and advanced out of the Harlem ballroom scene within the Sixties.)
A gaggle of males reportedly approached the dancer and his buddies and shouted slurs. They allegedly insisted Sibley cease dancing.
According to the New York Times, Sibley advised the lads to go away him and his buddies alone, and that there’s “nothing wrong with being gay.”
There was a quick altercation and Sibley was stabbed within the torso. He was taken to hospital however was pronounced useless upon arrival.
As news of Sibley’s dying — and subsequent outrage — unfold throughout social media, Beyoncé up to date the house web page of her web site to learn “Rest in Power O’Shae Sibley.”
The homepage of Beyoncé’s web site on Aug. 2, 2023.
Beyonce.com
New York police mentioned the division’s hate crimes unit is concerned within the ongoing investigation, based on a Rolling Stone report.
No arrests have been made.
On Sunday morning, solely hours after Sibley was stabbed, his pal Otis Pena, who recorded the Facebook reside, mentioned Sibley was stabbed “right in the heart.”
Through tears, Pena mentioned Sibley was “murdered” as a result of “he was gay; because he stood up for his friends.”
“We may be gay, but we exist,” he continued. “We’re not going to live in fear. We’re not going to live hiding.”
Sibley’s dying has struck a chord with queer folks all over the world.
GLAAD, a non-profit LGBTQ2 advocacy group, mentioned Sibley’s “shocking murder follows a disturbing rise in violence and harassment against LGBTQ people across the U.S.”
In a press release, GLAAD urged that nobody ought to really feel unsafe due to their identification.
“Politicians spewing lies and proposing policies filled with disinformation, and media repeating their false and dangerous rhetoric unchallenged, are creating an incredibly hostile environment that endangers all LGBTQ people and all queer people of color,” GLAAD wrote.
New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Signal, who’s overtly homosexual, mentioned he was “heartbroken and enraged” over the news.
“Despite homophobes’ best efforts, gay joy is not crime. Hate-fueled attacks are,” he wrote.
A GoFundMe has been created to boost funds for Sibley’s funeral service. The web page has already raised over US$34,000 of its authentic $10,000 purpose.
Beyoncé’s Rennaissance album is an upbeat work that celebrates dance music and its origin within the Black queer group. Rennaissance, launched in 2022, was nominated for Album of the Year on the 2023 Grammy Awards.
Police say anybody with details about Sibley’s dying can name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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