Hundreds gathered at the vigil for the dancer, whose killing has been charged as a hate crime.
, a gay Black dancer and choreographer, made a pit stop with friends after a Jersey beach day. They were filling their gas tank and voguing to Beyoncé’swhen a group approached, yelling homophobic and anti-Black slurs; after an argument, a 17-year-old, who has since turned himself in to police and been charged with second-degree, stabbed Sibley to death.
the crowd repeated prayerfully. Beyoncé dancer Honey Balenciaga was in attendance, as were Sibley’s old ballroom friends from families like the House of Old Navy and House of Du’Mure-Versailles, who remembered his voguing prowess and prayed for him to bend his wrists at Heaven’s gates. Large Pride and transgender flags stationed near Sibley’s memorial fluttered in the breeze, and the crowd waved signs reading “We Will Keep Dancing” and “Black Queer Lives Matter.
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