The dance studio where Sibley was a student posted a statement mourning his death on social media. “There’s no progress…we live here in a community where we have to pretend to be somebody else,” Hamilton said. Neighbor Beckenbaur Hamilton told NBC News that he had warned Sibley to be careful. He moved from Philadelphia to pursue more opportunities, she said.
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Sibley’s aunt Tondra told the New York Times that “all he wanted to do was dance.” As a young child, he loved “jerking” to Missy Elliot before going on to learn professional ballet. No one should have to fear for their safety just for being themselves.” GLAAD highlighted that Sibley’s killing follows a “disturbing rise in violence and harassment against LGBTQ people across the U.S.” in a statement. “It made me feel special, just having known him for a couple of months,” Darnell says. Before a performance that fell on Darnell’s birthday, Sibley spontaneously sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him. He recalls Sibley being a thoughtful friend. “There are so many students in that class that were in awe of O'Shae and the way he moved he was often used as an example for the instructor to kind of teach us.” He gracefully moved across the floor and it was a beautiful sight to see,” Darnell says. “O'Shae would always have an extra flair in his turns or his kicks. Ja’Michael Darnell, who works at Ailey Extension, performed with Sibley at The Ailey Spirit Gala in May at Jazz at Lincoln Center and took jazz classes with him. Jewel says he cried before opening night on Wednesday and said a prayer for his friend. That is me and O’ Shae’s story,” he says.
Jewel is currently in London working on a theater piece about Black, queer, and trans young people finding ballroom dance and using it as a source of family, love, and healing. “That was O’Shae’s favorite musical,” he says. One of his favorite dances by Sibley was a Lion King-inspired performance for Black gay Pride in New York City. “O'Shae’s skill and gift is that he was so great at combining different styles of dance: he could put jazz into ballet, he could put modern into voguing,” Jewel says. Jewel says he used Sibley in many of his own dance pieces. “He loved dressing up and playing around and he loved to explore,” Jewel says. Jewel says he has helped Sibley with his homework, given him money for food and clothes, and provided a place to stay when he was going through a tough period. Jewel remembers his “cute, goofy smile” and says they both clicked as Black gay men who danced.
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They would hang out at gay community-based organizations in Philadelphia and learned how to vogue by watching Youtube videos. Kemar Jewel, a choreographer and director, met Sibley about a decade ago, when Sibley was 16. Read more: Column-Queer People Must Use History as a Guide to Fight Hate Friends remember Sibley Other victims include 18-year-old transgender Jacob Williamson, who was killed in South Carolina after meeting with a stranger he met online on June 30, and 24-year-old Akira Ross, who was shot at a gas station in front of her partner after the gunman yelled homophobic slurs, according to a police affidavit. Sibley’s passing marks the fifth time a queer individual has been killed in the past few weeks, GLAAD reports. It shakes our confidence," said New York City Mayor Adams during a Monday press conference. “We have an incident like we saw over the weekend where this young man was experiencing a hate crime. The NYPD confirmed to TIME that the stabbing is being investigated as a “possible biased incident.” Local leaders have publicly condemned the tragedy, speaking out against the homophobia that has cut people’s lives short. Read more: Pete Buttigieg on LGBTQ Rights: ‘I Don’t Think Anything Is Safe’ A hate-crime investigation
We’re dancing, that’s our life,” Ullah said the victim’s group told the men harassing them, according to the Daily News. “These people were like 'we’re Muslim, I don’t want you dancing,'” Ullah told Gothamist, adding that Sibley and his friends were "not trying to fight." Summy Ullah, an employee of the store next to the gas station, told Gothamist that Sibley and his friends were approached by a group of men who said the dancing offended their Muslim faith. NBC News has reported that law enforcement sources have identified the suspect as a 17-year-old who remains at large. The victim walks away but the two groups then start arguing again, before the stabbing takes place. Video obtained by the ABC 7 Eyewitness News showed some members of the victim’s group walking up to the other men before a tense conversation after a few minutes, only the victim and suspect are seen speaking to each other.
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