justice for o’shae sibley
On the early evening of Friday, August 4, members of the LGBTQIA+ community gathered at a Coney Island Exxon & Mobil gas station to mourn the death of O’Shae Sibley who was killed there just a few days ago while pumping gas with friends and voguing to Beyoncé.
The event was organized by Qween Jean of the community organization Black Trans Liberation, LGBTQ+ center Destination Tomorrow, community service Ballroom, We Care Inc., community #HouseLivesMatter, and a nonprofit organization The NEW Pride Agenda, with support from Caribbean Equality Project, G.L.I.T.S., and NYC Anti-Violence Project. The meetup started at 6 PM at the gas station and culminated in a memorial ball and protest on the streets of Brooklyn, ending up at the Kings Highway train station around 10 PM.
O’Shae was 28 and his killer is 17. Just a few hours before the memorial, the teenager who stabbed O’Shae to death turned himself in to the police.
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Left to right: Qween Jean, Gia Love, and Josephine.
Community activist Yves mans the speaker (left), The Stroll HBO documentary director Kristen Lovell watches from the side (right).
After a few speeches, the emergency action turned into a ball.
Ballrom legend Kevin Aviance makes and apearance (center), Gia Love on the left, Qween Jean on the right.
Tia Carta in yellow, Vertice to the right of Tia, Caribbean Equality Project on the right.
Qween Jean leads a moment of prayer.
Iman Le Caire, the founder of a nonprofit organization Trans Asylias that is dedicated to relocating trans asylum seekers to safer countries on the left; the host of “your favorite anti-fascist interview show“ Crackhead Barney on the right.
Messages on the pavement.
