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Feb 13 2023
News
Colorado Springs nightclub Club Q announces plan to reopen after deadly mass shooting shuttered the LGBTQ 'safe space'
Almost three months after Colorado Springs nightclub Club Q was the site of a deadly mass shooting, the venue has announced plans to reopen this year and restore its status as a beloved gathering place for LGBTQ residents. “Our goal and intention has always been to return Club Q as a safe space for the Colorado Springs LGBTQIA+ community and (we) will continue to tirelessly work toward that
CNN (Online News)
Nov 20 2022
News
At least 5 killed in shooting at LGBTQ club in Colorado
At least five people were killed and 18 others wounded in a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, according to police.
Authorities say the suspected shooter, identified as a 22-year-old man, is in custody and receiving medical treatment.
Authorities said the attack will be investigated as a potential hate crime.
Police praised "at least two heroic
CNN (Online News)
Jan 09 2023
Analysis
Anti-LGBTQ+ parents now want ‘deprogrammers’ to turn their estranged kids conservative
A new trend seems to be all the rage for anti-LGBTQ+ parents, who have been increasingly touting the need to “deprogram” their progressive children and turn them conservative.
A recent report from the New York Post features a group of mothers who say their children refuse to talk to them after being “indoctrinated” with “gender and race ideology” by progressive high schools and colleges
LGBTQ Nation
Dec 28 2022
News
Defining ‘woman’ battle heads to states amid new wave of LGBTQ bills
Republican-controlled statehouses passed a record number of restrictions on transgender people in 2022 — from sports to health care — and conservatives aren’t slowing down.
Take South Carolina, where the Legislature may try out a new tactic next year: defining what it means to be a woman. Other conservative states may follow.
State Sen. Danny Verdin, a Republican, filed a joint
Politico
Dec 06 2022
News
Colorado suspect formally charged for LGBTQ club shooting that killed five
The suspect accused of killing five people inside a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub last month before patrons stopped the attack was formally charged on Tuesday with murder, hate crimes and assault.
Reuters
Dec 01 2022
News
DHS warns of domestic terrorism threats to LGBTQ, Jewish, minority communities
The Department of Homeland Security warned the U.S. is in a "heightened threat environment" in a terrorism advisory bulletin Wednesday.
Driving the news: "Targets of potential violence include public gatherings, faith-based institutions, the LGBTQI+ community, schools, racial and religious minorities, government facilities and personnel, U.S. critical infrastructure, the media, and
Axios
Mar 22 2023
News
Maren Morris Introduces Her Son to Drag Queens: 'Fuckin' Arrest Me'
On Monday night, beloved country music artist, LGBTQ+ ally, and Fox News enemy #1 Maren Morris performed alongside Hayley Williams, Hozier, Sheryl Crow, and a joyous choir of drag queens at Nashville’s Love Rising’ benefit concert. Rolling Stone reported that the gathering raised money for several Tennessee organizations “working to fight the state government’s ongoing legislative attacks
Jezebel
Jun 01 2022
Opinion
This Pride, the LGBTQ+ Community Is in Crisis
During Pride Month, we celebrate our stories: stories of our elders who fought so hard to realize the progress many never got to see, stories of our chosen families, our own stories of coming out, of falling in love, of finding healing in community.
As the interim president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, I get to hear so many
Guest Writer - Left
Oct 28 2022
News
In a historic first, LGBTQ Americans will be on the ballot in all 50 states
For the first time in the nation's history, Americans from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will have a chance to elect an LGBTQ person to public office.
A new report by the political action committee LGBTQ Victory Fund found that of the 1,065 LGBTQ candidates who ran primary campaigns, a historic 678 of them — the vast majority of which are Democrats — will appear on the
NBC News (Online)
Nov 10 2022
News
LGBTQ rights wins, losses on election night highlight ongoing battle
Several candidates running on anti-LGBTQ platforms won their races in the 2022 midterm elections, as the scaling back of LGBTQ rights became a key issue in this election cycle for conservatives.
But the night also saw wins for openly LGBTQ candidates in several races across the country.
Many of the incumbents that have led the charge on anti-LGBTQ legislation – including Alabama
ABC News (Online)