#Orlando Pulse NIghtclub

[scopophilic1997]

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[queerasfact]

Today, June 12, we remember the 49 people who were killed seven years ago at the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.  We are thinking of them, their families and their communities.

[Image: Memorial wall in Orlando featuring rainbows, messages of love, and photographs of vigils commemorating those murdered]

[natti-ice]

Today marks 8 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting. As an Orlando native I can tell you that every June there’s a heavy somberness throughout the city. So many people who are not allowed to celebrate who they are because of one person’s hatred… those who can celebrate, do so in their honor.

[transfloridaresources]

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Today, as we mourn the 49 lives lost at Pulse in 2016, be sure you're following nopulsemuseum (pulsefamilies.com) & amplifying their voices.

[eisbar777]

CNN's emotional tribute to Orlando shooting victims

[oneequalworldblog]

Pulse Nightclub Bought by Orlando

Pulse Nightclub will be bought by the city, in a move to preserve the memory of the tragedy there. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer revealed on Wednesday that the city intends to acquire the Pulse Nightclub, the LGBTQ+ establishment where a tragic event occurred in June 2016, resulting in the loss of 49 lives. 29-year-old Omar Mateen, claiming he was acting on behalf of ISIS, held hostages and shot over…

[the1beardedgent]

Remember them...

[philleegirl]

Seven years ago I cried myself to sleep at the news of a beautiful young woman and child I once knew, Christina Grimmie, whose life was cut short by a obsessed man with a gun and a family shattered. I woke up to the news of 49 lives taken by an obsessed man with a gun and a community shattered. 52 lives were lost in less than 24 hours and everyone could have been prevented with proper mental healthcare and proper background checks.

I had only lived in Orlando for six months and I didn't know how to connect with the community around me yet. Now I know this city and I know that despite being in the heart of a deep red state, the City Beautiful loves all people. This city still beats to the Pulse of love. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤💜🤍🩷

[crimsonscloud]

if you think that incidents like these are in any way deserved or okay.

if you think i shouldn’t be posting about them.

if you think this is some kind of sob story propaganda or whatever bullshit you tell yourself to feel better about your lack of empathy.

get the fuck off of my blog.

The largest mass shooting in American history was a hate crime against gay people. Don’t ever forget that.

[nerdykeith]

More anti-LGBTQ from far-right degenerates. This time its from the Neo-nazis and Christian nationalists. This is in Orlando, they defaced and vandalised murals commemorating the victims of Pulse nightclub, along with other messages of hate and pro-nazi sentiments. I really hope something is done about these scumbags. Vandalism is how they start.

[cyarsk52-20]

Today, we remember the 49 lives taken seven years ago at the horrific mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

[queerasfact]

Today on the twelfth of June, we remember the 49 people who were killed eight years ago at the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.  We are thinking of them, their families and their communities.

[List of names sourced from City of Orlando]

[eve-was-framed]

just wanted to take some time to say rest in peace to Christina Grimmie, who would have been turning 30 years old today. she’s someone who I’m sure many of you remember. I really looked up to her and so did so many other young women and girls at the time. she was an extremely talented singer who got big on YouTube as a teenager and she even made it onto the The Voice. she was murdered at age 22 by her stalker at a meet and greet in Orlando on June 10th, 2016 just a few miles away from where the Pulse Nightclub shooting took place two days later.

[archivaltrigger]

“Because the US government was not acting on mass shootings, we directly attacked a trait Americans are most known for: their pride in their country. Change the Ref created the Shamecards, a postcard collection designed to demand gun law reform from Congress. Subverting the traditional greeting cards that depict each city’s landmarks, ours show what cities are becoming known for.”

shamecards.org

There is 54 cards total representing:

Annapolis — Maryland: Capital Gazette Shooting

Atlanta — Georgia: Day Trading Firm Shootings

Benton — Kentucky: Marshall County High School Shooting

Bethel — Alaska: Regional High School Shooting

Binghamton — New York: Binghamton Shooting

Blacksburg — Virginia: Virginia Tech Massacre

Camden – New Jersey: Walk of Death Massacre

Charleston — South Carolina: Charleston Church Shooting

Charlotte — North Carolina: 2019 University Shooting

Cheyenne — Wyoming: Senior Home Shooting

Chicago — Illinois: Medical Center Shooting

Clovis — New Mexico: Clovis Library Shooting

Columbine — Colorado: Columbine

Dayton — Ohio: Dayton Shooting

Edmond — Oklahoma: Post Office Shooting

El Paso — Texas: El Paso Shooting

Ennis — Montana: Madison County Shooting

Essex Junction — Vermont: Essex Elementary School Shooting

Geneva — Alabama: Geneva County Massacre.

Grand Forks — North Dakota: Grand Forks Shooting

Hesston — Kansas: Hesston Shooting

Honolulu — Hawaii: First Hawaiian Mass Shooting

Huntington — West Virginia: New Year's Eve Shooting

Indianapolis — Indiana: Hamilton Avenue Murders

Iowa City — Iowa: University Shooting

Jonesboro — Arkansas: Middle School Massacre

Kalamazoo — Michigan: Kalamazoo Shooting

Lafayette — Louisana: Lafayette Shooting

Las Vegas — Nevada: Las Vegas Strip Shooting

Madison — Maine: Madison Rampage

Meridian — Mississippi: Meridian Company Shooting

Moscow — Idaho: Moscow Rampage

Nashville — Tennessee: Nashville Waffle House shooting

Newtown — Connecticut: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

Omaha — Nebraska: Westroads Mall shooting

Orlando — Florida: Pulse Nightclub Shooting

Parkland — Florida: Parkland School Shooting

Pelham — New Hampshire: Wedding Shooting

Pittsburgh — Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

Prices Corner — Delaware: Delaware Shooting

Red Lake — Minnesota: Indian Reservation Shooting

Roseburg — Oregon: Umpqua Community Collage Shooting

Salt Lake City — Utah: Salt Lake City Mall Shooting

San Diego — California: San Ysidro Massacre

Santa Fe — Texas: Santa Fe School Shooting

Schofield — Wisconsin: Marathon County Shooting

Seattle — Washington: Capitol Hill Massacre

Sisseton — South Dakota: Sisseton Massacre

St. Louis — Missouri: Power Plant Shooting

Sutherland Springs — Texas: Sutherland Springs Church Shooting

Tucson — Arizona: Tocson Shooting

Wakefield — Massachusetts: Tech Company Massacre

Washington — D.C.: Navy Yard Shooting

Westerly — Rhode Island: Assisted-Living Complex Rampage

[spookydingus]

I lost three people during this tragedy. A close friend, a long-time patron, and a coworker. Performing at Pulse used to be the thing we all held to the highest standard in the Orlando area drag community. The New Phoenix was the hole in the wall we all started out in, and Parliament House and Pulse were our Broadways.

I was not there that night. If I hadn't answered a call to go be with a friend 1,000 miles away, I would have been. Two of my best friends were scheduled to perform that very night, and both of them came down with food poisoning. One of my friends and a fellow improviser sprinted out the door, running the 2 and a half miles back to his home without stopping or slowing down, in sheer terror and panic. I think about how just one tiny factor that night affected the course of each of our very lives from where they would have likely ended, every single day.

I got the call while working, and had to leave. I was on the phone for twenty-four hours. Without sleeping. Without eating. Just calling everyone, desperately doing a head count while some of my calls were never returned. They never will be.

Those of us connected to Pulse before and after the tragedy still think about it. Not a day goes by when I don't see their names, their faces, and everyone we cherished and entertained every week. Not a day goes by when I don't hear my own voice, amplified and announcing the names of performers who are no longer here.

We are all still Pulse. We are all still Orlando.

It's been 7 years.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Surrey BC Conservative candidate is facing renewed pressure to drop out of the race after more offensive social media comments surfaced. But in a statement posted to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), South Surrey candidate Brent Chapman says he has no plans to withdraw. The latest comments were uncovered by CKNW radio host Jas Johal, and show Chapman appearing to question whether a number of high-profile mass shootings, including the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, Quebec City mosque shooting and the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando really happened.

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