A gunman opened fire outside and inside a FedEx facility near Indianapolis' main airport Thursday night, killing 8 people wounding several others. A ccording to department spokesperson Genae Cook, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a … [Read more...]
#LGBTQ: The Winning Design for Pulse Nightclub Memorial in Orlando Revealed
The onePULSE Foundation announced the winner of the design for memorial set to be built on the site of the Pulse nightclub. The structure and a nearby museum will be designed by Coldefy & Associés. The June 2016 shooting that left 49 people dead at a popular Orlando gay … [Read more...]
An Angry Paul Rudnick on This Week in Trump’s America, –”I Have to Remind Myself Not to Spit.”
You know Paul Rudnick from his work on movies like Addams Family Values, The First Wives Club, In & Out, and his latest play Big Night which deals with among other things, the aftermath of a tragedy similar to recent mass shooting in Florida that killed 17. I’ve been following … [Read more...]
#Update: Shooting on the Vegas Strip Leaves 58 Dead, 500+ Wounded –Deadliest in U.S. History
UPDATE: A gunman opened fire at a concert outside the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas last night, sending people fleeing. More than 58 victims died, and at least 500 others were wounded, officials said, making it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. With hundreds … [Read more...]
#LGBTQ: City of Orlando Buys Pulse Nightclub for $2.25 Million as a Memorial Site
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has said that the Pulse nightclub in Orlando should be turned into a permanent memorial to the mostly-LGBT victims of the deadliest mass shooting in US history. Now the city has bought the property for $2.25 million. According to the Orlando … [Read more...]
#LGBTQ: The World Reacts In Shock & Solidarity As the U.S. Mourns the 50 Murdered in Orlando
Still reeling from the horrific events of the same day, Sunday night at 6 PM there was a moment of silence across the country for those lost in Orlando. At that time in New York City, the community was meeting at gay ground zero, The Stonewall Inn, to grieve and give each … [Read more...]
President Obama says Today Is “An Especially Heartbreaking Day for Our Fellow Americans Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender”
You can read President Obama's full statement on the Orlando mass shooting here. An excerpt is below; "This is an especially heartbreaking day for all our … [Read more...]
50 Dead: Orlando Mass Shooting Is the Worst In U.S. History
With at least 50 people dead, the massacre early this morning at a gay nightclub in Orland, this is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. This is the new normal, I guess. According to NBC News, these are America's deadliest mass shootings: 50 killed (this number may … [Read more...]
#RIP: Brave Gay Man, Larry Daniel Kaufman, Killed In San Bernadino Mass Killing, Saved 4 People
A memorial service was held Saturday Dec. 5, 2015 for Larry Daniel Kaufman, 42, the brave openly gay man who was killed while inside the Inland Regional Center for people … [Read more...]
