6/12/16
Schwab ticked off a list of groups Pulse supported or raised money for, including AIDS patients, LGBTQ youth and Hurricane Katrina victims. “[Pulse] is not just a nightclub, a place to go out; it’s a place to get community support and find resources you need,” he said.
Pulse’s ethos stemmed from its founding purpose. Co-founder Barbara Poma formed the club in 2004 as a tribute to her brother John, who died of AIDS 13 years before. The club’s name is a nod to John’s heartbeat, according to an information page for Pulse.
---Huffington Post
Horror...
For the fifteenth time...
“This is a sobering reminder that attacks on any American, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation is an attack on all of us and on the fundamental values of equality and dignity that define us as a country.”
---President Obama
Vigils around the world, including here in Portland, Maine and….
Equality Florida:
Funds raised on this GoFundMe page will be going directly to the victims and families affected by the horrific shooting at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub. Equality Florida is working with local organizations, who are also helping to raise funds - to ensure the money is distributed properly.
You can also visit to get more information on vigils, counseling, and blood drives happening across the state here. We're also posting updates on Equality Florida's Facebook page here.
More resources and info at Orlando LGBT newspaper Watermark Online.
Lin-Manuel Miranda deserves a Tony for his Tony speech last night…
Honest to god, gay bars are the places where I found the confidence to fully come out of the closet because they were---this was pre-internet---the places where I learned the simple and empowering concept that I wasn't alone and I wasn't nuts. I met my partner of 23 years at a gay bar in Saginaw, Michigan, one not so different from Pulse. It just crushes me to think of all the connections that were so violently severed Sunday morning in that community. God damn that asshole and his fucking AR-15.
A regular C&J returns tomorrow. For today my top goal is to just stop shaking.
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