No Gunman Can Silence This Out Councilwoman’s District
Patty Sheehan is Florida’s first out elected official and represents the area where the shooting happened.
www.advocate.com/crime/2016/6/12/no-gunman-can-silence-out-councilwomans-district
Daily Archives: June 12, 2016
beer makes me gay
San Francisco ♡ Orlando
Primary colors and more
Primary colors and more
YolandaPhotie posted a photo:
We’re Here: Primary colors
Today’s theme for the group “We’re Here” is with the group Primary Colours. However, I broke the rules a little bit. I added a few more colors. Due to the shooting in Orlando Florida this week, I had to do this type of photo.
I’ve been out of the country for about two weeks and had no access to internet. I come back, and find out there was a massive hate crime in Orlando, Florida.
Love is the only answer.
James Corden Opens Tony Awards by Recognizing Victims of Orlando ‘Atrocity’ – WATCH
James Corden Opens Tony Awards by Recognizing Victims of Orlando ‘Atrocity’ – WATCH
The Tony Awards opened tonight with a message from host James Corden to the victims of the massacre in Orlando:
“You are not on your own right now. Your tragedy is our tragedy. Theatre is a place where every race, creed, sexuality, and gender is equal, is embraced, and is loved. Hate will never win.”
Tonys: James Corden Gives Somber Opening on Orlando Shooting t.co/vVdfltQoHb
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 13, 2016
Additionally, weapons have been eliminated from performances from Hamilton in tonight’s show, according to The Hollywood Reporter:
Reports surfaced early Sunday afternoon that the cast of Hamilton, which is expected to dominate the awards with a record 16 nominations, will drop the use of prop muskets from the number being performed during the Tony telecast. Given that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster musical climaxes with the fatal shooting of Alexander Hamilton by Aaron Burr in a duel, it was a given that the tragic resonance with the weekend’s gun violence would not go unnoted.
The Hamilton performance of two battle songs, “History Has Its Eyes on You” and “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” featuring nominated stars Miranda and Christopher Jackson, is scheduled near the end of the ceremony.
Veteran Broadway costumer William Ivey Long, a six-time Tony winner, designed special silver ribbons for the occasion to be worn by nominees and presenters in tribute to the Orlando victims.
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Open Thread: Yes, You Are A Target. How Will Orlando Change You?
Open Thread: Yes, You Are A Target. How Will Orlando Change You?
We’re just back from the Orlando vigil here in Provincetown, which all of a sudden feels strangely like a potential target for this now amorphous ISIS/gay-panic terrorism that struck Orlando and was headed off at Los Angeles Pride. The creeping realism is that you are still a target. The threat is where you live, not somewhere else.
They act alone, in groups, and as extremist movements.
They target you individually, as couples, in groups and in LGBT spaces like Pulse.
Our clubs and bars — to add on President Obama’s remarks — helped generations raise awareness; find themselves; and find love for a night and forever.
The places you go to be with friends, to dance and to sing, to vacation, to live are risky.
So, let’s discuss what’s changed and what’s the same…
How are you doing?
Will you change any plans? Anything in your life?
How does this change LGBT Pride celebrations?
Will you be more or less visible in your neighborhood?
Are you more or less likely to gather with other LGBT people?
Will you think twice before kissing your partner in Miami, or anywhere?
Please, let’s keep it supportive, respectful, and polite. If all you’ve got is something nasty about another reader, move on to another post.
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Police Release Names and Ages of Seven Victims of Orlando Nightclub Shooting
Police Release Names and Ages of Seven Victims of Orlando Nightclub Shooting
The City of Orlando has released the names and ages of seven of the victims of last night’s attack which took the lives of 50 at the Pulse gay nightclub. A GoFundMe page has raised more than $800,000 so far for victims and families of the shooting.
They are:
Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old (pictured)
Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old
Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old
Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old
Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old
Names will be released here as families are notified.
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It Took Less Than 12 Hours For Trump To Blame Immigrants For Orlando Shooting
It Took Less Than 12 Hours For Trump To Blame Immigrants For Orlando Shooting
Donald Trump is already seizing the opportunity to push his Islamophobic rhetoric.
The post It Took Less Than 12 Hours For Trump To Blame Immigrants For Orlando Shooting appeared first on ThinkProgress.
thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/06/12/3787546/donald-trump-orlando-shooting/
The Other Topic Republicans Avoided In Response To The Orlando Shooting
The Other Topic Republicans Avoided In Response To The Orlando Shooting
Gun control wasn’t the only topic ignored.
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thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/06/12/3787520/pulse-shooting-orlando-republicans-lgbt-community/
This Is The Gun That Committed The Deadliest Shooting In U.S. History
This Is The Gun That Committed The Deadliest Shooting In U.S. History
“America’s gun of choice.”
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