Horror In Colorado Springs At LGBTQ+ Club.
“Just moments before midnight Saturday, a gunman entered Club Q, a beloved LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and immediately began shooting into the crowd, killing 5 people and injuring 25 others, according to police.
The suspected shooter was identified as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said Sunday.
A long rifle was used in the shooting, according to the police chief. Two firearms were recovered at the scene.
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The nightclub shooting in Colorado was a horrific event that caps off a year when LGBT people have been under constant threat not only of violence but threat of being erased from the broader culture. Under the guise of parental rights, certain groups have attempted to erase any mention of LGBT people in schools and libraries thus creating an ‘other’ class of people. The result of removing people from ‘us’ and relegating them to ‘other’ makes it far easier to perpetrate violence against those individuals. The results of these efforts are becoming much clearer.
