Pulse is not alone: A brief history of attacks on gay clubs

Contents:

• ALLEGED GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTER’S GRANDFATHER IS CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR: REPORT
• REPORTS: COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTER IS GRANDSON OF CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLYMAN RANDY VOEPEL
• GRANDFATHER OF COLORADO GAY BAR SHOOTER IS MAGA CALIFORNIA LAWMAKER WHO HAILED JANUARY 6 RTS'
• GRANDDAD OF MAN ACCED OF KILLG FIVE PEOPLE GAY BAR PRAISED US CAPOL RTERS
• 'WE DON'T DO GAY': ANRSON ALDRICH FATHER SHOCKG REACTN TO SHOOTG
• WARNGS ON GAY CLUB SHOOTER STIR QUTNS ABOUT OLD CASE
• PATRONS GAY CLUB SHOOTG H GUNMAN WH HIS OWN WEAPON
• PHOTOS: 5 KILLED AFTER GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT GAY NIGHTCLUB
• PULSE IS NOT ALONE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATTACKS ON GAY CLUBS

ALLEGED GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTER’S GRANDFATHER IS CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR: REPORT

Police and reporters are begng to learn more about the spect the mass shootg at Club Q, a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, on Saturday night that left at least five people ad and many more jured. Bouquets of flowers s on a rner near the se of the mass shootg at Club Q, a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, over the Photo/David ZalubowskiThere’s no ditn so far that Colorado’s red flag law was voked wh rpect to Aldrich. I do not support gay marriage a biblil way but ’s the law of the land.

Authori have named Anrson Lee Aldrich, 22, as the lone spect the adly shootg at a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, Colo., on Saturday night that left five people ad and at least 25 others jured. Police revered a long gun and a handgun om Club Q, a popular gay and lbian bar Colorado Sprgs.

REPORTS: COLORADO GAY CLUB SHOOTER IS GRANDSON OF CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLYMAN RANDY VOEPEL

19, 2022, a man wh an AR-15-style semi-tomatic weapon, a handgun, and addnal ammunn began shootg si the gay nightclub Club Q Colorado Sprgs, Colorado. A year and a half before he was arrted the Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub shootg that left five people ad, Anrson Lee Aldrich allegedly threatened his mother wh a homema bomb, forcg neighbors surroundg hom to evacuate while the bomb squad and crisis negotiators talked him to surrenrg.

"Gay Club Shootg Spect Evad Colorado's Red Flag Gun Law. "At Least Five People Killed Shootg at Gay Nightclub Colorado Sprgs. "Gay Bar Shootg Spect Fac Murr, Hate Crime Charg.

GRANDFATHER OF COLORADO GAY BAR SHOOTER IS MAGA CALIFORNIA LAWMAKER WHO HAILED JANUARY 6 RTS'

People react after the mass shootg at the Club Q gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs. Media reports Sunday said outgog Assemblyman Randy Voepel is a grandfather of the 22-year-old man acced of killg five at a Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub. The shootg was remiscent of the 2016 Pulse club massacre when a gunman killed 49 people at the gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, before he was fatally shot by police.

GRANDDAD OF MAN ACCED OF KILLG FIVE PEOPLE GAY BAR PRAISED US CAPOL RTERS

California State Assemblyman Randy Voepel is said to be the grandfather of the man alleged to be behd the mass-shootg at a Colorado gay bar this weekend, Anrson Lee AldrichThe grandfather of the man alleged to be behd the mass-shootg at a Colorado gay bar this weekend has been named as a MAGA Republin lawmaker who praised the January 6 rts at the U. At least five people were killed PICTURED: Two bartenrs among five killed and 25 wound mass shootg at gay club by spect brandishg an AR-15 who was known to thori after bomb threat last year: FBI jo probe and police mull hate crime chargThe shootg is now beg vtigated as a hate crime - wh sole spect Anrson Lee Aldrich, 22, currently police have also revealed that Aldrich was subdued by at least two heroic patrons who nonted him durg the mayhem, and are creded wh savg liv.

Police have sce revealed that the spect who allegedly rried out the attack was subdued by at least two heroic patrons who nonted and subdued him, and are creded wh savg livA worker at Club Qu, which is billed as a 'happeng gay nightclub' on s webse, paid tribute to his two sla lleagu Sunday, sharg a picture of Rump and Aston to post featured a photo of the pair behd Club Q's bar, as well as an acpanyg ptn mourng the loss. ''My heart hurts for them, ' the mourner wrote, before gog on to offer a tribute to Aston, a trans man who recently moved to Colorado om his native Oklahoma and had sce blossomed to a beloved stalwart of the lol gay and trans muni. Pictured are mourners layg wreaths for the five sla the mass shootg Mourners cry at an outdoor procsn Sunday outsi the bar, which is billed as a 'happeng gay nightclub' on s webse The venue Colorado Sprgs is important to the cy's lol LGBTQ muny - wh many, cludg the two ceased bartenrs, nsirg a homeFrom their hidg spot, Thurman said: 'We heard everythg, we heard more shots fired, we heard the assailant be beat up by someone who I assume tackled him, we heard the police e , we heard them yellg at him, we heard then sayg 'Check certa people, 'e they're cril, ' we heard everythg.

' Joshua Thurman, a survivor of the Club Q shootg Saturday night, was seen wipg away tears on Sunday Thurman told reporters on Sunday how he was able to n om the gunman and hi a drsg room Thurman said he went to the club that night to celebrate his birthday when a gunman entered and started firg an unknown number of bullets om his AR-15-style long rifleThurman said he went to the club Saturday night to celebrate his birthday when a gunman entered the gay nightclub many Colorado Sprgs' LGBTQ muny nsired 'like a home' and started firg an unknown number of bullets om his AR-15-style long was able to kill five people and jure 25 others before he was stopped by two heroic patrons who tackled him to the ground, thori reports suggt the gunman was wearg bulletproof armor at the time. Tim Bat, Erric Ramirez, Malissa Ramirez, Try Ramirez, and Fred Ramirez liver flowers to the memorial A Colorado Sprgs Communy Service officer speaks wh Jace Khosla, of Pueblo, Colorado, the morng after a mass shootg at Club Q as he rri flowers to the scene Michael Robert Travis played taps at the scene of the shootg Saturday night, while his hband, Michael Travis, filmed on his phoneNelly Bsnell signs a cross on the cht of Ivanna Bsnell after placg flowers near a gay nightclub Cloth were still strewn around the street the aftermath of the shootg at Club Q Sunday morng A memorial was set up outsi the gay nightclub on Sunday, wh bouquets of flowers left at the sceneNumero victims, some cril ndn, were transported to three nearby hospals followg the shootg Saturday nam of the victims have not yet been released, pendg notifitn of their loved on.

'WE DON'T DO GAY': ANRSON ALDRICH FATHER SHOCKG REACTN TO SHOOTG

' Five people have died after a gunman opened fire si a gay nightclub Colorado last night Colorado Sprgs police say Anrson Lee Aldrich entered Club Q jt before midnight and fired an unknown amount of bullets om his long rifle before he was stopped by at least two 'heroic' patrons who tackled him to the ground Authori say Aldrich had ed a long rifle the massacre, and another firearm was found at the scene On s Facebook page, a statement om Club Q said was 'vastated by the sensels attack on our muny'Colorado Sprgs police received ial reports of an active shootg at the club around 11.

Rints are advised to avoid the area The FBI Denver office nfirmed on Twter Sunday morng that they are assistg Colorado Sprgs police the vtigatn How Ameri's gay clubs and bars have been targeted hate attacks Saturday's shootg at Club Q Colorado Sprgs is jt the most recent attack targetg gay clubs Ameri's history. In 1973, 32 people died an arson attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar the French Quarter New Orleans.

WARNGS ON GAY CLUB SHOOTER STIR QUTNS ABOUT OLD CASE

The arsonist was never November 18, 1980 a gunman killed two men ont of two gay venu New York Cy's Wt Village. In 1997, an explosn jured five people at a gay bar Atlanta. In 2000, a former Mare who said that he was on a missn to kill gay people, shot and killed a man and jured six others Roanoke, Virgia In 2016, a gunman killed 49 people and wound 53 others at Pulse, a crowd gay nightclub Orlando, Florida the send adlit mass shootg Amerin history.

PATRONS GAY CLUB SHOOTG H GUNMAN WH HIS OWN WEAPON

' Club Q scrib self as an 'adult-oriented gay and lbian nightclub hostg theme nights such as karaoke, drag shows & DJs' The club was hostg a drag show earlier the night, and was schled to stay open until 2am Frequent clubgoers took to Facebook to exprs their shock at the shootgClub Q scrib self onle as an 'adult-oriented gay and lbian nightclub hostg theme nights such as karaoke, drag shows & DJs.

How Colorado went om the 'hate state' to electg a gay ernor Jared Polis beme Colorado's first openly gay ernor 2018Colorado was once known as 'The Hate State' after voters 1992 passed a ballot proposn that banned anti-discrimatn the years sce, the Centennial State has bee a bean of gay formally regnized same-sex marriage 2014 — one year before the Supreme Court cisn that legalized same-sex marriage four years later, Colorado elected s first openly gay ernor, Jared Polis.

The tranged birth father of the 22-year-old spect who allegedly opened fire at an LGBT nightclub Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, on the night of November 19, killg five people and jurg 18 others, reportedly said he's relieved to hear his child isn't gay, but stead a mass shootg a vio terview ma by CBS 8 San Diego wh Aaron Brk, the birth father of Anrson Aldrich, the man rells wonrg if Aldrich was gay after hearg about the mass shootg at Club Q Colorado Sprgs. And then I go on to fd out 's a gay bar.

PHOTOS: 5 KILLED AFTER GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT GAY NIGHTCLUB

I got sred, 'S***, is he gay? ' And he's not gay, so I said, phew... The spect's tranged birth father said he was relieved to hear his child wasn't gay.

Qutned by the CBS 8 reporter, Brk talks about beg "adamant" about tellg Aldrich that "gay is bad.

PULSE IS NOT ALONE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATTACKS ON GAY CLUBS

""We don't do gay, " Brk said, mentng beg a Mormon, a nservative Republin and "anti-gay. And then I go on to fd out ’s a gay bar.