The -owner of the Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub where a shooter turned a drag queen’s birthday celebratn to a massacre said he thks the shootg that killed five people and jured 17 others is a reflectn of anti-LGBTQ sentiment that has evolved om prejudice to cement. Nic Grzecka’s voice was tged wh exhstn as he spoke wh The Associated Prs on Wednday night some of his first ments sce Saturday night's attack at Club Q, a venue Grzecka helped build to an enclave that staed the LGBTQ muny nservative-leang Colorado Sprgs. The spect, Anrson Lee Aldrich, 22, has not entered a plea or spoken about the cint.
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- GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
- OWNER OF GAY CLUB: SHOOTG AMID A NEW 'TYPE OF HATE'
- WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
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GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
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A 22-year-old gunman opened fire wh a semitomatic rifle si a gay nightclub Colorado Sprgs, killg five people and leavg 25 jured before he was subdued by "heroic" patrons and arrted by police who arrived wh mut, thori said spect the Saturday night shootg at Club Q ed an AR-15-style semitomatic weapon, a law enforcement official said. Suthers said there was "reason to hope" that all of those hospalized would shootg rekdled memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people.
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OWNER OF GAY CLUB: SHOOTG AMID A NEW 'TYPE OF HATE'
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Colorado Sprgs, the state’s send-most populo cy wh jt unr 500, 000 rints, is home to a number of ary bas and is the headquarters for Foc on the Fay, the nservative Christian group that says homosexualy and same-sex marriage are ss. He and his bs partner toured other succsful LGBTQ spac and noted a mon theme: “They were gay as hell, ” Grzecka told the outlet. We knew we had to be gay as hell (to survive).
Jared Polis, a Democrat and the natn’s first openly gay ernor, issued a statement Sunday llg the attack “horrific, sickeng and vastatg” and offered state rourc to lol law enforcement. Polis told CNN’s Jim Asta there are only two gay bars Colorado Sprgs, and Club Q was one of the ma venu. (AP) — The -owner of the Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub where a shooter turned a drag queen’s birthday celebratn to a massacre said he thks the shootg that killed five people and jured 17 others is a reflectn of anti-LGBTQ sentiment that has evolved om prejudice to Grzecka’s voice was tged wh exhstn as he spoke wh The Associated Prs on Wednday night some of his first ments sce Saturday night's attack at Club Q, a venue Grzecka helped build to an enclave that staed the LGBTQ muny nservative-leang Colorado Sprgs.
Grzecka, who started moppg floors and bartendg at Club Q 2003 a year after opened, said he hop to channel his grief and anger to rebuildg the support system for Colorado Sprgs’ LGBTQ muny that only Club Q had and state officials have offered support and Print Joe Bin and First Lady Jill Bin reached out to Grzecka and -owner Matthew Hayn on Thursday to offer ndolenc and reerate their support for the muny, as well as their mment to fightg back agast hate and gun Q opened after the only other gay bar Colorado Sprgs at that time shuttered, Grzecka said, scribg that era as an evolutn of gay bars. ”The killgs rekdled memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people.
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