The spect a mass shootg at a Colorado Sprgs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea al to state murr and hate charg that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wound 17.
Contents:
- RSIA'S LARGT GAY CLUB HAS SHUT DOWN
- TAKEAWAYS OM AP REPORT OF EXPECTED PLEA AL COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG
- RSIA'S LARGT GAY NIGHTCLUB STRIV TO BE A HAVEN DPE HORRIFIC ATTACKS
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
RSIA'S LARGT GAY CLUB HAS SHUT DOWN
Forty-ne people were killed at Pulse, a gay nightclub Orlando, what marks the adlit mass shootg U.S. history. * 2015 gay nightclub *
An Amerin-born man who’d pledged allegiance to ISIS gunned down 49 people early Sunday at a gay nightclub Orlando, the adlit mass shootg the Uned Stat and the natn’s worst terror attack sce 9/11, thori said. While the vlence uld have h any Amerin muny, “This is an pecially heartbreakg day for our iends who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, ” he said.
A msage posted Arabic on a dark web se associated wh the ISIS news agency Amaq said “the armed attack that targeted a gay night club the cy of Orlando the Amerin state of Florida and that bore more than a 100 killed and wound was rried out by an Islamic state fighter.
She said the language is nsistent wh prev ISIS announcements and that the Arabic word for gay was ed rather than an ephet normally ed by ISIS. Pulse scrib self as “the hottt gay bar” the heart of Orlando. 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.
TAKEAWAYS OM AP REPORT OF EXPECTED PLEA AL COLORADO SPRGS GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG
After endurg months of homophobic attacks, cludg gunfire and toxic gas, Rsia's largt gay nightclub, Central Statn, has fally closed s doors for good. * 2015 gay nightclub *
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.
RSIA'S LARGT GAY NIGHTCLUB STRIV TO BE A HAVEN DPE HORRIFIC ATTACKS
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Polis told CNN’s Jim Asta there are only two gay bars Colorado Sprgs, and Club Q was one of the ma venu.
March 27, 2014 — -- After endurg months of vlent attacks, cludg gunfire and toxic gas, Rsia's largt gay nightclub, Central Statn, has fally closed s doors for club management surrenred to a spate of harassment late Febary, after a group of men allegedly blocked the ont gat, preventg patrons om enterg the buildg safely, acrdg to staff members who were on the scene. "Nightle" traveled to Rsia amid evince of latg vlence agast the LGBT muny there followg the passage the Kreml's ntroversial "anti-gay propaganda" report revealed a number of anti-gay attacks that had spread fear among young patrons and staff, forcg several to flee the untry for safety, while clgg to their hope for a better life outsi of Rsia where gay people are more accepted. And they mt protect , " he a untry where homosexualy is wily looked down upon, forcg most people to keep their inty largely a secret, Lschsky said, "It's very important to fd iends, to spend your ee time, to enjoy your life -- we would like to have plac where we n feel safe and be open.
"If the ernment is agast gays, how n gays get the ernment's help? "They're allowed to do wh gays whatever they want Rsia. "A bad sign was sent when the anti-gay law was passed, " he said.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
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"But not everyone is givg up on gay life Rsia. And I don’t mean jt gay people.
"Army vet who took down Colorado gunman says ‘I’m not a hero’ "I'm not a hero, " clared the Army veteran who helped subdue a gunman at a Colorado gay nightclub, addg that his thoughts are wh the fai of the five people sla. "Authori intify victims who were fatally shot at Club QAuthori Colorado Sprgs intified the five victims Tuday who were fatally wound at a gay nightclub over the weekend. — Richard Fierro, an Army veteran, was one of two people who tackled and subdued the gunman si a gay nightclub Saturday night Colorado Sprgs, endg a rampage that killed at least five people and jured 19 others, his wife said an terview at her home Monday afternoon, Jsi Fierro scribed her hband’s heroic efforts to prevent greater tragedy.
He was a member of the universy's GayStraight Alliance, Mabery said, and was "very active" the school's LGBTQ muny. A report released Augt by the Human Rights Campaign, the untry's largt LGBTQ rights group, and the non-ernmental anizatn Center for Counterg Digal Hate, found anti-LGBTQ rhetoric surged onle earlier this year the wake of the passage of Florida's Parental Rights Edutn Act, which crics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law. Poet Jam Davis "proudly named [the book] after a gay bar Colorado Sprgs, " acrdg to his webse.