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ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: MASS CASUALTI AFTER GUNMAN OPENS FIRE GAY CLUB
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Wh sorrow, anger and exprsns of uny, the LGBT muny across the world is mourng Sunday's adly attack on a gay nightclub Orlando. History, and jured 53 — stck durg Pri Month, which memorat the Stonewall Rts of 1969 and the gay rights movement more broadly.
Up went the flag, and out poured the hate. CNN’s John D. Sutter asks what is really need to support LGBT people after the massacre at a gay club Orlando. * orlando gay pride 2016 *
While thori have not nfirmed if the nightclub was targeted specifilly bee was a gay club, the attack has been keenly felt by the LGBT muny.
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In Florida, the gay muny is "reelg, " Equaly Florida's policy and outreach ordator Hannah Willard told NPR.
U.S. Print Joe Bin on Friday signated the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, a natnal memorial, to honor the 49 people killed a 2016 mass shootg, and urged Congrs to pass laws explicly protectg civil rights of LGBTQ+ people. * orlando gay pride 2016 *
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(Left) A man cri durg a vigil New York reactn to the mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Fla. (Right) People embrace durg a vigil New York reactn to the mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Fla. (Bottom) People wave flags durg a vigil New York reactn to the mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Fla.
The attack on a gay club Orlando on Sunday is not an isolated crime. * orlando gay pride 2016 *
In New York, a massive vigil formed at the Stonewall Inn, the symbolic birthplace of the gay rights movement.
Followg a mass shootg at a gay bar Orlando, Florida, "vastatn" and "utter shock" were beg felt across the cy's LGBTQ muny. * orlando gay pride 2016 *
"The Manhattan bar beme a natnal symbol of gay rights after a 1969 police raid led to vlent street rts. "Stonewall is 'where we go when thgs like this happen, ' said Andy Humm, host of the 'Gay USA' TV show. " "Gay bars and clubs are supposed to be our safe haven, " 48-year-old Milack-Carras, jog at the vigil, told the New York Tim.
The gay pri para Wt Hollywood took on a more somber tone after the shootg Orlando and the arrt of a man who police say wanted to harm the LA para. * orlando gay pride 2016 *
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At least 50 people are ad and more than 50 others are wound after a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub Orlando, early Sunday morng. * orlando gay pride 2016 *
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