Mass Murr at the Gay Bar: When a Refuge Be the Target | Vany Fair

Contents:

• ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE A HATE CRIME AND ACT OF TERROR, FBI SAYS
• INSI AN ORLANDO GAY BAR, THE NIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTG
• THE GAY BAR AS SAFE SPACE HAS BEEN SHATTERED
• SCE THE 60S, ORLANDO GAY BARS HAVE TALYZED A MUNY
• DANCG WH DEFIANCE ORLANDO, BUT GAY CLUBS AND BARS FEEL ‘EERIE’
• BEFORE ORLANDO SHOOTG, AN ANTI-GAY MASSACRE NEW ORLEANS WAS LARGELY FOTTEN
• MASS MURR AT THE GAY BAR: WHEN A REFUGE BE THE TARGET

ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE A HATE CRIME AND ACT OF TERROR, FBI SAYS

Omar Mateen, a rint of Fort Pierce, Fla., a cy about 120 om Orlando, parked his van outsi Pulse, a gay nightclub. ORLANDO — A gunman who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State opened fire si a crowd gay bar and dance club here early Sunday, leavg 49 people ad and 53 jured the adlit mass shootg U. But also igned fears of a broar mpaign agast the Amerin gay, lbian and transgenr muny as the first anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court cisn legalizg same-sex marriage after the Orlando attack, police Southern California reported arrtg a heavily armed man who said he was head to a gay pri para the Los Angel area — though thori later said they were mistaken about the man’s target.

Meanwhile, Washgton, police stepped up patrols ahead of the Capal Pri Ftival, one of dozens of gay pri events schled this month across the natn and around the world. (Vio: Moni Akhtar/The Washgton Post, Photo: STEVE NESIUS/The Washgton Post)The Islamic State has repeatedly executed gay people and released vios showg their gome executns.

“We’re proud of our gay muny Orlando, ” Mary Zika early Sunday eveng, a Florida LGBT advocy group had raised nearly half a ln dollars for the victims. A gunman wieldg an asslt-type rifle and a handgun opened fire si a crowd gay nightclub early Sunday, killg at least 50 people before dyg a gunfight wh SWAT officers, police said.

INSI AN ORLANDO GAY BAR, THE NIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTG

Orlando, Florida's gay muny is "utter shock" after fallg victim to the worst mass shootg U.

Related: Mass Casualti After Gunman Opens Fire Gay Club"We are sayg we are apologizg for the whole cint.

Related: Gay Blood Ban Still Effect Orlando"Gay clubs hold a signifint place LGBTQ history. We stand solidary wh the LGBTQ muny #Orlando, " the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) said a Griff, print of the Human Rights Campaign, the natn's largt LGBTQ civil rights group, said he was "vastated.

THE GAY BAR AS SAFE SPACE HAS BEEN SHATTERED

Print Barack Obama said Sunday: "This is an pecially heartbreakg day for all our iends — our fellow Amerins — who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. — -- FBI officials Wednday lled the massacre that left 50 ad, cludg the shooter, at an Orlando gay nightclub both an act of terrorism and a hate vtigators piece together possible motiv for the adlit mass shootg U. Feral and lol law enforcement officials walk through the street next to the scene of a mass shootg at a nightclub, June 13, 2016, Orlando, Goldman/AP PhotoOmar Mateen's Sexualy QutnedSeddique Mateen told ABC News that she and his son were close, had a good marriage, shared everythg and lived also said he didn't thk his son was said that if his son was gay, his wife would know and that if he was g gay datg apps or gog to gay clubs, is likely he was sutg a lotn for an of the Orlando club mass shootg, Seddique Mateen, spoke to ABC’s Lzie NewsEmploye and patrons of Pulse nightclub, the se of the shootg, told ABC News that Omar Mateen was a regular at the club for several years.

SCE THE 60S, ORLANDO GAY BARS HAVE TALYZED A MUNY

"FBI agents heard acunts that Mateen ed gay datg apps to make ntact wh men. Phillips Center for the Performg Arts to the victims of the Pulse gay nightclub shootg where Omar Mateen allegedly killed 49 people on June 14, 2016 Orlando, Raedle/Getty ImagA gay pri ribbon is displayed on the lawn of the Dr.

The drag queen stood before the crowd at a gay bar Orlando on Sunday night – ls than 24 hours after 50 people were shot and killed at a siar bar only a few away – whout her drs, heels or wig.

DANCG WH DEFIANCE ORLANDO, BUT GAY CLUBS AND BARS FEEL ‘EERIE’

“I don’t really know what to say, ” Darcel Stevens, the 55-year-old performer a T-shirt, told the crowd of mostly gay men. Qutns like those were on the lips of many who gathered on Sunday night at Parliament Hoe, a gay hotel, bar and club near downtown Orlando. Amerin attus about lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people have done an about-face recent years.

BEFORE ORLANDO SHOOTG, AN ANTI-GAY MASSACRE NEW ORLEANS WAS LARGELY FOTTEN

And regardls of what the exact motive may be, a gay club — a place to get away, to dance and have fun, ee om discrimatn or judgment – was the target. Like the time Garstka, the lol activist, was attacked and feared and would be beaten to ath 20 years ago, as he scribed to me, while leavg a gay club. The time people threw ston at him – or lled him homophobic slurs.

And the Stonewall rts, 47 years ago, led to the morn gay rights movement. Correctn append, June 15 If the gunman who shot and killed 50 people an attack on the Orlando gay nightclub Pulse sought not merely to end life but to sow terror the LGBT muny, he uldn’t have chosen a more apt target. But the tail of havg happened not jt to gay people (by a gunman whose father has spoken out about his son’s dislike of gay men) but at a gay bar cuts to the very heart of a margalized group’s fears.

MASS MURR AT THE GAY BAR: WHEN A REFUGE BE THE TARGET

For s, gay bars have functned not merely as waterg hol but as gatherg plac and facto muny centers.

Sunday morng’s attack didn’t jt cut short dozens of liv; also tore a hole the very agile sense of secury for gay people Ameri.