This evening, our local #transgender #advocacy group put on an incredibly moving #vigil in remembrance of the #ClubQ victims, and as a source of healing, strength, and resilience for our local #queer community. I was honored to play my #harp for this gathering (and thank you all for song suggestions earlier this week).

All the speakers' words touched me deeply, but I'd really like to share one in particular. I think a lot of folks will find solace in his words below, as I did:

"Things we can do to embolden and empower our queer community, using #HOPE as an acronym:

H - Hold on. Go to your rock (your faith, friends, family, found family, whatever girds you up).

O - Open. Stay open to opportunities to offer help, to use your talents and skills in the community, for learning, change, and resistance.

P - Praise others for who they are, for their contributions.

E - Embrace others, even when they are not like you. You never know what someone's going through or what their story is.

Hope wins like love wins." 🌈

#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #ClubQStrong #Grief #Healing #Resilience #HopeWins #HoldOn

After #ClubQ shooting, Aurora lawmakers denounce anti-LGBTQ violence

“When I go to the grocery store with my spouse, I see people sneering and jeering. A lot of places that are safe for a lot of people are not safe in the same way for us.”

https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/metro/in-the-shadow-of-club-q-shooting-aurora-lawmakers-denounce-anti-lgbtq-violence/

#COpolitics #ClubQ #ClubQStrong #LGBTQRights

Visibly injured Club Q mass shooting suspect held without bail

Aldrich appeared to need prompting by defense attorneys and offered a slurred response when asked to state their name

http://ow.ly/GUC550LMzUc

#ClubQ #ClubQStrong

Visibly injured Club Q mass shooting suspect held without bail

Aldrich appeared to need prompting by defense attorneys and offered a slurred response when asked to state their name

http://ow.ly/GUC550LMzUc

#ClubQ #ClubQStrong

this is the new right-wing terrorist playbook

it's hard not to lose faith in humanity as a whole knowing how profoundly evil these people are and how the media apparatus will not challenge this at all

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-springs-suspect-identifies-nonbinary-uses-pronounces-defense-rcna58499

#ColoradoSprings #ClubQ #LGBTQ #AntiTrans #Terrorism #ClubQStrong #RightWing #ChristianNationalist

#HeathensAgainstHate #SecularPagans #Asatru #Druidry #Celtic #Cymric #Scandanavian #Nordic #Germanic #UnitarianUniversalism #Dudeism #Heathenry #Animism #Witchcraft #Humanism #Paganism #NoNazisInValhalla #OneLove #ClubQstrong

On Nov 19, 2022, a terrorist killed 5 people and wounded 18 others at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs.

Please consider donating to the following:
1. Support for the Families & Survivors [https://gofund.me/ecc85ae3]
2. Classroom of Compassion [https://gofund.me/b478ad16]
3. For DJ T-Beatz [https://gofund.me/3b253b27]
4. For the Slaugh Family Medical Bills [https://gofund.me/b1cc8094]
5. Direct Funds for Families [https://gofund.me/ff454d56]

Every penny helps. Thank you. #ClubQ #ClubQShooting #ClubQStrong

Gun violence takes lives and leaves a lasting legacy of trauma in communities every single day in this country, even when it is not on the news.
This Thanksgiving, please bring gun violence and the LGBTQ+ community up at the table. Have an open conversation with your friends and family about the impacts gun violence has on all of us. Make sure those you know in the LGBTQ+ community - who are loving, supportive and courageous people - feel safe and have someone to talk with. #clubqstrong

💗🫂💗 #OneLove #transdayofrembrance #clubqstrong 💖✨

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRQ3hbeu/

AG and DG offee a heartbreaking perspective on the #CLUBQSTRONG shooting. #mademecry Check out Knock The Fascists Off the Charts from The Daily Beans on Amazon Music.
https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f68f92ef-95c5-47a6-9a6a-658d4f15ffc3/episodes/6d80ae1f-0db3-4bd9-93db-fcf9efd8ef28/the-daily-beans-knock-the-fascists-off-the-charts?ref=dm_sh_e2IrnLJm978ita8US006fcyzs

Sifting through my feelings after yet another attack on a #gay nightclub, I kept going back to Saeed Jones's extraordinary new book about love, hurt and survival. "The End of The World was a nightclub..." #clubq #clubqstrong #poetry

This story about the straight brewery owner who saved many lives at #ClubQ is heartbreaking; his family was injured, and his daughter's boyfriend was murdered. #Gay #CLUBQSTRONG #queer

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/us/colorado-springs-shooting-club-q-hero.html

It's taken me a bit to post about this. I'm sickened by the latest attack on the #lgbtq community. We literally just want to live like anyone else. It's not too much to ask. Check on your LGBTQIA friends. We are not okay.

#clubqstrong :_gaysparkle:

A year ago I was in Colorado Springs for work. My heart goes out to the LGBTQ people there and especially to those impacted by the tragedy at Club Q. #clubqstrong

‘Master of Silly Business’ among 5 dead in Colorado Springs gay club shooting

"I keep thinking it's a mistake, they made a mistake, and that he is really alive"

https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/state-and-region/colorado-news/master-of-silly-business-among-5-dead-in-colorado-springs-gay-club-shooting/

#GunViolence #ClubQ #ClubQStrong #ColoradoSprings

Aurora schools, agencies offer mental health support in wake of mass shooting at Colorado Springs LGBTQ club

“...a symptom of the hate that we as LGBTQ people still face. I'm heartbroken,” said Councilmember Alison Coombs.

https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/metro/aurora-schools-agencies-offer-mental-health-support-in-wake-of-mass-shooting-at-colorado-springs-lgbtq-club/

#COpolitics #CLUBQSTRONG

Colorado Springs gay club mass shooting suspect evaded Colorado’s red flag gun law

Gun control advocates say Aldrich’s June 2021 threat is an example of a red flag law ignored, with potentially deadly consequences.

https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/state-and-region/colorado-news/colorado-springs-gay-club-mass-shooting-suspect-evaded-colorados-red-flag-gun-law/

#COleg #COpolitics #CLUBQSTRONG

Patrons in Colorado Springs gay club mass shooting hit gunman with his own weapon

“Such hate combined with laws that make access to firearms far too easy have only one result...it is all too predictable.”

https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/state-and-region/colorado-news/police-gunman-kills-5-at-colorado-springs-gay-nightclub-subdued-by-patrons/

#CLUBQSTRONG #GunViolence

#WEARECLUBQ #CLUBQ #CLUBQSTRONG

#ClubQStrong