'We know the toxic combination of hate and access to guns in this country leads to deadly results.'
On Sunday morning at least two injured victims were inPolice said the suspect was subdued by at least two patrons at the club, who stopped him from shooting more people.,"someone with the same name and age as the suspect was arrested by sheriff's deputies last year after a bomb threat in a residential area just outside Colorado Springs.
The shooting took place the night before Club Q was planning to join LGBTQ+ communities and groups around the world in marking the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The club had been planning to hold an"all ages drag brunch" on Sunday. According to the Crowd Counting Consortium, a project run by professors at Harvard University and University of Connecticut which
"political crowds in public spaces," drag shows and other events featuring drag performers have been increasingly targeted by right-wing attacks this year.more than 40 actions targeting these events, including at least 15 so far" that month. "As we mark Transgender Day of Remembrance and mourn and remember the trans people who were taken from us far too soon, we must recommit ourselves to the work of ending gun violence, transphobia, and homophobia in our country and saluting the resilience of trans people everywhere,"Rep. David Cicilline , chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, noted that"deadly violence against members of our community is sadly not new."Cicilline.
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