Although police haven't confirmed a motive in the Colorado Springs shooting, many are raising alarms about a resurgence of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in recent months.
and injuring 18 others. The shooting shook up many in the LGBTQ community—who have raised concerns about a resurgence of anti-gay and anti-trans rhetoric from some right-wingers—on Sunday.
In this image, a Colorado Springs community service officer speaks with a Pueblo resident near the LGBTQ Club Q, where a gunman opened fire and killed five people late Saturday night. In the shooting’s aftermath, many are condemning anti-LGBTQ rhetoric espoused by the right-wing.Groomer accusations have been recently thrown against the LGBTQ community at pride events, gay bars and drag queen story-times, which have facedfrom right-wingers who accuse the community of targeting children.
"Every GOP politician spewing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric bears responsibility for the Colorado Springs shooting," she tweeted."Every GOP politician who says that guns aren't the problem bears responsibility for the Colorado Springs shooting. Enough."
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