Out of the bars and into the streets

 

I am devastated. I thought about writing a whole post about the shooting in Colorado and then I found this thread by @dansavage. He basically put int words what I am feeling. 

Two unarmed queer men fought back in that bar. One took the gun from the gunman and hit him with it. He was pinning the gunman when he police walked in.

Also, this is how you report an abhorrent act:

Right wingers want queer people dead and gone. They want queer people to feel under the threat of a firearm at all times, they want queer people to feel they are not safe even in their safe spaces. And it’s nothing new. It will only get worse.

In 2022, the American right has sharply escalated its attacks on gay and transgender people and the broader queer community. This escalation shows up in the Crowd Counting Consortium’s data as a steep and sustained increase in the rate of right-wing demonstrations pushing anti-LGBTQ+ claims.

@countingcrowds

It's not only that they don't want you to get married, or that you have that cake made for your wedding, or that you have the rights other people have. They want you gone. They want you erased. Because one more dirty queer dead is nothing to them. 

Think about it next time you diminish their hate campaigns because they have nothing to do with YOU. Think about it before you dismiss the next shooting in a gay bar as 'it's the ammosexuals'. Think about it the next time you feel safe. Think about it because there may not be a ‘next time’.

XOXO

P.S. wanna start helping?

@coloradohealingfund