San Francisco's LGBTQ community is saddened, upset and speaking out against hate and violence after a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs.
’s LGBTQ+ community is saddened, upset and speaking out against hate and violence after a deadly nightclub shooting in Colorado., an LGBTQ nightclub. Five were killed and 17 were hurt.LGBTQ+ community
"These are attacks against our community and we share the outrage and the grief," said Stephen Torres, Castro LGBTQ+ Cultural District chair. "We have to be vigilant. We have to keep our eyes out for each other."says one in five hate crimes across the country are motivated by anti-LGBTQ bias. "A lot of us who used to go out at night…we’re not. We’re targets," said Tom Lappin. "It’s going to happen again and again and again until they take assault weapons off the market."
. "We have to call that out everywhere. We cannot accept hate in any form and we’ve got to say if you vote for these people, if you subscribe to this messaging, then you’re part of the problem, too."Scott said more than three dozen trans people have been killed so far this year nationwide.
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