The shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ club in Colorado, occurred on the eve of Transgender Remembrance Day. It's the latest tragedy in a year that's felt particularly bleak, according to LGBTQ advocates.
"One thing we've seen is the number of queer and transgender people who feel comfortable and safe to come out continues to grow even in the face of an escalating and violent backlash," said Gillian Branstetter, communications strategist at the ACLU's Women's Rights Project and LGBTQ & HIV Project."That's because people see more hope in living an authentic life than in living an inauthentic one.
Jay Brown, senior vice president of programs, research and training for the Human Rights Campaign, said that it's typical to see"this kind of vitriol rise" during an election year, though it seemed less effective this time around.
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