We were awakened this morning to news of a mass shooting, with multiple fatalities, at an LGBTQ+ club.
Again.
This time it was in Colorado Springs, CO, at Club Q. Five human lives ended forever. Eighteen more human lives were wounded. Countless more human lives were plunged into grief and disbelief.
Again.
Our hearts, broken as they are, go out to the victims' families and friends, as well as to the greater LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs.
Club Q had a reputation as a safe space. Tragically, that was not the case.
Violence against any of us, anywhere, is violence against all of us, everywhere. No space is safe until there's no longer a need for safe spaces. We must double down in our efforts to educate, organize and support our communities and, above all, share the love - not just because those who oppose us have also doubled down in recent months and years, but because it's why we're here, and it's the right thing to do.
Again, and always.