Boston Pride Will Hold Moment Of Silence For Orlando Shooting Victims

The shooting happened early Sunday morning at Pulse – a gay nightclub in Orlando – killing at least 50, and wounding 53 more. According to CNN, Omar Mateen of Ft. In a statement on their website, Noho Pride said, “This horrific, intentional mass shooting will not stop us from our mission to ensure equality and acceptance in all areas of life for LGBT people”.

In Los Angeles, the mayor says a heavily armed person who was headed to a gay pride parade was arrested by Santa Monica police. A 39-year-old director for the Shakespeare Theater Company, Baldwin was handing out stickers that said “Shakespeare – Boys Kissing Boys Since 1592”. “We will not go away, and today we are proud of who are”.

He added: “It brings home to you what could happen and it takes a couple of days for people to settle back down”.

Residents of West Hollywood have already been seen holding Pride flags that say “Not Afraid” and making signs that say “We are Orlando”. “We’ve got to be amongst the family today”.

Phoenix said the goal of the vigil is to “embrace and uphold our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender brothers and sisters in Orlando, remember the victims and their families, and offer support in whatever way we can”.

By noon, as the Philly Pride parade wound its way up 7th Street in Center City, some had heard the news and were trying to process it. Others were just catching wind.

Rebecca Triglianos and Nicole Martin, a couple from Irvington, New York, contemplated the growing pile of flowers on Sunday outside the bar, a designated National Historic Landmark for its role in the gay rights movement.

However, with support and an outpouring of love, Smith says the community can only grow stronger together. Smith said it would be similar to the one in Dallas, and that that group is responsible for starting volunteer and citizen patrols after more than 20 gay people were assaulted in recent months.

Hours after the worst mass shooting in US history, a horrific massacre targeting revelers at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Bay Area leaders and others reacted to the carnage. “We also send our support to our member paper Watermark during this hard time for their community”.