New York Calls for ‘No Hate’ After Orlando Shooting

Hundreds gathered in solidarity at Manhattan’s historic Stonewall Inn to express their support for the victims killed at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Jonas addressed critics who’ve accused him of being ambiguous about his sexuality to help his career and bait the gay community. Following the attacks, hate crimes against Muslims soared: 19 Muslims reported being victims of harassment or violence over a single 10-day period in December.

The Stonewall vigil emphasized the ongoing battle against anti-LGBT bigotry.

“Come join us”, he said. Think of a time when you felt unsafe in your own community.

“This affects the whole community”, said Severely Mame (pictured above with Hysteé Lauder).

Mirna Haidar, a representative from the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity, talked about the complex intersection of her identity in the U.S. as a Muslim refugee and as a gender non-conforming woman. But more than anything, there was an incredible blanket of love. We can no longer stand by and do nothing.

“It just hurts me that a place like Pulse was targeted because people go there to feel safe”, he said. His killer was never found. Ross sees the tragedy as a link in the chain of anti-LGBTQ violence that reached a new low in Orlando.

Of the vigil, Choate said he saw a connection of love and unity in the crowd.

Activist and “Gay USA” co-host Ann Northrop. The highest profile of these included the murder of Milk, a pioneering gay politician in San Francisco in 1978, and the 1998 murder of Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming at the hands of two men who beat him into a coma while he was tied to a fence.

Former State Senator Tom Duane. The mayor told reporters: “We are vigilant”. Choose the path of love.

Mourners gather outside The Stonewall Inn in NY to light candles, lay flowers and grieve for those killed in Orlando on June 12, 2016.

The rainbow colours of the gay pride flag flew Monday on the side of the California Capitol and on the floor of the Senate – a first for the Senate, according to President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, a Democrat.

“My thoughts go out to the victims, to which I offer my condolences, as well as the many wounded, to whom I wish a speedy recovery”. “We come today for the past”.

From left, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah’s Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Reverend Fred Davie of the Union Theological Seminary, and Reverend Vanessa Brown of the Rivers of Living Water. If their attackers hope to send a message that violent extremism will not be tolerated, all these actions serve to do instead is punish more innocent people.

“Especially during Pride Month, for someone to come into a queer club, somewhere just like Stonewall that is so sacred to queer people – especially queer people of color – it’s unfathomable, that level of hate”, she says choking up with tears.

At the end of the event, the names of the 48 identified victims were read, and each was followed by a response in Spanish – “Presente!” – from the crowd. “It’s radical Islam, and they should all be arrested immediately”. It isn’t a matter of me. He said the organization received many requests for a vigil or memorial after the attack.

“The religious right, the political right will use this as a wedge”, Alam warned. Cranley, a Democrat, says he’s proud to stand in solidarity with LGBT people “and to let the world know that Cincinnati is an inclusive and welcoming city”.

As was New York’s One World Trade Center.

Denouncing the act of terrorism as born of hatred and bigotry, Clinton said specifically, “I want to say this”.

“I was kind of surprised by how desensitized I was seeing the word ‘shooting, ‘” he said.