Colorado’s Gay Governor Signs Gun Control Bills Into Law in Wake of Club Q Shooting
The state has a history of mass shootings going back to the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999.
April 29, 2023
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Biden, Polis, and More Call Out Gun Violence, Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotry
The president, Colorado's governor, and civil rights groups are responding to the tragedy at Club Q in Colorado Springs.
November 20, 2022
To Fight Anti-Trans Violence, It's Time for Sensible Gun Laws
Legislators must listen to the American people, not the gun lobby, writes Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
November 20, 2017
New Revelations About Club Q Shooting Suspect Unsealed
A court record for the suspect explains what happened during a 2021 bomb threat incident.
December 9, 2022
Like Marriage, We Will Win the Marathon of Gun Control
Daniel Hernandez survived a mass shooting that severely injured his former boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Four years and countless mass shootings later, Hernandez says what needs to happen to reduce violence.
December 4, 2015
Club Q: Judge Warned of Potential Danger of Suspected Gunman
The 2021 case against the alleged shooter, Anderson Lee Aldrich, was dropped.
December 19, 2022
‘Face of the Gun Control Movement’ Mark Glaze Dead at 51
The gay activist had become a notable leader in the gun control movement following the mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
November 11, 2021
Prior 2021 Arrest of Club Q Gunman Spotlights Red Flag Laws
Five people were killed when a gunman opened fired at the club in Colorado Springs, Colo.
November 28, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene Uses Gay Club Mass Shooting to Lie About Drugs
And, naturally, to argue against gun control.
November 20, 2022
Club Q Suspect Wanted to Be ‘the Next Mass Killer,’ Court Docs Say
Court documents obtained by media outlets detail a standoff that many say should have been a huge warning about the Colorado Springs shooter.
December 7, 2022
White House announces new rules on background checks for firearms sales in America
Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a rule change requiring more background checks as a way to close the gun show loophole.
April 11, 2024
Pat Steadman Fights to Turn Colorado Blue
Since Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination in 1992, LGBT activist Pat Steadman has been at the forefront of Colorado's equal rights battle. Now, for the first time since that year, Colorado looks like it could well swing Democrat in November's election, thanks in large part to the work of Steadman and Equal Rights Colorado.
October 7, 2008
Mass Shootings Continue to Scar Colorado Since Columbine in 1999
There have been 600 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year.
November 21, 2022
No, transgender and nonbinary people are not frequently mass shooters
In the wake of a tragic mass shooting in Iowa, conservatives and far-right extremists have falsely peddled the claim that the LGBTQ+ community is dangerous, but data refutes that claim.
January 5, 2024
Club Q Shooting: An Egregious Attack on a Sacred Queer Space
LGBTQ+ bars are sacred institutions in our community, places where we go to feel joy and be ourselves -- and that makes the Club Q tragedy all the more horrific.
November 23, 2022
Mark Glaze Is Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Gun Control Advocate
The gay Coloradan helping Michael Bloomberg reform the country's firearms laws says he understands the gun culture and what is needed to change it.
December 14, 2012
WATCH: Colo. Pastor Arrested for Robbing Gay Man
Police say Michael Abromovich impersonated a U.S. marshal to rob a gay man who thought he was meeting a Craigslist hookup.
January 29, 2014
Drag Doesn't Kill People — Guns Do
Tennessee legislators are passing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation while loosening gun laws, ignoring the real cause of violence.
June 29, 2023
Right-wing influencers seem happy that Iowa school shooter might be LGBTQ+
Without confirmation about his gender identity or sexual orientation, anti-LGBTQ+ extremists focused on pushing the false notion that transgender and nonbinary people are often mass shooters — they aren't.
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January 4, 2024
Armed Man Seen at the Abbey, Popular West Hollywood Bar
A man with a gun was spotted at the Abbey, prompting a heavy police response.
December 8, 2022
Trans Security Guard Jo Acker Dies a Hero in Boise Mall Shooting
Acker was killed when she confronted a gunman at Boise Towne Square Mall.
October 28, 2021