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New photo from Pulse shooting shows exit blocked by refrigerator, which may have cost lives

Survivors and family want accountability for what they have said were code violations that may have led to more deaths in the 2016 gay nightclub shooting.

The Apalachee shooter made anti-trans threats. Right-wingers are still lying that he's trans

Fourteen-year-old Colt Gray is not transgender, but conservatives are still lying about his identity to score political points in the wake of four people's murders.

Club Q, Pulse, and an Ohio firebombing: Why these drag queen survivors are sharing their stories (exclusive)

Drag queens who survived the Club Q mass shooting, the Pulse Massacre, and a Ohio church firebombing tell The Advocate about a coalition they've formed to support drag artists in the face of violence.

Club Q Shooter Pleads Guilty to Mass Shooting That Left 5 Dead

Anderson Lee Aldrich allegedly killed 5 and wounded about 20 before he was stopped by brave patrons.

Would-Be Shooter's Sister's Tip-Off Stops Potential Colorado Mass Shooting

Police credit the sister of a transgender 19-year-old who wrote a chilling screed outlining plans for a mass shooting for tipping off authorities and preventing a possible tragedy.

No, the Wisconsin school shooter wasn’t transgender

Every time a mass shooting happens, right-wing influencers falsely claim that the shooter is trans; rarely is that true.

A Colorado man threatened to 'shoot up' a drag show. Artists are responding with a bigger show

Drag artists in a Colorado city are hosting their biggest show yet after a man allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting during one of their performances

Alleged Minneapolis mass shooters charged after killing one at LGBTQ+ punk rock show

The teenagers who allegedly targeted queer people at a punk rock show in Minneapolis are facing seven felony charges.

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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Tennessee Congressman Prioritizes Protecting Kids From Drag Queens Over Guns

On the day of a mass shooting in his state the Republican congressman said nothing could be done, but weeks before he praised the state’s ban on drag queens.

Club Q mass shooting survivors sue, claim ‘deliberate inaction’ enabled attack

Survivors of the Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs have filed lawsuits against both the bar and the El Paso county sheriff’s office.

LGBTQ+ Reps. condemn 'outrageous' forced outing bill advancing in Congress

The Congressional Equality Caucus is calling out the "outrageous" bill going to vote in the House that would forcibly out transgender students to their guardians.

Two Pulse survivors are now 'ex-gays' running a conversion therapy organization

After experiencing firsthand the carnage that anti-LGBTQ+ attacks can cause, Luis Ruiz and Angel Colon are attacking what they've dubbed the "identity pandemic."

Missouri Republican candidate burns LGBTQ+ books with flamethrower and posts the video online (exclusive)

Valentina Gomez is facing growing backlash for an incendiary stunt against LGBTQ+ books. Queer rights groups are calling her out.

In Search of a Safe Space, Club Q Shooting Survivors Look for Ways to Push Forward Without Fear

A shooter killed five people at a Colorado gay bar just before midnight on November 19, 2022. More than a dozen were injured. Here some share their thoughts on what's happened in the last year.

Kansas Man Arrested for Threatening to Shoot Up, Bomb Nashville Pride

He said he would “make shrapnel pressure cooker bombs for this event” and that he was going to “commit a mass shooting.”