Tag: massacre
Police officer with PTSD from Pulse massacre loses his job
Omar Delgado realised he wanted to become a police officer after moving from Chicago to Central Florida, where he met and tagged along with a Seminole County deputy who soon became a close friend.
Transgender Legal Observes One-Year Memorial of Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund joins millions of advocates across the world in honouring the 49 precious souls taken in a heinous act of violence one year ago today at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.
Orlando again rated perfect in LGBTQ equality report
For the third year in a row, Orlando was awarded a perfect score on the Municipal Equality Index, which measures cities’ inclusiveness toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
‘No evidence Orlando gunman was gay’
FBI investigators have not been able to produce any persuasive evidence that Orlando gunman Omar Mateen was gay or pursuing gay relationships, sources say.
Despite Orlando Massacre, U.S. Senate Votes Down Common sense Gun Violence Prevention Legislation
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, responded to the U.S. Senate voting down two gun violence prevention amendments that would have struck the balance Americans are seeking in our nation’s laws regulating the sale and ownership of guns.
Omar Akhtar (18) : I’m gay and Muslim, Orlando massacre is all about Islam
One of this weeks bravest people are Norwegian Omar Akhtar (18), he came out as gay in a response to Orlando massacre.