Politicians who have been elected to serve the public send ‘thoughts and prayers’ as they spread messages of hate and division that only fuel further violence.
But politicians who have been elected to serve the public are more concerned with censoring our identities and targeting trans and non-binary kids than protecting our communities from fatal violence. The United States has more mass shootings than any other country in the world nearly 53 people are killed by a firearm each day. Compounding this tragedy is the fact that in the six years since Pulse, we have been unable to advance meaningful federal gun reform legislation. Gun violence remains an LGBTQ+ issue, with three-fourths of homicides against transgender people – including nearly eight in ten homicides of Black trans women – involving a gun.
HRC Interim President Joni Madison said in a statement: “We will never forget the lives lost at Pulse - beloved friends, siblings, partners and parents who were dancing in community and celebration only to be struck down in an act of terrible violence against the LGBTQ+ community.
A total of 32 people – most of them people of color – were killed in those events. Sunday’s commemoration falls as the United States continues to grapple with the scourge of gun violence, with recent shootings in Buffalo, NY Uvalde, TX and Laguna Woods, CA, to name only three. WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization -honors the lives of the 49 people - most of them young, LGBTQ+ and Latinx - killed in the attack at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016.
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