NEW YORK, NY—Following Sunday’s shooting in Orlando Elton John, founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, gave the following statement at his concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom last night:
“In recent months I’ve been working on a project for my foundation called Love and Bravery with Lady Gaga and it’s about having love to accept everyone for who they are. Especially people who are different from you and the bravery to show it.
“When a horror like this massacre in Orlando comes along, great agony crashes across the world like a tsunami. And great grief. We feel shocked, angry and feel devastated inside for the victims and the loved ones who are mourning them.
“What I find extraordinary and what really gives me strength and hope is that immediately behind that devastation came a different wave. A rainbow colored wave of love, from Istanbul to Tel Aviv, from Sydney Opera House to the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building and the White House.
“So tonight, while I would like to honor and mourn the LGBT community’s loss in Orlando and the loss of everyone who has been a victim of hate and stigma and dogma, I would like to say tonight we are winning the fight against prejudice.
“The rainbow around the world tells me we can and we will win against these people.”
