The city of Orlando, Florida will purchase the Pulse nightclub and turn it into a memorial for the victims of what was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. A statement on the city’s Web site said, “On November 14, 2016 the Orlando City Council will vote to purchase Pulse nightclub at 1912 S. Orange…
WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a new digital ad featuring Christine Leinonen, the mother of Christopher “Drew” Leinonen — a young man shot and killed along with his boyfriend, Juan Guerrero, and 47 others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. In the ad, Christine speaks directly to American voters, saying, “We have to continue moving forward…
WASHINGTON – Sunday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a new digital ad in Florida: Ricardo. It features Ricardo Negron-Almodovar, an Orlando resident and survivor of the tragic June attack on the Pulse nightclub, who emphasizes the importance of voting to make real change. Sunday was the first day of in-person early voting in Florida….
ORLANDO, Fla. – Equality Florida today announced a total of more than $9.5m has been raised for the victims of the horrific Pulse Nightclub shooting largely through a record-setting GoFundMe campaign that drew more than 120,000 donors from over 120 countries. GoFundMe and Equality Florida teamed up to release a powerful video featuring survivors of…
ORLANDO, Fla. – Friday, Equality Florida made a significant policy announcement to formally endorse common sense gun violence prevention policies in response to the hate-fueled attack in Orlando this past June, targeting the LGBTQ community at Pulse nightclub’s Latin night. The announcement includes a position paper detailing the deep history of hate violence against the…
ORLANDO, Fla. – Equality Florida’s fundraising efforts for the victims’ families and survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting have raised over $8 million, the vast majority from a GoFundMe campaign that has drawn nearly 120,000 contributors from across the world; as well as pledges from corporate sponsors and grassroots fundraising efforts locally and globally. “It…
Marco Rubio is slated to address an event in Orlando next month that will feature some of the country’s most vehement anti-LGBT activists. The Orlando-based Liberty Counsel Action, an extreme anti-LGBT group whose affiliate is famous for representing Kentucky clerk Kim Davis in her stand against the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision, announced in an email…
An online fundraiser for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting set up by Equality Florida has raised $7M in a campaign that continues to break records for online philanthropy. Equality Florida launched the GoFundMe campaign hours following news of the horrific shooting with an initial goal of raising $100,000. The campaign became the quickest to…
The Orlando Gay Chorus took to the stage of Denver’s Ellie Caulkins Opera House this past weekend in front of a 2,500 strong crowd, partway through the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses (GALA) Festival to launch into a rendition of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ as a tribute to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. “Orlando…
The owner of the Pulse gay nightclub, Barbara Poma, is speaking out for the first time since the mass shooting that took the lives of 49 people at the club. She speaks with TODAY’s Matt Lauer about how she learned of the tragedy, the loss of one of her employees and how she plans to…
