Recalling the lives lost at Club Q and the subsequent season of militancy

We recall those who were taken from us on the one-year celebration of the Club Q filming in Colorado Springs: Daniel Aston, Kelly Loving, Ashely Paugh, Derrick Rump, and Raymond Green Vance.

Anti-LGBT murder did not lessen in that year. In the year following the shooting at Club Q, GLAAD and the ADL Center on Extremism have documented more than 700 anti-LGBT dislike and extremist incidents in the United States, including more murders, harassment, abuse, and vandalism.

At least 26 trans people were killed in anti-trans strikes this past year, in addition to the life taken at Club Q, including Aston, a transgenuity man, and Loving, an intersectional gender person. On the day of Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is devoted to celebrating the life of trans people who have died in deeds of anti-travesty violence over the past year, the Club Q capturing occurred.

Visit this page to learn more about the life of transgender people who have died since the Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2022.

More than 500 anti-LGBT bills were introduced in statehouses across the nation in the month after the Club Q firing, spurred on by false information from extremist legislators and unregulated on social advertising.

According to Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, “it’s been one time, one terrible month since Daniel, Kelly, Ashley, Derrick, and Raymond were killed in the unfathomable strike in Colorado Springs,” and more than a dozen others were injured. ” We had one request for elected, media, and business leaders when GLAAD spoke out in the time following the horrific murder last November: stop the spread of anti- LGBTQ propaganda, which incites violence.” What actions have our rulers taken?

” We’ve seen anti-LGBT lies and propaganda spewing from lawmakers ‘ tongues, served up to thousands on social media, and inciting violence anywhere from secondary schools and libraries to places of worship, to school board meetings. We’ve seen business leaders hide rainbows t-shirts and shrink to a border of extremists. Anti-trans crime has been known to result in the deaths of at least 26 trans individuals. More than 700 instances of anti-LGBT fanaticism. We’ve seen more than 500 anti-LGBT expenses, which is exceptional. Our kids are not allowed to talk about their two mothers at college. For brave to fly a Pleasure flag, our friends are shot to death. And for daring to show delight, we are killed at petrol stations.

The majority of Americans support the LGBTQ community, but a little group of extremists are using violence and dread to distribute their lies. Our state, media, and business leaders need to change their ways and genuinely help LGBTQ people. In November 2024, I do n’t want to repeat this statement. The LGBT community and our friends immediately require unwavering support in words and deeds.

GLAAD and Club Q individuals spoke to the House Oversight Committee about anti-LGBT prejudice in December 2022. View Sarah Kate Ellis ‘ evidence right here.

GLAAD Coverage Advice:

  • Avoid repetitions of the crime. These are unwanted and may cause the affected to re-traumatize.
  • Use people’s names, nouns, sexual preference, and gender identity in your monitoring by asking them how they would like to get identified. The physical orientation and/or gender identities of the victims, the individuals, and their loved ones should not be erased.
  • Avoid erasing the sensitivity of the impacted communities, expat histories, and cultures.
  • Do n’t speculate on the shooter’s background, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

For the# HonorThemWithAction strategy, Equality Florida has developed more best practices:

  • When referring to the victims, use the words “taken” or “killed,” no “lost.”
  • Do n’t give the shooter’s name as suggested by No Notoriety. Concentrate on the subjects ‘ friends, families, and neighbors.

You can find information on reporting on the transgender community in GLAAD’s Media Reference Guide below.

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