#pulse rememberance

[jasontoddsreanimatedcorpse]

I know it's been years so some people may just want to move on, but I'm still gonna spend every 12th June thinking about Pulse and the victims. I hope they've all found peace.

[lemonjelloarts]

3 years ago today, 49 people died in my home city for going out clubbing.

53 were wounded. It was the second deadliest terrorist attack in the US since 9/11. I know people who were there and have survivors’ remorse. I know people whose family died that night. I know people who were supposed to go but backed out last minute because they had to work early in the morning.

This is why we need Pride.

No matter how you feel about lgbt people, no subset of people should have to fear going out into public just because of who they are. Despite how far acceptance of lgbt people has come, harassments, physical beatings, and massacres of them still regularly occur. Pulse didn’t happen in the early 1900s, times havent “changed” since then. Pulse happened three years ago. And it still haunts all of us in Orlando. It always will.

[bluekazenateartblog]

In honor of those we lost last year at PULSE. 6/12/16 art(c) @bluebiesartblog -Reblog do not Repost-

[hellameyers]

I don't want to let this day pass by without remembering what happened at Pulse, on this day 9 years ago, and the people that we lost so tragically to hate on June 12th 2016. A hate that is still so pervasive and even encouraged more now.

Not only is it important for the whole country to remember this, to never forget, don't let it deter you from your pride, and don't take anything for granted. For me personally, there's another layer of this that is special for me.

It was maybe within a month or so of the atrocity that occurred at Pulse. My friend was tasked with the honor of remembering the victims during a vigil by calling out all the names of the victims. As a gay Hispanic man, he was proud to give them the courtesy and decency to have their beautiful names said properly. I was there for those who lost their lives as I was also there to support him, as a friend, in something that was so incredibly important to him on many levels.

It is this poignant memory I take with me, now that my beloved friend has been a few years passed away from complications with Covid, leaving his husband of 30+ years. I miss him, and honor him everytime I honor them.

Never forget. Never bow down. Never back down.

You are beautiful. You are loved.

We do this together

❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵🩷💜🤎🖤🩶🤍

[jasontoddsreanimatedcorpse]

Hi on the anniversary of the Pulse shooting, I think it's very important to remember that the club was target on their Latin American night, so it wasn't just an attack on the lgbt+ community, but on qpoc - even if you're lgbt+, as long as you're white you have privilege and you have an advantage over your poc peers

[jasontoddsreanimatedcorpse]

As usual, I will be posting pulse rememberance posts today, so please filter out tags like #pulse or #pulse shooting if you need to 💖

[venusrrvelez]

Love doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints. It takes, and it takes, and it takes, and we keep loving anyway.

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