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A Priest Is Fighting the Church for LGBT Acceptance. The Catholic Alt-Right Wants Him Silenced. Kevin Fallon © Provided by The Daily Beast Courtesy Tribeca Film Festival Five years ago on June 12, 2016, 49 people were massacred at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, with an additional 53 patrons wounded. Pulse was a predominantly LGBT venue, an example of what’s always been true: For the marginalized LGBT community, the gay bar was a place of acceptance. A sanctuary. A church. When a gunman entered that gay club in Orlando, he infiltrated a safe space. It was where a group of people cultivated their comradeship and identity, gathered in solidarity to be themselves freely, empowered, made change, and, yes, had fun. Like parishioners to a church, these people to include this writer, we gravitate to these venues as a natural-born survival mechanism. And there, in that safe space, 49 people were kill

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