spewed on the most watched hours of fox news at a regular clip against the u.s. military, against gay men and women, against gay teachers, against their right to exist. speak to the dehumanization that goes on all day, every day, in america. i mean, it s absolutely repulsive to watch the number of people in the wake of this horrific tragedy not wanting to take any responsibility. you know, hate doesn t exist in a vacuum. and this has been a record year, 2022, for anti-lgbtq legislation led by the gop. antitrust legislation, and we now see with tiktok, on the very same day that this shooting happened targeting another drag show in colorado. we ve seen windows being smashinged at gay bars. we ve seen like this person,
a gay bar in dallas. i remember so clearly, i parked in the back, and the scary part is you can walk around to the front so you re on a public sidewalk, a busy street that anyone can see you. you know, you re outed, potentially, if one of your friends was driving by or co-workers. and i just raced to the door. i remember, i couldn t get air in my lungs. i was just so terrified, and just to get in that door, and i did it. and you d think all all the windows would be blacked out so no one could see in. once you got past that door, it s almost like running through a mine field. and it s okay, i m safe now. and, you know, actually, i forgot when i was in colorado springs, the big club then was hide and seek. that s when i was like meeting a lot of gay soldiers and researching them, still active duty. and that club closed colorado