Coverage dated November 19, 2022 to November 21, 2022

Colorado Springs gay club shooting was ‘desecration’ of safe space

Headline from Post Independent, on the newest of 2 developments

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community — a safe space where many felt they...

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Colorado gay club shooting was 'desecration' of safe space

    Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·

  2. Newest

    Colorado Springs gay club shooting was ‘desecration’ of safe space

    Headline from Post Independent ·

Reports & sources

49 articles, oldest first.

  1. Los Angeles Times

    Op-Ed: Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs follows six brutal years of Republican anti-LGBTQ rhetoric (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Far-right candidates characterize queer and transgender people as 'groomers' and their families as criminals. Now those politicians have blood on their hands.

  2. KRDO

    How to help those affected by the Colorado Springs Club Q mass shooting (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Five people are dead and 25 more are injured after a gunman opened fire in an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs Saturday. According to police, a 22-year-old man entered Club Q and began firing into the crowd just before midnight.

  3. New Hampshire Public Radio

    The Colorado Springs mayor reflects on the Club Q shooting (opens New Hampshire Public Radio)

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    New Hampshire Public Radio's feed description

    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mayor John Suthers about a deadly shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub that left at least five people dead and 25 others injured.

  4. Breitbart News

    Gay Nightclub Shooting Occurred Despite Colorado's Stringent Gun Controls (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The Saturday shooting in Colorado Springs' Club Q occurred despite the state's stringent gun controls, adopted following the 2012 attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School.

  5. Advocate

    Club Q Patrons Pistol-Whipped and Pinned Gunman in Colorado Shooting (opens Advocate)

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    Advocate's feed description

    Details are emerging about what happened at a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs on Saturday night that left five people dead.

  6. Local News 8

    Shooting at Colorado Springs LGBTQ club leaves 5 dead and shatters safe haven provided by the venue (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Elizabeth Wolfe and Alaa Elassar, CNN As midnight neared on the dance floor of Club Q, the venue’s Saturday night crowd was in the thralls of an evening of dancing and drag performances when the scene was shattered by a gunman who entered the nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and immediate…

  7. Los Angeles Times

    Club Q was a safe space for Colorado Springs LGBTQ world. Then a gunman opened fire (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The violence at Club Q brought LGBTQ community members and allies to the nightclub Sunday, where they erected a memorial as they tried to comfort one another and await word on the fate of friends.

  8. WFMZ Allentown

    Colorado gay club shooting was 'desecration' of safe space (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community — a safe space where many felt they

  9. CBS News

    Colorado Springs police chief on Club Q shooting: "An evil person has come in and done something horrific." (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Two "heroic" patrons at the gay nightclub were credited with preventing further tragedy by subduing a gunman who killed five Saturday.

  10. Local News 8

    What we know about the suspect in the Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub shooting (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Just moments before midnight Saturday, a gunman entered Club Q, a beloved LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and immediately began shooting into the crowd, killing 5 people and injuring 25 others, according to police.

  11. KRDO

    "You can't really feel safe anywhere": LGBTQ+ community looks back on devastating Club Q shooting (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)-- Stories continue to trickle out about Club Q's impact on the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs. The bar has served as a safe haven, a safe space for many. After Saturday's shooting that killed 5 and wounded dozens more, clubgoers say their sense of safety is gone.

  12. Tucson

    Some say gay club shooting was 'desecration' of safe space (opens Tucson)

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    Tucson's feed description

    In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community — a safe space where many felt they

  13. NPR

    How the Colorado Springs LGBTQ community is dealing with the Club Q shooting (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Inside Out Youth Services Communications Manager Liss Smith about the LGBTQ community in Colorado Springs and how it's responding to the deadly shooting at Club Q.

  14. Newsweek

    Colorado Springs LGBT community responds to Club Q shooting: "We're broken" (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    "A community shouldn't have to go through something like this for us to come together. This is our home. This is our space," said Joshua Thurman, a witness.

  15. Charleston Gazette-Mail

    Site of Colorado gay bar shooting 'celebrated' LGBTQ people (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail)

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    Charleston Gazette-Mail's feed description

    In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community — a safe space where many felt they

  16. KTVZ Bend

    Club Q was more than a night out. It was a safe space for the LGBTQ community of Colorado Springs (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Alaa Elassar, Elizabeth Wolfe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Days after the mass shooting at Club Q, the LGBTQ community in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is not only grieving the loss of friends’ lives. They are also mourning the violent assault on what many call their home, their safe space.

  17. NBC4 Washington

    These Are the Victims of the Colorado LGBTQ Club Shooting (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community — a safe space where many felt they could just be themselves. That was shattered this weekend.

  18. NPR

    Victims of the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting include 2 bartenders and 3 patrons (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Details are coming out about the weekend shooting that killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. Officials stress the probe is ongoing — including into the shooter's motivation.

  19. Post Independent

    Colorado Springs gay club shooting was ‘desecration’ of safe space (opens Post Independent)

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    Post Independent's feed description

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community — a safe space where many felt they...

  20. NBC News

    After the Colorado Springs attack, LGBTQ people are furious at the rhetoric targeting them (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Colorado Springs locals and national activists said rising anti-LGBTQ rhetoric made the shooting at Club Q feel horribly predictable.

  21. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Club Q Was a Safe Haven for LGBTQ Community Before Deadly Colorado Shooting (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    As the Colorado Springs community mourns the lives lost, many are also grieving because it happened in a place that has become a sanctuary for many longing to fit in.

  22. NBC News

    What we know about the victims of the Colorado Springs Club Q shooting (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The shooting at Club Q, a bastion for LGBTQ people in Colorado Springs, devastated families and left a community in mourning.

  23. Local News 8

    As grief grips Colorado Springs after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub, officials are investigating whether it was a bias-motivated crime (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The mass shooting inside an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured over the weekend is being investigated as a bias-driven crime as survivors grapple with trauma and grief following the attack.

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