Seven years ago this month, in the aftermath of the attack on Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, one call to action rose above the din: “Say their names.” New Yorkers chanted it steps from the Stonewall Inn. The mother of a child gunned down at Sandy Hook penned it in an open letter. The Orlando Sentinel printed the names. Anderson Cooper recited them. A gunman, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others in the wee hours of that awful Sunday, massacring LGBTQ people of color and their allies in the middle of Pride Month, and the commemoration of the dead demanded knowing who they were. “These,” as MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell urged his viewers, “are the names to remember.”
The titles on our list of the best LGBTQ movies of all time are a globe-spanning, multigenerational testament to our existence in a world where our erasure is no abstraction. From...
The titles on our list of the best LGBTQ movies of all time are a globe-spanning, multigenerational testament to our existence in a world where our erasure is no abstraction. From...
- 6/12/2023
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Survivors and families of victims in the Pulse Nightclub shooting are going after the city of Orlando, claiming police officers didn't come to their rescue fast enough. During the 2016 massacre, Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people -- and in the lawsuit, the plaintiffs say Officer Adam Gruler was assigned to work security at Pulse, but had abandoned his post when Mateen arrived at the club. They claim the shooter only armed himself, and opened fire,...
- 6/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A lawsuit by victims’ family members in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., who accused Twitter, Facebook and Google of helping radicalize the shooter in the June 2016 massacre, has been dismissed by a federal judge.
U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson rejected the theory that gunman Omar Mateen became radicalized after social media platforms offered him ready access to Isis propaganda. Lawson wrote that there was no evidence of a link between what Mateen saw online and his actions in the shooting, “other than that the principles espoused in them motivated Mateen to carry out the dreadful act.” The massacre at the gay nightclub, which killed 49 people and injured 53, was the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.
Lawson issued the order to dismiss the suit on Friday, at the same time a jury acquitted Mateen’s widow, Noor Salman, of obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.
U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson rejected the theory that gunman Omar Mateen became radicalized after social media platforms offered him ready access to Isis propaganda. Lawson wrote that there was no evidence of a link between what Mateen saw online and his actions in the shooting, “other than that the principles espoused in them motivated Mateen to carry out the dreadful act.” The massacre at the gay nightclub, which killed 49 people and injured 53, was the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.
Lawson issued the order to dismiss the suit on Friday, at the same time a jury acquitted Mateen’s widow, Noor Salman, of obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.
- 3/31/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN’s “New Day” welcomed a panel of high school students to discuss school gun violence. The conversation, however, swiftly devolved as the teenagers offered sharp disagreements and leveled accusations of racism. “Who is carrying out these shootings?” asked 17-year-old Zyahna Bryant. “Young white men.” “Now you’re a racist,” said the panel’s resident pro-gun advocate Jacob Scott with indignation. “Why are you attacking white people … What about Omar Mateen?” Also Read: Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen Lawyers Go Sideways on CNN: 'Thug Thug Thug Thug' (Video) While pointing out uncomfortable facts has often been cause enough to cry racism in some quarters, there was no...
- 3/28/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Girls star Andrew Rannells is one of many grieving after Sunday's mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub.
The 37-year-old spoke about the tragic shooting on Thursday at a New York screening of HBO's Suited, telling reporters that the horrific shooting has him thinking about how "fragile life is."
"My heart goes out to all of those [victims] out there and all of those who've lost loved ones," he said. "It just makes you realize how extremely precious life is … I just feel very grateful for my friends and my family."
For nearly a week, the nation has been mourning the deaths...
The 37-year-old spoke about the tragic shooting on Thursday at a New York screening of HBO's Suited, telling reporters that the horrific shooting has him thinking about how "fragile life is."
"My heart goes out to all of those [victims] out there and all of those who've lost loved ones," he said. "It just makes you realize how extremely precious life is … I just feel very grateful for my friends and my family."
For nearly a week, the nation has been mourning the deaths...
- 6/17/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- People.com - TV Watch
Girls star Andrew Rannells is one of many grieving after Sunday's mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub. The 37-year-old spoke about the tragic shooting on Thursday at a New York screening of HBO's Suited, telling reporters that the horrific shooting has him thinking about how "fragile life is." "My heart goes out to all of those [victims] out there and all of those who've lost loved ones," he said. "It just makes you realize how extremely precious life is … I just feel very grateful for my friends and my family." For nearly a week, the nation has been mourning the deaths...
- 6/17/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Girls star Andrew Rannells is one of many grieving after Sunday's mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub. The 37-year-old spoke about the tragic shooting on Thursday at a New York screening of HBO's Suited, telling reporters that the horrific shooting has him thinking about how "fragile life is." "My heart goes out to all of those [victims] out there and all of those who've lost loved ones," he said. "It just makes you realize how extremely precious life is … I just feel very grateful for my friends and my family." For nearly a week, the nation has been mourning the deaths...
- 6/17/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Lea DeLaria is speaking out about Sunday's Orlando nightclub shooting. The Orange is the New Black star shed tears at Thursday's show premiere when talking about the recent shooting at Orlando gay-friendly nightclub Pulse. "When you are a queer individual, as I am, and you want to go some place where you feel safe, you go the local bar. You go to the gay bar. It's where we feel said," said DeLaria, 58. "That was stolen from every Lgbt person in the world on Sunday morning. That was taken from us, our sense of safety."Omar Mateen opened fire on Pulse...
- 6/17/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Lea DeLaria is speaking out about Sunday's Orlando nightclub shooting.
The Orange is the New Black star shed tears at Thursday's show premiere when talking about the recent shooting at Orlando gay-friendly nightclub Pulse.
"When you are a queer individual, as I am, and you want to go some place where you feel safe, you go the local bar. You go to the gay bar. It's where we feel said," said DeLaria, 58.
"That was stolen from every Lgbt person in the world on Sunday morning. That was taken from us, our sense of safety."
Omar Mateen opened fire on Pulse...
The Orange is the New Black star shed tears at Thursday's show premiere when talking about the recent shooting at Orlando gay-friendly nightclub Pulse.
"When you are a queer individual, as I am, and you want to go some place where you feel safe, you go the local bar. You go to the gay bar. It's where we feel said," said DeLaria, 58.
"That was stolen from every Lgbt person in the world on Sunday morning. That was taken from us, our sense of safety."
Omar Mateen opened fire on Pulse...
- 6/17/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- People.com - TV Watch
The gunman who killed 49 people and injured 53 in Sunday's mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub exchanged text messages with his wife during the shooting, three law enforcement sources confirm to People. The sources tell People that at around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, the mother of shooter Omar Mateen allegedly called Mateen's wife, Noor Zahi Salman, wondering here her son was. Salman said she didn't know, and allegedly texted her husband, "Where are you," the source says. In response, the source says, Mateen texted back, "Do you see what's happening." His wife allegedly replied "No?" according to the source. Mateen then texted: "I love you,...
- 6/17/2016
- by Susan Keating and Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
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