Ten Years of Tears in Pride

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Ten years on from the Pulse Nightclub Massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in the US at the time and the deadliest single instance of anti-queer violence in the US. And now we’re in a slow erasure of queer culture and existence. But this year’s pride is showing grit, strength, and defiance.
Stay strong, stay proud, and remember who we lost so we lose no one else ever again.
And sorry for being late; I lost power wifi during from a storm on Wednesday and only just got power back yesterday.

A dance floor that went silent ten years ago. This week marked a decade since a gunman murdered 49 people at Pulse in Orlando — most of them queer, Latino, and young, in a room meant to be a sanctuary.
Survivors say the recovery has no finish line. Grief like this doesn't resolve; it becomes part of the architecture of a life. So we do the only thing that answers it: we say the names out loud, every year, and refuse the numbness that wants to file the dead under 'unfortunate' and move on.
The thread runs from Stonewall to Pulse to now, asking the same question it always has: who gets to be a person. Silence was never going to protect us.
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10 years since a gunman killed 49 at Pulse — most queer, Latino, young. Survivors say recovery has no finish line. We say the names anyway. https://twp.ai/9OXr2l #Pulse #PulseRemembrance #LGBTQ #SayTheirNames #Pride #NeverForget #QueerHistory

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Ten years ago a gunman murdered 49 people at Pulse in Orlando — most of them queer, Latino, young. Survivors say recovery has no finish line. We say the names anyway. Memory is the work. Silence was never going to protect us.
https://twp.ai/4hsbqh
#Pulse #PulseRemembrance #LGBTQ #SayTheirNames #NeverForget #Pride #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #OrlandoStrong #PrideMonth
What Survives the Morning: The Soil Remembers What the Cages Try to Forget

What survives the morning: grief, resistance, and earth's quiet power. Explore detention crises, fungi wisdom, and the soil's memory of freedom in this urgent lyrical analysis.

Wendy The Druid
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Also from GLAAD, here is a pic of the site of the vigil:

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Excerpt from Lin-Manuel's sonnet, delivered at the Tony's, hours after the #Pulse Massacre 06/12

This show is proof that history remembers,
We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger.
We rise and fall and light from dying embers,
Remembrances that hope and love last longer.

And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love:
Cannot be killed or swept aside!
I sing Vanessa’s symphony, Eliza tells her story;
Now fill the world with music, love and pride.
#LoveIsLove 🖤 🏳️‍🌈

A double rainbow appeared at the conclusion of the Pulse nightclub 10 year remembrance vigil in Orlando. #NeverForget #Pulse 🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected]