Yoko's Asterisk 🏳️‍⚧

"Carleton was a huge supporter of the LGBTQ+ community... People within the community described Carleton as 'kind' and almost like a 'second mom' to them"

This is fucking awful. It looks like she was murdered by someone who was angry over the rainbow pride flag in her store window.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-19/shooting-cedar-glen-store-owner-pride-flag

Cedar Glen store owner fatally shot outside her store

A store owner was fatally shot by a man who allegedly made “disparaging remarks” about a rainbow LGBTQ pride flag outside her shop, the sheriff's office said.

Los Angeles Times
Aug 20, 2023 at 2:49amWeb
Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦Aug 20, 2023
@charliejane She remains a stranger to me, and I still grieve with you.
Show threadYoko's Asterisk 🏳️‍⚧Aug 20, 2023

@DEWLine I didn't know her either.

But it's terrifying.

Show threadMaika 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Aug 20, 2023
@charliejane Fuck, this is horrible. I still can't wrap my head around O’Shae Sibley's murder. And now this? Not that it ever stopped, but this fresh wave of homicidal violence on the LGBTQIA+ community is absolutely heartbreaking, terrifying, and makes me fucking furious.
Show threadCarl (He/Him)Aug 20, 2023

@charliejane

That is horrifying.

Show threadMike ElyAug 20, 2023
@charliejane damn :(
Show threadMaria AlexanderAug 20, 2023
@charliejane So awful! And I bet it was my niece's officers who gunned down the killer. We're not close at all, but I think about her.
Show threadEstarriol, Terrorist DragonAug 20, 2023
@charliejane so a trump SA stormtrooper murdered a shopkeeper for defending/supporting minorities.
Show threadCeceliaAug 20, 2023

@charliejane

This hurts.

Show threadBleak FutureAug 20, 2023
@charliejane what a terrifying time to exist. If there are multiple timelines we got stuck on one of the shittier ones.
Show threadBc Clarity Carlton-MartinAug 20, 2023
@charliejane I tell people I may not be here very long now. So long a target of hate, now a fund-raising tool for political gain.
Show threadChristopher NoyesAug 31, 2023
@charliejane what a shame