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Lambda Legal reacts to shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs
-- From a press release
2022-11-20
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New York, November 20, 2022 — Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings issued the following statement about the mass shooting at Club Q, the LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado:
"We mourn with the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs for the lives taken and those wounded in this act of hate. America's toxic mix of bigotry and absurdly easy access to firearms means that such events are all too common and LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC communities, the Jewish community and other vulnerable populations pay the price again and again for our political leadership's failure to act. We must stand together to demand meaningful action before yet another tragedy strikes our nation."
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and policy work. www.lambdalegal.org
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