#pulse-nightclub-tragedy

#pulse-nightclub-tragedy

"If those people who shot my son, if they had gotten to know my son, they wouldn't have killed my son. My son had such a big heart, and they shot my son in his heart. If they had gotten to know my son, they would have loved him too, because everyone loved my son. Guys, I don't wish this on my worst enemy."

When Philz came to our neighborhoods, it did so knowing it would be serving our communities. These recent actions, however, suggest that you do not prioritize us or the diversity of the LGBTQ community.

"Latetia was beautifully brilliant. She was essential to our family, her friends, and colleagues."

Leyton's mother stated, 'None of the boys in that school accepted him. They told him they would never accept him for the way he spoke. He was a sassy speaker, more feminine - not the 'hard boy' type. This wasn't going on for just a little while.'

Police found 24-year-old Jayden Smith with gunshot wounds to the torso inside a club on Alabama Ave. near Stanley Ave. in East New York, around 4 a.m. on Sunday. Medics rushed Smith to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to cops.

"In 2026, there's certain individuals, certain people of our community that still feel unwelcome and unsafe. This strip represents a place where people can come from the LGBTQ community and our allies and come and celebrate, build community."

Gunfire erupted inside Richard's Restaurant and Bar on Avenue L near E. 94th St. in Canarsie about 5 a.m., police said. A 43-year-old woman was shot in the leg, a 44-year-old man was blasted in the arm and a second 44-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, cops said.

Stand on the corner of Market and Castro on a Tuesday evening at 6:45 pm and watch the sidewalk traffic compress. It's subtle at first, like a density shift, bodies moving with purpose rather than drift. By 7 pm, the wave has passed, and the street exhales. The restaurants that couldn't seat you fifteen minutes ago suddenly have tables. The MUNI drivers know this rhythm. Something is creating a Doppler effect in the Castro, and it's keeping the neighborhood abuzz.

Police said the shooting erupted at 1061 Home St., the site of the El Palenque nightclub, in Longwood just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 14. Officers from the 42nd Precinct responded to the location after receiving calls about gunfire. When they arrived, they located two victims: a 36-year-old man shot in the stomach, and a 38-year-old man who was shot once in both legs.

Memorial services will be held at the Sydney Opera House and Bondi's Chabad House, a Jewish community centre. Most of the 15 victims of the attack were Jewish, including a 10-year-old child. The theme of the memorials is Light will win, and the government will stage light installations in the capital of Canberra and other cities featuring pillars of light for each of the 15 victims.

The shooting was reported around 2:20 a.m. in the 100 block of Paseo de San Antonio, near South Third Street, police said. Patrol and special operations officers, working an area seeing crowds and visitors related to Super Bowl LX being held Sunday in Santa Clara, arrived to find two men with gunshot wounds. Police said both men died at the scene.

Since 2005, the National Task Force has donated nearly $4 million to organizations, such as the LGBTQ+ Equity Fund, in conjunction with the Our Fund Foundation. Those proceeds have supported nearly 80 pro-LGBTQ+ organizations in the South Florida community.

Three men were hit by bullets, including a 30-year-old victim who'd been shot in the head, and a fourth man was stabbed in the armpit during three separate nightclub attacks in Brooklyn and the Bronx within three hours early Saturday, police said. The bloodshed began at around 1:45 a.m. when a fight broke out inside Tulum Brooklyn, a late-night restaurant and lounge on Broadway near Hart St. in Bedford Stuyvesant.

On Saturday (24 January), officers were called reports of a "disturbance" on Richmond Street at 5am. Police found the victim at a property on the street alongside a gun. As per The Tab, police were also seen searching an abandoned Mercedes G-Wagon on Princess Street, a two-minute walk from the crime scene.

The organizers of Disney Gay Days - the unofficial annual fan event where LGBTQ+ people visit the Disney World theme park in Orlando, Florida - cancelled this year's event, scheduled for the first weekend in June (which was to be the event's 35th anniversary), according to a public Facebook post published Sunday. "Changes to our host hotel agreement, the loss of key sponsorship support, and broader challenges currently impacting LGBTQIA+ events nationwide made it impossible to deliver the experience our community deserves," organizers wrote.

The scene was chaotic and joyful, with several young kids running around and scattering croissant crumbs on our sofa while their parents attempted adult conversation over mimosas. Inevitably, the moment arrived when a child knocked over a drink on our coffee table. It was an old West Elm design with a panel on top and a storage area underneath. The spilled beverage was dripping into the seams, so a crowd of parents rushed to open the table and mop up the liquid pooling within.