![]() ![]() ![]() “This time, we have the support of the whole world behind us, thank God. “The younger gay community has never really witnessed anything as devastating on the community as the older community did with HIV,” said Raymond Michael Sharpe, 55, a bartender at another Orlando gay club. Some older Americans recalled the widespread public indifference that greeted the early years of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, in which thousands of gay men died, and saw in the outpouring of sympathy following Sunday’s attack a welcome sign of changed times. intimate and standing close by, outdoors. Two men, gay couple hugging each other kissing, face to face. “It is a place of solidarity and empowerment where people have come together to raise awareness, to speak their minds, and to advocate for their civil rights.” Upper body shot, two men, gay couple kissing. “The place where they were attacked is more than a nightclub,” he said. Obama evoked the important role that bars and nightclubs have played in gay American life in his somber remarks on the attack at Pulse. “This is a meeting space, we came here to celebrate marriage equality so we would come here to mourn a loss as well,” said Triglianos, referring to the jubilant crowds that spontaneously gathered at the Greenwich Village bar a year ago to celebrate the Supreme Court’s marriage decision.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |