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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Hailey Branson-Potts

After Colorado Springs shooting, LGBTQ people in red California are on edge

LOS ANGELES — After five people were shot dead in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Matthew Grigsby thought about Club 501.

It was the only gay bar in Redding, a Northern California city of 93,000 that, like Colorado Springs, is deeply religious and conservative.

There, Grigsby felt comfortable holding hands or dancing with another man.

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