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Rebecca Armitage and Brittney Kleyn in Washington DC

America's LGBTQ community says the massacre at Club Q in Colorado Springs was a disaster waiting to happen

When the alleged perpetrator of a massacre at a US gay bar appeared in court, they clearly bore the scars of their encounter with the high-heel-wielding, pistol-whipping patrons of Club Q.

Bruised, bloody and slumped over in a wheelchair, Anderson Aldrich said nothing as lawyers discussed how their case would be handled.

The 22-year-old — whose lawyers say identifies as non-binary — is facing preliminary charges that include five counts of first-degree murder and "bias" crimes.

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