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Former Club Q employees say owner is shortchanging them on GoFundMe money

DENVER — Ashtin Gamblin barely leaves the house these days.

The Denver Post · Feb 28, 2023

Club Q shooting survivors tell Congress that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric encourages violence

James Slaugh barely lifted his right arm when he swore to tell the truth Wednesday morning. He’d been shot in the Club Q attack in Colorado, and his left hand helped prop up his right as he prepared to testify about the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that had proliferated before the shooting.

The Denver Post · Dec 14, 2022

Club Q mass shooting survivors testify to Congress against anti-LGBT+ violence: ‘We are being slaughtered’

Survivors of the Colorado Springs massacre urge lawmakers to condemn anti-LGBT+ rhetoric that advocates argue has fuelled the attack and a wave of harassment

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

LGBTQ chorus in Colorado Springs unifies community with song

A gay men's choir in Colorado Springs is among a group of organizations working locally to foster solidarity and healing after a gruesome shooting at a gay night club devastated Colorado Springs' LGBTQ community

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022

Joe Biden calls the owners of Club Q after shooting in Colorado Springs

The call comes after five people killed in latest mass shooting

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

Some say gay club shooting was 'desecration' of safe space

In the mostly conservative city of Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community — a safe space where many felt they could just be themselves

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Colorado Springs shooting: suspect faces murder and hate crime charges

Shooter faces five murder charges and five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, records show

The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2022

Club Q: The heart and soul of Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ community

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Every year on Thanksgiving and Christmas, members of the LGBTQ community here would come to eat, drink and laugh at Club Q. The gay bar became a sanctuary, an oasis of affirmation and acceptance, for those who might be estranged from their own family with nowhere…

The Denver Post · Nov 21, 2022

Fence fire reignites 25-year feud between Surrey couple and pensioner neighbour

We’ve been victims of harassment by pensioner for 25 years, claim couple

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2022