Ever since I woke up and read the news I got through text message, I've been in shock and felt pure horror.

Not only this was a mass shooting, but it was against the LGBTQA+ community.

As a member myself I couldn't help but feel hopelessness, sadness, anger, impotency since I'm on the other side of the river. And the many, many hateful words towards the victims AND the muslim community made it all worse.

Hate really is a powerful gun. A single fucked up man took the lives of 50 people and managed to injure +50 more. Why? Because he couldn't. Fucking. Handle. Seeing people. Love eachother.

I'm not religious, but my prayers go towards the families of the victims and the victims themselves. I might be told to shut up, called homophobic/transphobic names, that it was justified, etc. but the truth is out there and it's horrifiying how people like me can be murdered by just being who I am and not being afraid to love.

Pray for the victims, and pray for the muslim community too. Who knows what will Americans do just to blame innocent people...