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Q&A: Former Orlando GLBT executive director talks about the Pulse shooting...
On a June night in 2016, a lone gunman killed 49 people and wounded 58 others at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Nineteen months later, both the city of Orlando and the LGBTQ communities are still trying...
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From wary observer to justice warrior: How Heather Heyer’s death gave her mom...
Susan Bro stepped onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards thinking of the final promise she had made to her daughter. She told the millions watching that her daughter died protesting racism and that she...
View ArticleThe AR-15, a symbol of America’s political gulf, is easy to use and obtain
The AR-15, the military-style rifle that a gunman used to kill 17 people at a south Florida high school Wednesday, is at once a ferociously powerful weapon, a symbol of freedom and individualism, and...
View ArticleFlorida Gov. Rick Scott backs raising age for gun purchases to 21
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Friday he will work to raise the minimum age for purchasing weapons in his state to 21 years old, marking his first major break from the policy priorities of the National...
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More mass shooting survivors, inspired by Parkland, are joining the fight for...
In the days that followed the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Salli Garrigan watched, riveted, in her living room while the students stood before the...
View ArticleAt Denver’s March for Our Lives: “This is your Vietnam,” father of Columbine...
Thousands of protesters filled Civic Center park Saturday afternoon for Denver’s rally and march against gun violence, one among hundreds taking place across America and around the world following last...
View ArticleWidow of Pulse nightclub gunman who killed 49 acquitted
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay Orlando nightclub was acquitted Friday on charges of lying to the FBI and helping her husband in the 2016 attack. Noor...
View ArticleAuthorities name the 11 killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
By Avi Selk, Mark Berman and Joel Achenbach Authorities have named the 11 people killed Saturday when a man armed with three pistols and a semiautomatic assault-style rifle attacked a synagogue in...
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20 years after Columbine shooting, little has been accomplished on gun control
The death toll is all too familiar, perhaps inevitable, at this point. Virginia Tech, Virginia, 2007: 32 killed COLUMBINE: 20 YEARS LATER The Denver Post takes a look at the aftermath of the Columbine...
View ArticleU.S. mass shooters exploited gaps, errors in background checks
Most mass shooters in the U.S. acquired the weapons they used legally because there was nothing in their backgrounds to disqualify them, according to James Alan Fox, a criminologist with Northeastern...
View ArticleBoulder King Soopers shooting victims demand answers on public donations
DENVER — Several families and survivors of those killed in the March mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket have demanded the appointment of a special master to help distribute public donations for...
View ArticleBiden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial
President Joe Biden said on the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that he will sign a bill naming the site as a national memorial. The deadliest attack on...
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Colman Domingo, Charles Busch, films galore and more at Denver’s CinemaQ Film...
Actor-playwright-director Colman Domingo is set to receive CinemaQ’s inaugural Ikon award, Friday, Aug. 12. (Provided by Denver Film) Colman Domingo was taking a break from a feature film shoot in...
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5 dead, 18 hurt in Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting, police say
COLORADO SPRINGS — Screams and gunshots interrupted dance music late Saturday night at a beloved gay nightclub in Colorado Springs when a gunman killed five people and wounded 18 before patrons stopped...
View ArticleOpinion: Club Q felt like “home” until it was targeted with violence
I could hear the missed phone calls. The notifications of people sending texts. But it was Sunday. It wasn’t even 9 a.m. yet. Why were people blowing up my phone? The first message I read was from...
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