Candles for those killed two years ago at Orlando nightclub.
Pensacola, Fla. — June 12 marked the second anniversary of the deaths of a crowd of almost all LGBTQ people, mostly Latinx, massacred by a gunman at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
That evening Pensacola chose to hold a celebration of life for the 49 victims of the shooting, as opposed to a standard, solemn memorial service. Photos and biographies of each of the victims were clipped to lines between trees in a local park, so people attending could walk by and read about them.
In addition to a poem and remarks by local trans leaders, Workers World Managing Editor Minnie Bruce Pratt spoke, raising the connection between LGBTQ families torn apart by violence and bigoted law; the recent death in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody of Honduran trans asylum seeker Roxana Hernández; and the current U.S. attacks on immigrant families. After the speakers, the name of each of the Pulse martyrs was read and a candle was lit in their memory.
The event was initiated and led by Strive, a transgender advocacy organization in Pensacola. (facebook.com/
socialtransinitiative)
Raposo is a Portuguese Marxist analyst, editor of the web magazine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article…
By Alireza Salehi The following commentary first appeared on the Iranian-based Press TV at tinyurl.com/53hdhskk.…
This is Part Two of a series based on a talk given at a national…
Educators for Palestine released the following news release on July 19, 2025. Washington, D.C. Educators…
On July 17, a court in France ordered the release of Georges Abdallah, a Lebanese…
The following are highlights from a speech given by Yemen’s Ansarallah Commander Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr…