12/06/2026
On 12 June 2016, a massacre occurred at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida during Latin night and killing 49 people. 58 more were injured. Countless more impacted. It remains the deadliest act of violence against LGBTQ people in US history.
Ten years on, this isn’t just a date in the past. Most of the people who died that night were young, q***r, Latinx, and out celebrating in a space that was supposed to be safe.
That’s the part worth sitting with. Pulse wasn’t just a nightclub. It was a sanctuary. A place where people could exist without the vigilance they carried everywhere else. The attack wasn’t just on 49 individuals, it was an attack on that feeling of safety itself, one that q***r people across the world recognised immediately.
A decade later, q***r venues are still closing. Violence against LGBTQ people is still rising in parts of the world. For those of us who remember 2016, today carries weight. For a generation who didn’t live through it, Pulse might be a name you’ve not yet heard. Learn your history so we do not repeat it.
So today, take a moment. Learn one name. Read one story. Then go be part of a q***r space, dance, gather, take up room, be proud in whatever way feels true to you. That’s not separate from remembering. It’s part of it.
We honour them by living.
Stay tuned for how we will continue to honour those that came before us - celebrating the lived experience of q***r people around the world.
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