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After the Club Q shooting, drag queens say they're upping security measures

Drag has grown in visibility in recent years as a way to celebrate gender fluidity and self-expression, especially among the LGBTQ community and its allies. That's made it a target of the right wing.

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Family called FBI and 911 about Club Q shooting suspect’s threats night before 2021 standoff, records show

DENVER — The day before the Club Q shooting suspect’s alleged 2021 bomb threat and police standoff, family members called the FBI and El Paso County law enforcement to report the suspect was threatening violence against relatives, Christians and the government, records show.

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A judge had warned that the Club Q mass shooting suspect posed a potential threat

A judge dismissed a kidnapping case against the Colorado gay nightclub shooter even though she had raised concerns about the defendant stockpiling weapons and explosives and planning a shootout.

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One dead and two injured in Colorado Springs shooting nearly one month after Club Q

No one has been detained and a suspect has yet to be identified

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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.

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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

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'Loving each other through a terrorist attack': Colorado LGBTQ groups manage security concerns while grieving

DENVER — Colorado LGBTQ organizations still working through grief over last month’s mass shooting at Club Q are taking into account new security concerns raised by a recent federal terrorism bulletin as they look ahead to events such as next summer’s Denver Pride celebrations.

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Hafta letters: Nuclear energy, Gujarat election, Club Q shooting

Thank you for the episode on COP, I enjoyed it very much. However, I was looking forward to hearing more about India's specific strategy and what it means for us as citizens. I read some pieces on the internet, but there were so many ifs and buts with each commitment…

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Club Q mass shooting suspect’s 2021 ‘bomb threat’ dismissed by judge after family refused to cooperate, DA says

El Paso County prosecutors were unable to subpoena witnesses after Anderson Lee Aldrich was accused of threatening mass violence. The case was ultimately dismissed and records sealed

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Chilling image shows Colorado Springs mass shooting suspect firing ‘indiscriminately’ into LGBT+ Club Q

Anderson Lee Aldrich apologised to hospital staff and claimed to be awake for four days before massacre inside Colorado Springs nightclub, according to recently unsealed affidavit

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EXPLAINER: Pronouns, nonbinary people and the Club Q attack

The Colorado Springs gay bar shooting suspect’s assertion of being nonbinary has put gender identity, pronouns and some sensitive questions around them back into the spotlight

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Club Q shooting suspect claimed to have been awake for days before attack, newly unsealed court records say

DENVER — A police report about the mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs that was unsealed Wednesday reveals the attack was captured on the club’s surveillance video and says the suspect apologized afterward.

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Hearing scheduled for Thursday to review 2021 sealed case of alleged Club Q shooter

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Attorneys on Thursday will gather in court to discuss several motions to unseal a 2021 case for Anderson Aldrich, the person prosecutors say was responsible for the shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs last month.

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Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting suspect charged with 305 counts including murder and hate crimes

The counts against the shooting suspect include 48 hate crime charges, one for each person known to have been in the club at the time.

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LGBTQ club shooting suspect in US charged with 305 counts

Los Angeles (AFP) - The suspect in a mass shooting that left five people dead at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado was charged Tuesday with 305 criminal counts, including murder.

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Accused Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich will face more than 300 charges

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Anderson Aldrich, who is accused of fatally shooting five people and wounding more than a dozen others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, will face 305 charges including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and bias-motivated crime, District Attorney Michael Allen said during the alleged Club Q…

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Accused Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich will face more than 300 charges

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Anderson Aldrich will face 305 total charges, District Attorney Michael Allen said during the alleged Club Q shooter's first appearance on Tuesday morning.

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US drag queens turn to armed guards and metal detectors after Club Q shooting

Some of the best-known artists are reportedly stepping up security after a recent shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado

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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

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After Club Q shooting, Colorado Gov. Polis and state lawmakers consider next steps on gun control

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — On a frigid Tuesday afternoon in Colorado Springs, Gov. Jared Polis knelt in front of a makeshift memorial and drew a heart on the asphalt.

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Could Colorado's 'Red Flag' Law Have Prevented the Club Q Massacre?

If an order had been issued, it would have expired months before the attack unless police successfully sought an extension.

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Community response to Club Q shooting could help Colorado Springs shed 30-year-old anti-gay image

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Last weekend's tragedy at Club Q, when an attacker killed two bartenders and three customers and shot 17 others inside the nightclub before two patrons intervened, in several ways united what some view as a divided community.

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Focus on the Family’s Colorado Springs headquarters sign vandalized days after Club Q mass shooting

DENVER — The sign of the Colorado Springs headquarters of the evangelical Christian ministry Focus on the Family was defaced days after a gunman attacked the city’s sole LGBTQ+ nightclub.

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Gay club owner: Shooting comes amid a new 'type of hate'

The co-owner of Colorado Springs’ Club Q said that anti-LGBTQ hate has evolved from prejudice to incitement

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The Club Q shooting suspect identifies as nonbinary. Will that affect potential hate crime charges?

DENVER — Prosecutors can still pursue hate crime charges against the person accused of killing five people inside a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub despite the suspect identifying as nonbinary, legal experts said.

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