Colorado Springs Holds a Dark Place in LGBTQ History

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Long before the Nov. 19 shooting Club Q, the Colorado city had a long history as a flashpoint in American queer life

Nevertheless, some had been hopeful the city was changing. “[The shooting] was a particular blow for us because we felt like we were really coming out of a dark time… and the national reputation that we have felt like we were finally overcoming,” Skorman says.

“Is the [shooting] surprising? In some ways, no. But that doesn’t mean that it’s any less shocking. Colorado has this dark history as well,” Royer tells TIME.

 

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TLDR: Coloradans holding what used to be mainstream views on marriage, somehow drove a queer kid to commit a shooting on the LGB club.

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