for everyone who hasn’t heard (which is most people) the shooter opened fire at around 2 am in the gay night club, pulse. reportedly over 50 rounds were fired and the man also had an explosive device on him. some people escaped, but there was a confirmed hostage situation. the police literally are not even putting an official death toll on this. they are just saying that there have been “mass casualties” and several people who escaped the scene said that “there were more dead bodies than they’ve ever been able to comprehend around them“. the police are literally calling this an “act of domestic terrorism”.
when this happened in paris, the eyes of the world were on them. everyone had a supportive french flag filter on their photos. there were tributes and memorials all over the world and almost constant news coverage. there was a safety check-in feature on facebook for those in the area.
i have SO many lgbt friends who live in orlando and i have no idea if any of them are safe. i’m seeing that one of my brother’s friends, who i’ve known since i was little and is a local DJ, has made it out unscathed. that’s all i’m hearing.
WHY are we not being treated with the same respect as any other terrorist attack????
PLEASE make sure that this attack against the lgbt community is as loud as the other senseless acts of violence that the media places priority on!!!!
According to the guardian, 20 people are dead and 42 people have been hospitalised (as of 2pm GMT)
Buzzfeed has picked it up and are updating their article as it develops, it’s also trending in Australia. Make a big enough noise here and it’ll travel overseas.
the toll is now 50 dead, 53 wounded. Fuck this country.
(via tina-snow)
