Tag: Ashtin Gamblin
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A year after Club Q: Grief, healing, and lives forever changed
Almost one year after a deadly attack at Club Q in Colorado Springs, healing looks different for each of the more than 40 patrons, performers and employees who survived the mass shooting that killed Raymond Green Vance, Kelly Loving, Ashley Paugh, Daniel Aston and Derrick Rump. Some have found new purpose and a path forward,…
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Club Q survivors, patrons, divided over whether LGBTQ+ nightspot should reopen and with an on-site memorial
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Ashtin Gamblin’s voice still quivers when she recounts the night of Nov. 19 when she was shot nine times while working as the “front door girl” at Club Q, an LBGTQ+ entertainment bar in Colorado Springs. “It was a regular night,” she said of her job checking IDs, collecting a cover charge and strapping on…
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Club Q shooting victims in ‘financial crisis’ call for release of funds
A puckered bullet wound on the underside of Ashtin Gamblin’s bicep leads to a tattoo on her wrist, which says, “I’m fine” — a hideous ode to the physical and psychological injuries experienced in a mass shooting. Gamblin hasn’t worked since she was “bombarded by a gun” while minding the front door of Colorado Springs’ Club…