Tag: Club Q
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El Paso County officials, club owners sued over Club Q mass shooting
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Two years after a gunman opened fire in an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and injuring 25 more, several survivors and victims’ families filed a lawsuit this week that alleges the shooting could have been avoided. El Paso County Commissioners, former El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder, and the founder and co-owners…
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Icons and Josh Franklin: You can go home again | John Moore
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Colorado Springs’ shuttered gay bar will return in a new downtown location, with some help from friends in the Denver performing and drag communities
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A year after Club Q: Events around Colorado Springs commemorate deadly attack
One year after an armed assailant unleashed a hail of bullets inside Club Q, killing five people and injuring 17 others, more than 200 people gathered outside the building to commemorate the lives lost and support the scores of people who still bear scars, physical and emotional, from the attack on what was considered an…
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A year after Club Q: Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ+ community finding its feet
When her plan to organize a Pride festival in Fountain quickly swelled into an event big enough to require permits from the city (and a wayback machine to have filed them on time), Liz Rosenbaum opted to scale the inaugural event back to a low-key afternoon meetup for the LGBTQ+ community and allies in Colorado…
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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 changes plan, looks to reopen in a new location
Despite original plans to remodel and reopen inside the Colorado Springs nightclub where a mass shooting killed five people on Nov. 19, 2022, Club Q now says it will relocate the LGBTQ+ venue about 4 miles south — in a new space, with a new vibe and with a new, but still familiar, name. A…
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Club Q shooter’s mother living in Florida presents problems for court ordered mental health treatment
The move to Florida for the mother of convicted Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich presents potential problems for her misdemeanor criminal case, attorneys said in court on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Laura Voepel was found to be incompetent to stand trial after mental health professionals completed a court ordered evaluation. Voepel is facing misdemeanor charges…
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DA Michael Allen speaks on ‘thumb in the eye’ claim on being non-binary from Club Q shooter, Anderson Aldrich
Fourth Judicial District Attorney and prosecutor Michael Allen spoke to The Gazette last week regarding Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich’s claims of being nonbinary — how they’re a “thumb in the eye” to the LGBTQ+ community, and how Aldrich only took on the nonbinary identity in an attempt to avoid hate crime charges and the federal…