Remembering Orlando One Year Later

It's hard to believe the shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando was a year ago. My heart breaks every time I think of all the people that lost their lives purely based on hate. This is a somber reminder of how far we have to go to fight towards equality. We will not forget these victims:

Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old
Amanda L. Alvear, 25 years old
Oscar A. Aracena Montero, 26 years old
Rodolfo Ayala Ayala, 33 years old
Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old
Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old
Angel Candelario-Padro, 28 years old
Juan Chavez Martinez, 25 years old
Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old
Cory James Connell, 21 years old
Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old
Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old
Simón Adrian Carrillo Fernández, 31 years old
Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old
Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old
Peter Ommy Gonzalez Cruz, 22 years old
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old
Frank Hernandez, 27 years old
Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old
Javier Jorge Reyes, 40 years old
Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old
 Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old
Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25 years old
Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old
Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old
Brenda Marquez McCool, 49 years old
Gilberto R. Silva Menendez, 25 years old
Kimberly Jean Morris, 37 years old
Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old
Luis Omar Ocasio Capo, 20 years old
Geraldo A. Ortiz Jimenez, 25 years old
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old
Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old
Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old
Jean Carlos Nieves Rodríguez, 27 years old
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano-Rosado, 35 years old
Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old
Yilmary Rodríguez Solivan, 24 years old
Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old
Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old
Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old
Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24 years old
Juan Pablo Rivera Velázquez, 37 years old
Luis Sergio Vielma, 22 years old
Franky Jimmy DeJesus Velázquez, 50 years old
Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old
Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old
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Lance & Michael's Live Wedding Complete

Lance Bass married Michael Turchin on the E! Network this past week and it looks like they had an amazing time.  They are the first same sex couple to ever marry on live cable TV.  Afterwards, the two flew to Fort Lauderdale to officiate a mass wedding for 100 couples, both gay and straight.  They did it to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in Florida.  Congratulations to everyone!

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Videos and PSA's Galore for Florida Vote No on 2, California Vote No on 8 and Arizona Vote No on 102.

New Florida "Vote No on 2" video.



A somewhat controversial "Vote No on 2" video by Michael Shiavo, husband of the late Terri Shiavo.



Margaret Cho's Vote No on Prop 8 video.

Not the best videos I've seen, but I'm all for anything that defeats these guys.



Here's a very good one from a while back. Very worth watching.



And let's not forget Arizona's "Vote no for Prop 102," for which I don't have a PSA. I do, on the other hand have a news clip about people vandalizing "Yes to Prop 102" signs.
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