#ClubQ

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Check out the new issue of Struggle-La Lucha:

Stop gov't unionbusting against rail workers; NY trans community fights bigots & cops; Club Q shooting & fascism; Indigenous leadership in struggle; Seize social media from billionaires; Democrats show true colors with war allegiance; Cuba vs. U.S. lies; COP 27 puts Biden on hot seat; and more!

Download free PDF edition at http://struggle-la-lucha.org

#Struggle La Lucha #railroad workers #railstrike #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTQ #ClubQ #antifascist #Twitter #Elon Musk #layoffs #Big Tech #capitalism #imperialism #NoWarWithRussia #Democrats #Joe Biden #Cop27 #UnblockCuba #NDOM #communist #socialism

[tokka]

Posted ⬛ • @thankmyluckyscars @clubqcoloradosprings As more news comes out about this horrible shooting... I'm just so sorry for the hateful act that filled your loving, inclusive space. A space we desperately need as LGBTQIA+ to feel safe and embraced. I wish I could hug you all right now. #westandwithclubq #standwithclubq #lgbtq #clubq #clubqshooting #clubqcoloradosprings #lgbtqia #gaypride #lesbianpride #transgenderpride #bisexual #pansexual #asexual #dragqueens #dragqueen #dragkings #dragking #intersex #gunviolence #hatecrime #gayclub #lgbt #clubq #westandwithyou https://www.instagram.com/p/ClNVexXsxxH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#westandwithclubq #standwithclubq #lgbtq #clubq #clubqshooting #clubqcoloradosprings #lgbtqia #gaypride #lesbianpride #transgenderpride #bisexual #pansexual #asexual #dragqueens #dragqueen #dragkings #dragking #intersex #gunviolence #hatecrime #gayclub #lgbt #westandwithyou

[truthbombmemes]

Common sense gun safety laws protect us without violating our right to bear arms. WE CAN HAVE BOTH But republican radical extremists like @laurenboebert want you to believe that gun safety is a bad thing, something to be feared despite the fact that none of these laws violate your constitutional right to bear arms. Lauren Boebert doesn't care how many people die in mass shootings across the country because her money comes from gun manufacturers and she will continue to harm us all with her dangerous beliefs. What is Lauren's answer to the problem of mass shootings in the US? She doesn't have one. In her world, even the most deranged and dangerous citizens, those who have threatened to kill their own families, can't be denied access to an assault rifle and thousands of rounds of ammo. Ms. Boebert cares ONLY for political power and donations from the gun lobby. She certainly doesn't care about you, your safety, or the safety of your children. Gun safety laws make sense. #laurenboebert #colorado #gunsafety #redflaglaws #massshootings #clubQ https://www.instagram.com/p/ClRPAiWrKS3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#laurenboebert #colorado #gunsafety #redflaglaws #massshootings #clubq

[rowandriftwood]

Today is a heavy day for the queer community. You don’t have to carry it alone. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️‍🩹

#queer as in fuck you #clubq #gun violence #tdor2022

[bisexualhomophobejohnwinchester]

OOC For a Minute

In case it isn't obvious, any homophobia on this blog is fake and satire and making fun of homophobes, not the queer community.

I love you guys. I'm one of you. Stay safe on this Trans Remembrance Day. I really wish we had better news in the world to wake up to than yet another mass shooting at one of our clubs.

#lgbt #queer #clubq #homophobia #shooting #colorado #colorado springs #trans remembrance day #club q #news #i hate this #gonna put the queue on hold for the day

[someoneinjersey]

please

stand up for your LGBTQIA+ friends and loved ones

stand up for strangers

call out hatred, be it racism, homophobia, transphobia, anything

we need to end this

#clubq #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #mass shooting

[lesblizzard-ultradyke]

so 5 people were killed by a man who is now calling himself nonbinary and TRAs are making it about them again?? non of the victims was a trans no?

trying to make it about yourself is homophobic he killed gays cause he's homophobe, cause he hate gays, it have nothing to do with trans people

it gives of vibes of how tras turned Marsha P.Johnson into a trans women when he's never claimed himself as one. he's a gay man and drag queen who was killed cause of homophobia, he was hated cause he's gay but tras turned it as if he's trans women that was killed cause of transphobia

and also this is so dumb that radfems were wrong when they were talking about how gender neutral bathrooms are unsafe for women cause we can't tell if this amab not gonna be violent towards women

and radfems were called transphobes for that cause "self-ID is valid"

but now when it was men who were killed by another man who called himself nonbinary suddenly it's "he's not nonbinary he's lying" and it's somehow radfems fault AGAIN? we were telling you all that time that you can't recognise who is good and who is bad

it's literally your fault that you're giving this opportunity to males to kill people and make it easier for them (or give them opportunity to be send in women's prison where they will kill and rape women)

#radfem safe #radfems do interact #radfems do touch #radfems interact #radfems please touch #radical feminism #radfem #radical feminist #radical feminists please interact #clubq

[jami-c]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/21/derrick-rump-colorado-springs-shooting-victim/

I'm gonna miss you forever, Chocolate Chip.

Bartender Derrick Rump ‘is what made Club Q’

Without him, one club regular said, the place is ‘never going to be the same’

By Casey Parks

November 21, 2022 at 6:21 p.m. EST

Club Q regulars could tell before they even entered the bar if Derrick Rump was working that night. Most evenings, the 38-year-old blasted Britney Spears songs so loud you could hear them from the parking lot, friends said.

If they heard “Toxic” or “... Baby One More Time,” they knew Rump was behind the bar and the night was going to be good.

Sassy and pint-size, Rump was seen as the glue that held together the queer community in Colorado Springs.

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He bought lashes and outfits for drag queens who couldn’t afford them, and during the pandemic, when all of the performers lost their jobs, he bought other people’s groceries for two months straight.

“He is what made Club Q,” said Kayla Rene Cortes, a 26-year-old lesbian who has visited the bar for years.

Rump is one of five people killed in a mass shooting at Club Q late Saturday night. At least 18 other people were injured.

Without him, Cortes said, the club is “never going to be the same.”

How the Colorado mass shooting unfolded — and ended — inside Club Q

Rump started working at the single-story bar five years ago, and he instantly established himself as a good listener with a heavy pour. He opened five days a week, and he spent most shifts mixing drinks in the upper lounge, an elevated spot where the acoustics made it easier to carry on a conversation.

If you didn’t know him and saw his face, friends said, you might have thought he didn’t want to talk. He was direct and sarcastic, and his dark eyebrows were often raised in a way that felt both daring and distinct, but the minute he started talking, that look melted away.

“He was super welcoming,” Anthony Kichton said. Kichton, a biomedical equipment technician in the Air Force and student at the University of Colorado, met Rump 10 years ago.

“Every time I saw him, he was always positive and extremely kind,” Kichton said.

One of Rump’s best friends, a drag performer who started at Club Q the same night Rump did, said Rump could connect with anyone, regardless of age or gender or sexuality.

The performer spoke on the condition of anonymity. Many people have sent hateful messages to others who frequented the club in the days since the shooting, she said, and she does not feel safe having her name or face available publicly.

A few years ago, Rump and fellow bartender Daniel Aston decided to stop referring to customers as “guys” or “girls.” Instead, the performer said, they greeted everyone with “Hi, friend.”

“It changed so many people’s lives because they didn’t feel misgendered,” the performer said. “I know it’s such a small thing, but it matters to people.”

Aston was also killed Saturday night.

Jared Sikes said he was nervous the first time he went to Club Q because he hadn’t been to a gay bar in years. He felt out of place until he spotted Rump and Aston.

“I hung out near the bar where their smiling faces and warm personalities made me feel welcome,” Sikes wrote on Facebook. “It was the same story every time we spoke. They were kind and considerate and the world is a darker place without them.”

Rump occasionally pulled himself away from the bar to counsel people on the patio, the drag performer said, and every Thursday night, he signed up for karaoke. He was a passionate singer, if not a technically talented one, and he sang the same off-key version of “Runaway Train” every week. He somehow never learned all the words to the Soul Asylum classic, the performer said, but that didn’t matter.

“He would take the mic and go right to the middle of the dance floor,” the drag performer recalled. “He always missed the first word, then from there, it was him and the song playing catch-up very loudly and proudly.”

Rump wasn’t a drag performer himself, but last month he agreed to try it.

Before the pandemic, the bar often had lines around the block, but it has struggled over the past few years. Some nights, only a dozen or so people came. The small crowd gave the bar a homey feel — patrons often hung out and played Uno together — but the workers were looking for a way to draw in more customers, and they figured new entertainment might help. Many performers left the bar or the business entirely during the pandemic, and most weeks this year, the same five drag queens entertained people five nights a week.

Rump’s friend decided to create “Let’s Do Drag,” a new Sunday night event to recruit and train new performers. The first week, hardly anyone signed up. Drag can be expensive and daunting, and people seemed nervous to dive in. But in early October, Rump said he’d give it a go.

He borrowed a wig and a dress, and a friend painted his face with black lipstick and turquoise eye shadow. Rump didn’t want anyone to see him before the show, but he teased his friends with peeks at the details on Snapchat. His wig was platinum blonde, his dress black and sequined.

When showtime came, Rump didn’t know how to walk in his high-heeled boots, so he wobbled toward the stage until he could strut.

“He was having the time of his life,” the performer said. “I’ve never seen him so sassy in my life, and he was already pretty sassy.”

Afterward, Rump and all his friends cried backstage.

“It was such a powerful night,” the performer said. “He got a lot of people to try drag. I had people signing up left and right after that.”

Rump grew up in Berks County, Pa. Tracy Hampton met Rump there 15 years ago when they both worked for a small mailing company. Hampton said Rump helped her grieve the loss of her daughter.

“Derrick was the sweetest soul I ever knew, and like a second son to me,” she said. “He always had a smile ready for everyone. He made friends very easily.”

When Rump moved from Pennsylvania to Colorado, Hampton said she felt lost without him, but they stayed in touch, and she talked to him a few days before his death.

“I’m just glad the last thing I got to tell him was that I love him,” she said.

Rump had been living in Colorado Springs for at least a decade. The city is about an hour’s drive from Denver, and it’s home to a tightknit queer community, mostly people who fled more conservative areas for LGBTQ-friendly Colorado, only to find that the rents in Denver were too expensive.

The past few years had been hard on that community, the performer said. None of the other tragedies made the news, but some people lost homes, and other people lost people. Rump had endured his own string of losses, but he was reluctant to ask others for help. Instead, he found solace in stepping in for other people.

In that way, he leaves what many described as an unfillable hole. He is the person they most need to guide them through this time, they said.

Even if he didn’t know what to do, he often stepped up and acted as if he did. For a gay man, he was a decidedly “not decorative” person — his Christmas stocking was the only one without glitter on it last year — but he often volunteered to help decorate. And when people lost their homes, he took them shopping and paid for everything.

Maybe he wouldn’t know now how they’re supposed to move on, friends said, but he would have found a way to lead them.

“Derek had a tough-love attitude with everything,” said Alex Gallagher, a regular who left Club Q about 20 minutes before the shooting began. “If he saw me crying right now he’d probably tell me to stop crying, to stop being so dramatic. We loved that about him.”

Ari Schneider, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Maham Javaid, Cate Brown and Alice R. Crites contributed to this report.

Mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado

The latest: A day after the 22-year-old man who allegedly opened fire inside an LGBTQ nightclub was preliminarily charged with murder and hate crimes, investigators continued seeking a motive Tuesday behind the nation’s most recent mass shooting.

Remembering the victims: Officials on Monday identified the five victims killed in the Colorado Springs shooting. Their names are Daniel Aston, Raymond Green Vance, Kelly Loving, Ashley Paugh and Derrick Rump. Here’s how to help family members of the victims and survivors of the Club Q shooting.

Stopping the shooter: An Army veteran who was at the nightclub to celebrate a friend’s birthday with his family disarmed and subdued the gunman. Here’s how the Club Q shooting unfolded.

The suspect: The suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich, faces five murder charges and five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, city spokesman Max D’Onofrio said. Prosecutors will later file former charges. Records show that Aldrich changed his name at age 15, obscuring a a tumultuous past.

#derrick rump #derrick #chocolate chip #clubq #club q #💔💔💔

[pattymarvel]

Ways to help anyone hurt by the #ClubQ shooting. (at Cleveland, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOQcTgA_ki/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#clubq

[pissedoffdickroach]

@gay.shame on Instagram: “AVENGE CLUB Q. incinerate the straight state 🏴 ♥️ 🏴

#clubq #radical graffiti #queer antifascism #queer anarchism #radical queer

[twistedground]

club q

i drove to the springs yesterday and took this picture in front of club q before the group of mourners came back from marching around the block. it was hugely sad but also beautiful to watch so many strangers come together and just love.

while i was finishing signing a group card and getting our flowers/candles together from the car, a man leaned in and told my friend that she “better call the police.” as she started dialing, we all started walking back over to the vigil to see what was up. down the road a ways in the adjacent parking lot, a man was waving three enormous flags. each flag blasted something about “TRUMP 2024″ and “GO TRUMP” or “LET’S GO BRANDON” or whatever the fuck... essentially three massive pro-Trump flags held by this guy attempting to break up the vigil. he was screaming at us-- “biden is YOUR president! this is HIS fault that this happened! it’s YOUR fault they’re dead!” our people were doing a good job of preventing him from getting too close to the bar where the vigil was being held. he eventually gave up and left but not after lingering in the background waving his flags and yelling every now and then.

i’m grateful for the speakers who did not let this steal any light or attention away from the intention as well as for the barricade of brave protestors who formed a human shield around our people. the police never came but we still manage to continue protecting our own. and i’m relieved it was just one guy and not a mob. i worried that by posting this it would distract from the original meaning of holding the vigil, but i’m still just very angry that this happened. there are so many people in my recent past who shrug off my rants about homophobia as being “overly dramatic” and a thing of the past... they say, “at least things are better than they were before, right?” so many people not in the community believe that this isn’t a real issue anymore... because we have our rights, right? trumps not in power anymore, right? and this was in colorado, not even a drastically conservative state (purple, yes, but not red) ... a measly hour away from one of the most liberal, gay-friendly cities around. it’s so much worse in so many other places around the world.

now more than ever i think it’s imperative to keep speaking up, showing up. these people are disgusting. yes, this incident could have been a lot worse. but the message is the same. the family members that i have who support trump and who think they can separate the personal from the political support this man’s message, and the violence of that message is truly unforgivable. i don’t agree with a lot of things within this new “queer” community but i don’t want anyone dead or hurt. these people want us dead. who the fuck shows up at a vigil with sobbing people to yell that it’s our fault?

#clubq #homophobia #trump #lgbt

[drfemme]

The last time there was a shooting at a queer nightclub, I was at a hotel in a different country with spotty internet. I read about the horror and the deaths aline, weeping. This time, I am isolated in my home, unable again to physically be able to bed in queer space in person, and most not having virtual options. Not one single cis het friend or colleague has reached out to me (edited: one accomplice shared joy of her kiddo and I am realizing that might be a checkin). Again, I feel alone, this time numb. I’ve spent so much time over the last few years fighting homophobia and transphobia in person and professional spaces, and I feel like I have been screaming into the void. Again, the lack of community care, of checking in on your people, of cis het folks moving up and commuting to reducing anti-LGBTQ hate (especially coming up with the holidays)…well, the silence is something.

Today, I put on my #FemmeArmor; make up, big earrings, and a bright dress, to try and get through today, after spending all of yesterday in bed, barely able to move as I texted friends, gathered resources, wrote to the queer and trans students at my school. I am not ok. We are not ok. I keep thinking that horribly enough, the ableism in society that requires me to be lonely and isolated at home because no one gives a crap about whether disabled people are able to safely be in society has also protected me from more direct anti-LGBTQ and anti-Jew hate. How fucked is it that one form of violence protects me from another? Please check in on your queer and trans friends. We are tired and we are not ok.

#clubQ #lgbtq #allyship #spoonie #disabled #maskitorcasket

[bottlethemoon]

We will be listing Pride Heart necklaces in our shop tomorrow as a fundraiser for our community in Colorado Springs and Club Q. #clubq #lgbtq🌈 #fundraiser #coloradosprings #coloradoartist https://www.instagram.com/p/ClP5iuojx7x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#clubq #lgbtq🌈 #fundraiser #coloradosprings #coloradoartist

[alcar-ancalime]

#clubq #lgbt #homophobia #transphobia #queer #gay #gunviolence #usa #america #politics https://www.instagram.com/p/ClPtyTYOk9b/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#clubq #lgbt #homophobia #transphobia #queer #gay #gunviolence #usa #america #politics

[corpseterrarium]

[credit to the photographer]

It is not the preachers wearing pride pins in the pulpit, nor is it those allowing gay couples to marry in their sanctuaries or allowing trans people the space to safely exist. It is not the drag queen preaching tolerance and acceptance. It is not the trans woman selling your teen daughter makeup at ultra. It is none of them perpetrating violence or bringing about the downfall of our never-great country. Our country was NEVER great.

It is the good old boys going to conservative rallies and putting on a smile at church and diligently reading their bibles. It is the people like Pastor Greg Locke. It is the people like your grandfather wearing his MAGA hat. It is the people who think drag and learning sexuality/gender identity is groomer behavior. It is the people doing NOTHING and sitting back with their piece of the rights pie watching as my country crumbles beneath my feet. It is THEM and THEM ONLY who are inciting and influencing these senseless acts of violence like the Pulse shooting in Orlando and now the shooting at Club Q.

We just want to live our fucking lives.

If you've never been terrified to hold your husband or wife's hand in public, shut the fuck up.

If you have never been terrified to use the restroom in public, shut the fuck up.

If you have never been terrified to go clothes shopping by yourself, shut the fuck up.

If you've never been terrified of your own government, shut the fuck up.

If you've never been terrified that you might get killed on the street for just existing, SHUT! THE! FUCK! UP!!!!!!!!!!

#clubQ #club q shooting #lgbtq #focus on the family is a hate group #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #say their names #senseless tragedy #religious trauma

[brooklynjoe]

Furball wishes to express our sadness and grief at the senseless loss of 5 beautiful souls last night at Club Q in Colorado Springs. Like many attendees at Furball or other LGBTQ events - their crime was they went there to dance. We can’t stop the haters but we can enact laws to protect ourselves - and continue to make efforts to lower the rhetoric of the haters so that it is no longer ok to label us all pedophiles - groomers - freaks. Furball is an inclusive space and will always be so. A place where you can socialize and dance with the likeminded. And supports ALL in our community who want the same! Now is the time to hold our brothers and sisters close - as we attempt to deal with the senselessness and sadness. This is no longer tolerable! ❤️‍🩹❤️❤️‍🩹❤️ #Repost @young_equal ・・・ Our hearts are broken for the queer community this morning. We hold our friends and family in Colorado Springs close as they deal with this tragedy. The LGBTQ+ community continues to face hate & abuse and we call upon our friends, allies, and politicians to stand with us to create a world free of this violence. They went there to dance. . . . . . #Youngequal #clubQ #colorado #gaycolorado #lgbtqia #gay #gayartists #equality #gaymusic #loveislove #gay #lgbtqpride #lgbtqia #pride #queer #gaycommunity #gayfamily (at Club Q Colorado Springs) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClP-adcO74d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#repost #youngequal #clubq #colorado #gaycolorado #lgbtqia #gay #gayartists #equality #gaymusic #loveislove #lgbtqpride #pride #queer #gaycommunity #gayfamily