LGBTQ news and entertainment
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 24, has been sentenced to 55 concurrent life sentences to run consecutive to 190 years in prison after pleading guilty to 74 hate crimes and firearms charges related to the deadly mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ bar in Colorado Springs. Continue reading “Club Q Shooter Gets 55 Life Sentences For Federal Hate Crimes”
Some news items you might have missed: • AP News: Hungary’s government will not change policies the European Union believes infringe on LGBTQ+ rights and those of asylum seekers, even if doing so would unfreeze billions in funding the bloc has withheld from Budapest. Continue reading “Hungary Refuses To Change Anti-LGBTQ Policies + More News”
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 23, who shot and killed five people and injured over 40 more at the LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs in 2022, has been charged with 50 federal hate crimes and 24 firearm violations. Continue reading “Club Q Shooter Charged With Federal Hate Crimes”
Some news items you might have missed: • ABC News/KRDO: The owners of Club Q, the Colorado Springs gay nightclub that was the site of a deadly mass shooting last year, have announced they will relocate the venue rather than rebuild the original building. Continue reading “Club Q Nightclub Will Relocate, Not Rebuild + More News”
In this week’s episode of The Randy Report podcast: Laphonza Butler has become the nation’s first out Black lesbian in the U.S. Senate. Plus… Continue reading “Podcast: 1st Out Black U.S. Senator, New Gay Western + More LGBTQ News”
Information Technician 2nd Class Thomas James received the Navy and Marines Corps Medal on Thursday for his actions at the gay nightclub Club Q when an assailant entered the venue and began firing a high-powered rifle. Continue reading “Sailor Honored For Stopping Club Q Shooting”
Club Q in Colorado Springs (screen capture)
Anderson Lee Aldrich (mugshot via Colorado Springs Police Dept)
Club Q in Colorado Springs (screen capture)
In this episode of The Randy Report podcast, the number of adults in the US who identify as LGBTQ has doubled in the past ten years. Plus… Continue reading “Podcast: ‘Click Boys’ Docu-Series, 5th HIV Patient Cured + More”