For Immediate Release: June 12, 2023
Contact: Ciora Thomas, ciora.thomas@sisterspgh.org, 412-297-0548
(PITTSBURGH) – Today marks the seventh anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that stole the lives of 49 people and left 53 others injured.
We wish we could say that progress has been made since this horrific event, but the reality is that TLGBQ+ people remain in danger and continue to face harassment and violence every day.
Black trans women, in particular, are at risk of harm just stepping outside their homes. We at SisTers PGH continue to dedicate our work to dismantling the cistem that not only enables this violence, but encourages it.
To honor and remember the lives taken at Pulse, everyone in the community must take part in this fight. We cannot do it alone.
SisTers PGH Founder and Executive Director Ciora Thomas will be making remarks and calling out the names of the Pulse massacre victims tonight, June 12, at Alton Field in Beechview at 7 PM.
We invite all of you to attend and take part in this remembrance. We will honor their memory by moving forward together and not one step back.
SisTers PGH is a Black- and Trans-led 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that serves Trans, queer and nonbinary BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) within southwestern Pennsylvania. Learn more at www.sisterspgh.org.
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