Hollywood Responds to Anti-LGBTQ Violence Following Colorado Shooting

Ellen DeGeneres, Steven Canals, Hayley Kiyoko, Andy Cohen, George Takei and more in Hollywood were among the entertainment industry members voicing their condolences and frustration for the LGBTQ community following a mass shooting Saturday night in Colorado Springs. At least five were killed and around 20 injured after a 22-year-old gunman opened fire in Club Q before the shooter was subdued by patrons and eventually arrested by police. Local investigators had yet to determine a motive Sunday, but the El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen said the attack was being investigated to see if it should be prosecuted as a hate crime. According to the local police chief, Adrian Vasquez, at least two people confronted the gunman and stopped the shooting, which took place only a day before this year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual day that honors the memory of transgender people whose lives have been lost in acts of anti-trans violence. (It also came at the tail end of Transgender Awareness Week.) The sixth mass killing this month, Saturday follows the 2016 Orlando Pulse shooting that killed 49 people and comes amid rising anti-LGBTQ legislation and political speech in the U.S. In a statement on Sunday
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