Congress passed legislation to make Pulse Nightclub a national memorial just days before the fifth anniversary of the deadly mass shooting in Orlando, Fla.
In the five years since Pulse, members of Orlando’s Black and brown LGBTQ+ communities have seen great strides in acceptance and representation, but advocates say true equality is still distant.
The shooting the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in U.S. history left 49 people dead and 53 wounded at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016.
It’s been five years since the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando resulting in 49 deaths and dozens of injuries. For many, it’s been a long road to recovery and though wounds heal, what happened on June 12, 2016 is something those victims will never forget.