In mostly conservative Colorado Springs, Club Q has long been a go-to spot for members of the LGBTQ community. As the community mourns the lives lost, many are also grieving over the place that has become a sanctuary for many longing to fit in.
Many left flowers on a corner near the club in the hours after the shooting. Charon Kim gazed at the growing memorial on Sunday, and said when a new member of the LGBTQ community moved to Colorado Springs or happened through, invariably they’d be directed to Club Q.Stoney Roberts, the southern Colorado field organizer for One Colorado, an LGBTQ advocacy group, described it as a sacred space and said the shooting felt like a “desecration.
“There have been so many happy stories from Club Q,” Haynes told The Colorado Sun. “People meeting and relationships being born. So many celebrations there. We’re a family of people more than a place to have a drink and dance and leave.” Justin Godwin, 24, and his friend visited Club Q for the first time Saturday, and left in an Uber just minutes before the shooting. He said he’s been thinking of all the people who were dancing, sitting at the bar and enjoying the night.“They’re all there for different reasons, whether they’re regulars, their first time, they’re celebrating something. It’s just supposed to be a fun environment where we feel safe, where people aren’t judging you, giving you looks or anything,” Godwin said.
Club Q is the cornerstone of a community of like-minded people who have each others’ backs, the 33-year-old said, adding that freedom to be oneself is not always found in schools or churches in Colorado Springs.“My kids live here,” she said, wiping a tear from her eye. “It’s just hard to know I’m raising my kids in this context.”
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