Just send us a little love and prayers if that's your thing. I'm still waiting to find out if everyone I know is all right.




Just send us a little love and prayers if that's your thing. I'm still waiting to find out if everyone I know is all right.




I'm definitely sending my love to Orlando and you personally. I really hope you haven't lost anyone. I'm having a hard time since hearing about this because I was partying yesterday too. And to have your night ruined by some pos person who somehow found the Audacity to take another's life.... It just pisses me off and saddens me at the same time.





Yes, much love & prayers..& hope everyone you know is ok.
Take care.
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt




My immediate circle is fine but some of them have lost friends. There are victims that were sent to the hospital next to my job. Our community is so devastated right now. I'm in shock.





Aw. Im sp sorry!
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt



It is so sad all these people have lost their lives....for no reason.
Wtf is wrong with people.....why....why would someone want to hurt someone else - let along shoot them.





I know, it's horrible!^
Rare, let me know if I can help, or if you wanna talk..
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt





So many of my gay friends are terrified and depressed now. My friend Rob wrote "I'm just a gay man, living in a 23 year monogamous relationship, trying to lead a good life and make the lives of the people around me better, except now I worry my husband or I will be killed in the street for being who we are". My first instinct was to write a long, angry, violent post but then I said, no, don't do that. I'm trying to just be supportive.
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This is so sad. My thoughts are with everyone. Very amazing to see how many people are donating blood.




One of the things I feel that the news reports failed to convey is that part of the reason this is so particularly devastating to us is that we have a very large lgbt community and have for many years due to the fact that some of our biggest employers, our theme parks, have been equal opportunity for a very long time compared to other businesses. We (and I say we because I did end up with a man but have been in relationships with women) have always felt welcomed here. People still acted like assholes but overall Orlando was known as a great place to be lgbt, people would choose to move here because of that, and it makes me so sad that I feel like we've lost that now.
I have so many friends that go to Pulse on a regular basis. I had two friends that were about to go there that night and decided to drink at home instead, thank god. I had customers come to my coffee shop after the impromptu memorial yesterday in tears. My SO's coworker's brother was shot. I have friends that have lost friends. It goes on and on. Everyone knows someone, or knows someone who knows someone. It's affecting everyone. I'm trying to feel grateful that the people I knew personally are safe but it's kind of hard when those same people are grieving and when the entire city is grieving not only for the victims but for something we had that was very beautiful and special.










Jet Blue is offering free flights to/from Orlando for immed. fam. & domestic partners of the fallen/injured..1 800 JETBLUE
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt




I just talked to a man that lost nineteen friends including both his roommate and his best friend. I can't even begin to imagine having to get through that. And I found out two hours ago that two employees at my company that I didn't know died as well.




This is the third day now and I'm feeling so overwhelmed. A manager who I trained employees for survived because his best friend gave his life to protect him by shielding him from the bullets with his body. A girl sat in our lobby using her laptop and just cried silently for hours. And I feel so helpless because all I can do is just listen and hold hands and hug people. I haven't seen ANY of my regular Muslim customers and I know it's because they are afraid of being attacked. I work with people all day who were directly affected and I feel useless because I can't do anything. I just go home and hold my SO as close as I can and cry all over my cats. Tomorrow I'm off work and I'm getting waxed and getting my hair done and it feels selfish and frivolous when later on I'm driving my work friends to get the free counseling my workplace is offering. And I need to dance soon but I don't know when I'll be able to because I feel like I have nothing left to give the random men who want my affection.





Well, I'm glad you're letting us know..
The sheer magnitude of this, is staggering really..
I started reading on cnn,com, & had to take a walk..just reading, mind you. It will definitely take some time even to begin healing.
I think you should take care of yourself, (hair done, etc) to help recharge so when you need to, you will be better able? Counseling sound helpful too.
Just one step @ a time, dear, baby ones if needed.
I have some other stuff I'd like to post, besides the Jet Blue thing, maybe it'll help someone there?
Take care, & you (& everyone) are in our thoughts
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt
That's what I was wondering... How many people lost huge numbers of loved ones? I mean you go clubbing in groups usually.... I haven't even been able to read about it, or read the biographies, it's too much. I'm not in Florida, but that could be my local mall next, my queer family or childhood friends.
"Used as rocket fuel, sex energy can lift our consciousness to the stars to experience a state of being where love exists in and for itself and has no opposite. On a soul level, this is our natural state."-John Maxwell Taylor




I work for an extremely pro equal rights company and I'd say at least 20% of our employees are lgbt. At my store it's closer to 40%. And our work community is really tight. So is the lgbt community, and there's a lot of overlap because we participate in pride events. Pulse was so, so popular, so yeah, everyone know everyone. And it's just been today that we're all really piecing everything together. People we didn't know we'd lost, that we know their families, their best friends. People that survived. The first responders that we've known for years.
I was 21 when 9/11 happened and it's the same feeling I had then on a far more personal level.
I'm just going to go home tonight and take a bath and just try to breath. I'll worry about dancing next week. Shit, no one will be in the club anyways. No one needs a ride to the therapy tomorrow so I might just go to one of the more secluded beaches and try to get a little privacy to try to put my mind in a better place.



Hugs and prayers are with you and yours, it's sad how many nut cases are doing so many stupid things. There is a difference between being sick and being bad, and I think there's more bad people than there are sick people





Rare, the beach idea sounds great for you!
Hugs & Healing.
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt




Just wanted to thank you guys for your support. We as a city seem to be getting off our feet and moving forward today. The support from both our community and the entire world has been a beautiful thing to experience. I couldn't go to the beach so I spent my day making myself look like less of a hag and spent some time with a friend who needed to talk about the friends she's lost as well as helping with some donations through my company and I feel like I have my head on straight again. Thanks again, guys.
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