The rainbow crosswalk just outside of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando was painted over by the state of Florida last week. The memorial honored the 49 people who were fatally shot at the Pulse nightclub in 2016. The shooting occurred on the club’s “Latin Night,” targeting a space created by and for the Latinx LGBTQ+ community. As Attorney General Loretta Lynch and President Obama acknowledged at the time the spree shooting was motivated by a number of factors, and was both an act of terrorism and a hate crime against Latinx LGBTQ+ communities.

The shooting shook many LGBTQ+ communities who heightened security at their safe spaces, and like the murder of George Floyd, elicited a strong reaction among LGBTQ+ individuals and allies who came together to remember the lives who were lost. The mem

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