John Raoux/AP Police vehicles fill the street in front of the Pulse nightclub after a shooting on Sunday. Early Sunday, the LGBTQ nightclub became the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, with at least 50 people dead and 53 injured. Just be free.”As one of the premier clubs in Orlando's small but close-knit LGBTQ community, Pulse offered more than entertainment and escape, according to Gia Gunn, a former "RuPaul's Drag Race" contestant who performed multiple times at the nightclub. For Orlando's LGBTQ community, Pulse was a place to go and "get lost from all the crap in the world," said Blue Star, an LGBTQ-friendly business owner and co-founder of the cancer survivor charity The Barber Fund. "[Pulse] is not just a nightclub, a place to go out; it’s a place to get community support and find resources you need," he said.

Source: Huffington Post June 12, 2016 21:56 UTC