And, honestly, I thought we were making huge progress," Fifi said of the American LGBTQ community. "Since (the Orlando shooting), I've stopped willingly disclosing the fact that I am a gay man. "After the Orlando shooting, I won't go to a club again," said Dalya, a 37-year-old bisexual woman in Brooklyn. One year before the Orlando shooting, in June 2015, the US Supreme Court granted same-sex couples in all states the right to marry . The tragedy was felt deeply across the countyFor Fifi, the transgender woman in rural Louisiana, the Orlando killings unearthed personal tragedy.

Source: CNN June 11, 2017 19:18 UTC