The Pulse Nightclub

To many people in general, and to many artists who contributed to this collection, Pulse and the incident that took place there have come to represent a turning point in the history of the fight for LGBTQ rights in America, a fight that had resulted in some victories, but in which there were, and are, more battles to be fought.

On June 12th 2016, a lone gunman (Omar Mateen) entered the Pulse Nightclub, where a large number of men and women (many members of the LGBTQ and Latinx communities, or both) were dancing. Forty nine people were killed and many others were injured in what was the largest mass shooting on American soil in history (unless one counts the American Civil War, which was arguably triggered by much the same sort of intolerance as triggered the shooting at Pulse).

Cell Phones

The poignancy, hopelessness, fear...