I'm so glad you're back!
What happened on Sunday was devastating. Two of the victims had roots in my own community, one of them was born here and another lived and worked and performed at a local gay nightclub. The LGBT community is closely knit, but I never realized how closely knit until this happened. I even drove 4 hours yesterday to attend the vigil at the Stonewall Inn, because I felt like I had to do something and I didn't know where else to go. It was powerful.
It was also exhausting, but I'm glad I went. A reporter asked me if I was afraid and I told him, "I am appropriately wary but I refuse to be frightened."
That was the overriding sentiment there, as well.
I didn't think it was possible to be more horrified by Trump, but his behavior in the wake of this tragedy has been incomprehensibly crass and tone deaf. I'm still in disbelief at his complete and utter
gall to claim to be an LGBT+ ally. It's beyond my understanding. At least the LGBT+ community is responding by telling him to go fuck himself.