“We will await the details in tears of sadness and anger. “We make no assumptions on motive,” Equality Florida, an LGBT rights group, said in a statement after the attack. While authorities have not confirmed if the nightclub was targeted specifically because it was a gay club, the attack has been keenly felt by the LGBT community. history, and injured 53 - struck during Pride Month, which commemorates the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the gay rights movement more broadly. The attack - in which a gunman killed 50 people, making it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. Meanwhile, security has been increased at LGBT landmarks and events in cities across America. With sorrow, anger and expressions of unity, the LGBT community across the world is mourning Sunday’s deadly attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando.
