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Bouquets of flowers and a sign reading "Love Over Hate" are left near Club Q, the LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after a shooting on Sunday.

The Colorado shooting comes in a year rife with anti-LGBTQ sentiment, advocates say

5:00am November 21, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

The shooting, which occurred on the eve of Transgender Remembrance Day, is the latest tragedy in a year that's felt particularly bleak, according to LGBTQ advocates.

Al-Bayt Stadium in al-Khor hosts the opening game of the 2022 World Cup between host country Qatar and Ecuador.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar begins, warts and all

10:56pm November 20, 2022

by Tom Goldman

Ever since FIFA awarded the world's biggest sporting event to Qatar in 2010, the soccer tournament has been clouded by bribery, migrant deaths and questions about the country's human rights record.

Tyler Johnston, from left, his fiance Keenan Mastes-Holmes, and Altas Pretzeus embrace while paying their respects at a memorial for the victims of the weekend's shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Two patrons confronted the man who opened fire at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs

8:01pm November 20, 2022

by Don Clyde

Mayor John Suthers tells NPR one of the two patrons who fought the suspect grabbed a gun from the shooter and hit him with it. The motive behind the attack, which left at least five dead, is unknown.

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The Colorado Springs mayor reflects on the Club Q shooting

6:26pm November 20, 2022

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mayor John Suthers about a deadly shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub that left at least five people dead and 25 others injured.

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What voters said about trans rights in the midterms

6:25pm November 20, 2022

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kate Sosin, LGBTQ+ reporter for The 19th News, to discuss how voters responded to anti-trans rhetoric in this years midterm elections.

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Dancers make their grand entry into a meeting room at the start of a powwow in late October at the Airway Heights Corrections Center, near Spokane, Wash.

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Prison powwows in Washington state restart after a 2-year break because of COVID

6:11pm November 20, 2022

by Doug Nadvornick

Native American inmates say the powwows give them a sense of community and spiritual growth. Prison officials say the powwows help rehabilitation and are an important motivational and behavioral tool.

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