It was June 12, 2016, and we were closing out the last⁠ day of our largest annual membership gathering of the⁠ year, SONG Gaycation, when we got disturbing news.

⁠ We glued ourselves to our phones, trying to find out if our close friends and family were in that bar, and trying to let other people know that we weren’t. We watched the body count rise over the hours. We stared at each other and hugged each other. We cried… a lot." ⁠ ⁠ Read Full Article HERE:⁠ https://changeagent.nelrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/15-One-Rise-One-Fall.pdf⁠ ⁠ "Pulse, the club itself, represents some of the best of SONG’s principles and some of the best of our LGBTQ Southern traditions. It’s a space cultivating LGBTQ sanctuary, fortified by cross-race, cross-class relationships, aiming itself as an institution of joy and refuge for so many of us from the daily trials and tribulations we face. The owner of Pulse vowed to reopen to, “keep our hearts beating and our spirit alive.” Like so many before her, LGBTQ people are answering the call to each other to say, “I will harbor you.”⁠ ⁠ Read Full Article HERE:⁠ southernersonnewground.org/spiritual-solace-harbor-pulse/⁠