Club Q Survivors To Testify Before House Committee

December 12, 2022 LGBT News, Mass Shootings

Less than a month after a deadly shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, the House Oversight Committee will host survivors for a hearing on violence and threats against LGBTQ people. The Dec. 14 hearing will include testimony from bartender Michael Anderson and from James Slaugh, both of whom survived the Club Q shooting, as well as the club’s founding partner and co-owner Matthew Haynes.

The panel will also hear from Brandon Wolf, who survived the 2016 shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, where a gunman killed 49 people. The hearing comes as the U.S. sees a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and an increase in inflammatory rhetoric and hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people.

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NEW w/ @haleytalbotnbc — Less than a month after a deadly shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, @NBCNews has learned the House Oversight Committee will host survivors for a hearing on violence and threats against LGBTQ+ people. https://t.co/8l5pzwLRKU

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) December 12, 2022