For the Colorado Springs LGBTQ community, the Club Q shooting has dredged up memories of the area’s bigoted past — and the huge progress made (and yet to make)

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A sprawling memorial outside of Colorado Springs’ Club Q, after the police tape was removed from its perimeter, to the five people killed there in a mass shooting. Nov. 27, 2022.

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Donaciano Martinez has just finished breakfast at Señor Burritos, one of his regular spots near his home in Denver. Nov. 23, 2022.

Jonelle Neighbor in her Colorado Springs home. Nov. 22, 2022.
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Jonelle Neighbor in her Colorado Springs home. Nov. 22, 2022.

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Sable Gordon, also known as Rick Brown, in her apartment in Colorado Springs' Satellite Hotel. Nov. 22, 2022.

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Ashley Cornelius at her favorite Colorado Springs coffee shop, Pikes Perk. Nov. 27, 2022.

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Liss Smith in her Colorado Springs home, in front of her wall of protest signs. Nov. 22, 2022.