Our quick reporting on the Club Q massacre presented the violence as a culmination of ongoing attacks – by right-wing conservatives, including some leading Colorado Republicans — on LGBTQ people in Colorado.
Our reporting, which included a series of articles naming anti-LGBTQ bigots and institutions in Colorado and hate-filled responses to the shooting from right-wing media figures, got noticed by multiple national and local outlets. Our reporter Heidi Beedle appeared on the BBC, City Cast Denver, MSNBC Reports, the New York Times (“Shooting Makes Colorado Springs Ponder It’s Past and Present.”) and other media outlets.
Here’s a list of our top reporting on bigotry toward LGBTQ people both before and after the Club Q shooting:
Sean Price, Colorado Times Recorder, Dec. 22, 2022, Denver Bishop Says It’s an ‘Act of Charity’ To Tell Gay and Trans People That They ‘Don’t Conform to Nature’
Heidi Beedle, Colorado Times Recorder, Dec. 12, 2022, How Colorado Republicans are Using LGBTQ People As Pawns in Their War on Public Education.
Sean Price, Colorado Times Recorder, Dec. 8, 2022, ‘Homosexuality’ Is a Tool of ‘Satan,’ Says CO Springs-Area Evangelist After Club Q Massacre.
Jason Salzman, Colorado Times Recorder, Dec. 2, 2022, ‘All Lives Matter:’ Aurora Councilwomen Wants ‘Hate Crime’ Designation Expanded Beyond Special Groups Like LGBTQ.
Sean Price, Colorado Times Recorder, Nov. 30, 2022, CO Springs Radio Host Says He’s Annoyed Club Q Shooting Gets More Media Attention Than Crimes Committed by Immigrants.
Jason Salzman, Colorado Times Recorder. Nov. 29, 2022, If You Call the Club Q Shooting a Hate Crime, You ‘Pander to the LGBTQ Community,’ Says CO Springs Conservative.
Jason Salzman, Colorado Times Recorder, Nov. 29, 2022, Listen To Our Reporter Heidi Beedle Discuss Club Q, CO Springs, and How We Got Here.
Erik Maulbetsch, Colorado Times Recorder, Nov. 30, 2022, Two Anti-LGBT Republicans Marked Themselves ‘Safe From the Club Q Shooting’.
Jason Salzman, Colorado Times Recorder, Nov. 23, 2022, Denver Bishop’s Record of Discrimination Against LGBTQ People Is ‘Compassionate,’ Says Spokeswoman.
James O’Rourke, Colorado Times Recorder, Nov. 22, 2022, A Roundup of Attacks on Drag Shows by Colorado Conservatives in 2022.
Heidi Beedle, Colorado Times Recorder, Nov. 22, 2022, Colorado Christian University’s Institute Fuels Anti-LGBTQ Sentiment in Colorado.
Heidi Beedle, Colorado Times Recorder, Nov. 20, 2022, 5 Dead Following CO Springs Shooting at LGBTQ Nightclub.
See a list of our 2022 coverage of attacks on LGBTQ people prior to the Club Q shooting here, including our June story by Heidi Beedle, How Republicans Are Waging War on Transgender Coloradans.
One of the Colorado Times Recorder’s priorities for next year, as it was for 2022, is to continue to report on bigotry toward LGTBQ people in Colorado, as it manifests in attacks on public education, pro-LGBTQ public figures, and elsewhere. Stay tuned.
