#pulsenightclub

[willowcollects]

Today while shopping at the Antique Center of La Crosse and I found a little piece of Florida history and had to take it home. Kinda shocked at the fact I found this all the way in Wisconsin.

The Parliament House Resort in Orlando, Florida, traces its roots to a modest lakeside motor inn inaugurated on February 11, 1962, at 410 North Orange Blossom Trail. Initially, boasting 120 rooms and a burgeoning reputation as a premier event venue, it quickly gained traction under the management of Ned Eddy, Jr., and his brother, James (Jimmy) Eddy. Despite early success, by 1975, the property faced financial turmoil, prompting its acquisition by Bill Miller and Michael Hodge for $648,000. Their stewardship heralded a transformative era, culminating in the emergence of the Parliament House Resort as a celebrated LGBTQ+ destination, renowned for its vibrant nightlife and inclusive atmosphere.

Since its rebirth, the Parliament House has served as a cornerstone of Orlando’s LGBTQ+ community, offering a sanctuary for self-expression and camaraderie. Evolving from a modest motor inn to a sprawling entertainment complex, it not only provided a platform for cultural events but also fostered a sense of unity and pride within the LGBTQ+ community. Over the years P-house featured such acts as Charo, Macy Gray, Jennifer Holiday, Chaka Khan, Eartha Kitt, Cyndi Lauper, RuPaul, Salt-N-Pepa , The Weather Girls, and even Gloria Gaynor. Personally, I remember sitting and enjoying drag shows hosted by Darcel Stevens and the Footlight Players, and dancing to music played by DJ Brianna Lee. Despite its closure in 2020, the Parliament House’s legacy endures as a reflection of its pivotal role in shaping LGBTQ+ rights and culture, leaving an indelible mark on Orlando’s vibrant social fabric.

#gaybar #gayclub #phouseorlando #phouse #parliamenthouseorlando #pulsenightclub #pulseorlando #lgbtqhistory #lgbtqhistorymonth #orlando #orlandopride #floridahistory #orlandohistory #gayclubs #orlandofl #orangeblossomtrail #obtorlando #parliamenthouse #parliamenthouseresort #orlando gay clubs

[whenweallvote]

To our beloved LGBTQ+ community: we celebrate your existence, your identity, and your love. On the 7th anniversary of the horrific Pulse Night Club massacre, we remember those who've lost their lives for living their truth.

Take care of yourselves today.

#Pulse #PulseNightclub

[debbiecat]

#itstheguns #gunskill And just off the top of my head: #sandyhook #uvalde #parkland #mchiganstate #buffalo #pulsenightclub #virginiatech #forthood #columbine #auroratheater #lasvegasshooting #makeachange #fuckthenra #backgroundcheck #massshootings #gunviolence https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMgC5YObIC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#itstheguns #gunskill #sandyhook #uvalde #parkland #mchiganstate #buffalo #pulsenightclub #virginiatech #forthood #columbine #auroratheater #lasvegasshooting #makeachange #fuckthenra #backgroundcheck #massshootings #gunviolence

[goldiers1]

White House Press Secretary Responds to Florida Gun Law

  It is shameful that so soon after another tragic school shooting, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a permitless concealed carry bill behind closed doors, which eliminates the need to get a license to carry a concealed weapon. This is the opposite of commonsense gun safety.  The people of Florida — who have paid a steep price for state and Congressional inaction on guns from Parkland to Pulse Nightclub to Pine Hills — deserve better. President Biden has been clear: too many lives are being ripped apart by gun violence.  The President continues to call on Congress to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines, require safe storage of firearms, eliminate gun manufacturers’ immunity from liability, and require background checks for all gun sales, and for state officials to take action at the state level.   Sources: THX News & The White House. Read the full article

#FloridaGunLaw #GovernorRonDeSantis #Parkland #PineHills #PresidentBiden #PulseNightclub #WhiteHouse

[deborahmagone]

I stand WITH the #LGBTQAI Community with Love, Empathy, and Wisdom. I stand AGAINST all those who would do harm, spread lies, & #propaganda that cause hate crimes. I stand against those in #Republican leadership positions who would pass laws in their states that target these vulnerable groups intentionally to cause fear. You are causing division in this country , and violence against my Friends. If anyone reading this stands with, repeats, votes for, or promotes this or any kind of hate propaganda, against other human beings, please unfriend me now. Thank You #NewYork Gov. #kathyhochul for making #November #transgenderawarenessmonth #stopthehatespreadthelove Other victims in the last few years alone: https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-trans-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2020 #ColoradoSprings #PulseNightclub #upstairslounge https://www.instagram.com/p/ClP-Q5SOD1C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lgbtqai #propaganda #republican #newyork #kathyhochul #november #transgenderawarenessmonth #stopthehatespreadthelove #coloradosprings #pulsenightclub #upstairslounge

[jbeaverton]

Seemed a good day to rep these colors.... #pulsenightclub #orlandostrong🌈 #pride🌈 #loveislove (at Orlando, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cet52xHPMXI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pulsenightclub #orlandostrong🌈 #pride🌈 #loveislove

[rlmerrillauthor]

Last weekend I did a virtual 5k to remember the victims of the #pulsenightclub attack. It’s been 6 years and @onepulseorg is raising funds for a memorial. Today they’re hosting a gathering. The news this morning says senators have reached a bipartisan agreement on gun safety legislation. It’s too late for so many families, but we need to keep insisting. Sending my love to you all. Get involved where you can and #alwaysremember #neverforget https://www.instagram.com/p/CetnS0kpIsD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pulsenightclub #alwaysremember #neverforget

[ghostofatree]

I was very honoured to be invited to exhibit work in the beautiful Liverpool Parish Church (Saint Nick’s) as the IDAHOT weekend #liverpoollovesyou partially in protest against the US right wing homophobe Franklyn Graham visiting our city to spread his nonsense. The church was incredibly welcoming and supportive and I was delighted- here are some glimpses of the exhibition which included the “Triptych for the 49 (and It Doesn’t Even Make the Daily Mail Front Page)”- which is a large sized tribute to the victims of the Pulse Night Club Massacre in Orlando; (an atrocious attack on queer kids -murdered just for existing). Each victim is represented with a halo and set in a window to Heaven. I hoped that this might be of some comfort to their families if they ever saw it as most were Catholic. They were digital collages made from their memorial Facebook pages. It was, at the time, the worst single person gun attack in US history, I was appalled that the disgusting “free press” in Britain tried to gloss over it because the victims were only LGBT and allies. I also showed my altar piece for the @opentableliverpool to include queer people in asking that sacred question and a selection of saints from earlier exhibitions like “Be in that Number”; which seek to undermine and democratise to traditional church hierarchy of supposed worthiness by pointing out the perfection of friends and strangers- straight and queer alike. This was in a trail of portraits hidden in the humblest corners of the building to be found through contemplative wandering. A huge thank you to Liverpool Parish Church and the Open Table for supporting and welcoming queer people in this way. It gives me hope. I have rejected my Christian birth faith because of its treatment of people like me and this work was always meant to be secular but using church visual language- somehow it felt genuinely spiritual to be welcomed into the conversation and the space in this case. #lovelyliverpool #queer art #queerartist #saints #reclaimed #stophomophobia #pulsenightclub #weareorlando #liverpoolparishchurch #idahot #liverpoolartist #opentable #saintsebastian #saintjoan #saintjoanofarc (at Liverpool Parish Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdnqTQ-MA-3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#liverpoollovesyou #lovelyliverpool #queer #queerartist #saints #reclaimed #stophomophobia #pulsenightclub #weareorlando #liverpoolparishchurch #idahot #liverpoolartist #opentable #saintsebastian #saintjoan #saintjoanofarc

[lowcountry-pride]

A tragic day in American history–Sunday, June 12, 2016–when 49 Angels were taken, the 68 others who were injured. The Pulse Nightclub shooting shook the community. It hit home for many of us and is a reminder what we still need to work on as a nation. Our hate issue with others. Learn more and how to get involved here: https://onepulsefoundation.org/ #PulseNightclub #PulseNightOfRemembrance #WeHonorThemWithAction #HappyPrideMonth #PrideMonth #Pride #Transexual #Trans #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Bi #Bicurious #Non-Binary #Homosexuality #Asexual #Aromantic #Queer #Intersex #Pansexual #Panromantic #Polysexual #Demisexual #Aromantic #Graysexual #Monosexual #Multisexual # #Skoliosexual #Spectrasexual #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA+ #Pride #BlufftonSC #BeaufortSC #HiltonHeadIslandSC #WeAreLowcountryPride #LowcountryPride

[trascapades]

🏳️‍⚧️ 🕊🕯#ArtIsAWeapon

“Mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living” 🏳️‍⚧️ - artist @thefoxfisher

#TransDayOfRemembrance2022 #ColoradoSprings #ClubQ #PulseNightclub

Words / images reposted from @blackliturgies: With each year that passes, I’m becoming more honest about the transphobia I’ve inherited and allowed to take place. Exorcising all that makes me threatened by someone else’s liberation. I invite you to do likewise. There is more for us.

And I can’t locate words for the mass shooting in Colorado Springs. Everything I type sounds trite or hypocritical. Support Trans and Non-binary creatives and activists however you can today. They are expanding our collective imagination for how to get free. They’ll have truer words than me.

Image 1 reposted from #artist @thefoxfisher: "It’s Trans Day of Remembrance, where we honour people we may have never met, whose names we may not know, whose futures were cut short

🌟🏳️‍⚧️ Rest in Power 🏳️‍⚧️🌟

“Mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living” 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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#tdor #trans #transdayofremembrance #nonbinary #transartists #TransDayOfResilience #liberation #Blacktranslivesmatter #transgender #transartist #NonBinary #freedom

[badlands75]

Badlands75RT @ananavarro: .@marcorubio has been a $enator from Florida during #pulsenightclub and #stonemandouglas, two of the deadliest recent mass shootings in the state and the country. He has received over $3,300,000 in campaign donations from the NRA. They are getting their money’s worth. https://t.co/cGYLBsMWWj

RT @ananavarro: .@marcorubio has been a $enator from Florida during #pulsenightclub and #stonemandouglas, two of the deadliest recent mass shootings in the state and the country. He has received over $3,300,000 in campaign donations from the NRA. They are getting their money’s worth. https://t.co/cGYLBsMWWj

— The Modern Golem (@Badlands75) May 25, 2022

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Badlands75 May 25, 2022 at 04:50PM via IFTTT

#IFTTT #Twitter

[ljcollison]

All ways remember #pride #pulsenightclub (at Lakewood Park, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQBuvbalM7l/?utm_medium=tumblr

#pride #pulsenightclub

[dapperq]

Pulse Remembrance Day: Today, we remember and honor the 49 lives lost at the @pulseorlando mass shooting on June 12, 2016. Pulse served as a refuge for communities that are not safe at home, not safe at work, not safe in the streets, and not safe from police brutality. For many, Pulse once stood as a space where LGBTQ+ communities could experience moments of joy that are often stolen under systems of oppression. Our communities suffered a painful loss, but we will continue our fight for intersectional and inclusive justice and equality #saytheirnames Rest in power. #pulsenightclub #pulseorlando https://www.instagram.com/p/CBVr9Puhp0z/?igshid=qulx7esm8eck

#saytheirnames #pulsenightclub #pulseorlando

[chaos-in-the-making]

Today is the anniversary of Pulse, ya'll. Here in Orlando we celebrate and remember the lives of the ones we lost. 49 angels.

This year feels particularly personal as I get ready to come out to my dad, and then to everyone else. Pulse changed so many of my perspectives. I am not the same person that I was ten years ago, and I am very grateful for it.

49 beautiful people who were living their lives, open and honest. I want to be the same.

#orlando strong #orlandostrong #pulsenightclub #pulse

[mysmorgasbordoffantabulosa]

#dance #gay love #lgbtq #pulsenightclub #gay rights

[mileycfan4eva33]

#NewProfilePic #PrideMonth #PulseNightclub #KelliGiddish never forget #LoveIsLove #LoveWithoutLimits cause in the end even with evil hate and prejudice in this world #Love is stronger so #LoveWins #SVU #Pride beautiful fierce compassionate always proud of @kelligiddish @therealmariskahargitay https://t.co/4SGVb4B9lV https://www.instagram.com/p/CBW1Mr_jCox/?igshid=153cldgunpnex

#newprofilepic #pridemonth #pulsenightclub #kelligiddish #loveislove #lovewithoutlimits #love #lovewins #svu #pride