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My Heart is Invisible Vol. 6: The Day After

One night in June, racism, homophobia, and violence came together when Omar Mateen slayed forty-nine people, most of whom were queer and Latinx, in a combined terrorist attack / hate crime at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. As the news of this massacre unfolded, it shocked many of the LGBTQ community into an awareness of vulnerability. Suddenly, there were shrines of mourning at scheduled events for Pride, in Provincetown, at Stonewall