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The numbers are even worse for trans people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project will place trans job seekers into entry-level positions at restaurants throughout the state, in collaboration with the \u003ca href=\"http://events.calrest.org/events/WFHE-The-New-Normal!-Trans-Inclusivity-in-the-Workplace-3174/details\">California Restaurant Association\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/494102719/498504431/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an incentive to owners and managers, the first 60 hours of a new hire's wages will be paid for through a $150,000 grant from the California Workforce Development Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this is all because of \u003ca href=\"http://michaelaspeaks.com/\">Michaela Mendelsohn\u003c/a>, a trans woman who has employed trans people at her restaurants for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'The customer’s always right ... unless they attack you personally.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The El Pollo Loco at South Western Avenue and Venice Boulevard was all hands on deck one recent afternoon. Even though the lunch rush ended hours ago, workers were frantically running around filling orders, chopping onions and searing hundreds of pieces of chicken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three of those workers rushing behind the counter were trans, including Delaney Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I feel like it's a supportive atmosphere,\" she says. Small gestures like being called what she wishes, instead of what may currently be on official documents, meant the world to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm able to have my name tag as I wish, and I just feel more comfortable,\" says Martinez. \"With being comfortable, I can give better service.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This restaurant is the first El Pollo Loco owned by Michaela Mendelsohn. She opened it in 1988, and it's one of six locations she currently owns in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085597\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela Mendelsohn is a transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman. Mendelsohn stands inside an El Pollo Loco franchise she owns on July 14, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michaela Mendelsohn is a transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman. Mendelsohn stands inside an El Pollo Loco franchise she owns on July 14, 2016. \u003ccite>(Maya Sugarman/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn says she fosters an atmosphere in which she backs her trans employees despite what customers might say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know you always hear the thing, 'The customer’s always right,' \" she says. \"In my restaurants, the customer’s always right unless they attack you personally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'The word’s just gotten out that I’m a trans owner supporting trans people.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn transitioned in 2005, taking a year away from work and without saying a word to her employees or other franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They thought I was dying of cancer because they just assumed, ‘Well, he just disappeared. He’s sick,' \" she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she reintroduced herself to her staff and colleagues, she braced for the worst. All she got was love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The franchisees basically lined up for hours to give me a hug and wish me well,\" Mendelsohn remembers of the first conference as Michaela with other El Pollo Loco franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a holiday party for her own staff, she didn't hear a nasty remark, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m the boss, so no one’s saying it to my face,\" she smirks.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I considered myself as somebody who had my head in the sand when it comes to what they’re really going through. ... This is a civil rights issue.'\u003ccite>Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Association\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>She was the only trans person in her restaurants for years, however, until 2012 when she hired her first trans employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That person told Mendelsohn of the troubles she had securing entry-level jobs at many places. She was mysteriously told during interviews that there were no open positions, and recalled how hiring managers would laugh or scoff when she entered the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn was profoundly affected, and began collaborating with the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the TransLatin@ Coalition to find other out-of-work trans people and to offer them jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The word’s just gotten out that I’m a trans owner supporting trans people,\" she says, estimating about 8 to 10 percent of her 150 employees are trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085600\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"A month ago, Delaney Martinez started working at this El Pollo Loco owned by transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman Michaela Mendelsohn. Martinez met Mendelsohn at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-800x514.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-400x257.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-1180x758.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-960x617.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A month ago, Delaney Martinez started working at this El Pollo Loco owned by transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman Michaela Mendelsohn. Martinez met Mendelsohn at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. \u003ccite>(Maya Sugarman/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Caitlyn Jenner and North Carolina's Bathroom Bill Helped the Cause\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn batted around the idea for years of how to expand the success of her work into something bigger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She got that chance this year when the public awareness of trans issues grew to an all-time high, both with the transition of Caitlyn Jenner and the acrimonious fight over \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/09/477316001/deadline-approaches-for-north-carolinas-response-on-lgbt-law\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina's law\u003c/a> that restricted which bathrooms trans people could use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So several months ago, Mendelsohn met up with her colleagues at the California Restaurant Association, one of the biggest state industry groups for restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a hotel bar, she chatted up her longtime friend and head of the association, Jot Condie, about the difficulties that trans people face in the work world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also invited him to meet with trans people at the Los Angeles LGBT Center who were desperate for a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I considered myself as somebody who had my head in the sand when it comes to what they’re really going through,\" says Condie. \"This is a civil rights issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mendelsohn floated her ambitious idea to Condie: Help her back a jobs program that would secure jobs for trans people at restaurants. The benefit to owners and managers would be a new worker, which are in desperate need right now because of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.franchisetimes.com/February-2015/Where-have-all-the-workers-gone-Restaurants-see-shortage/\">nationwide labor shortage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's tougher than in the past 12 years to find employees,\" says Mendelsohn. \"We can’t afford, as restaurateurs, to exclude qualified employees.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also collaborated with the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the TransLatin@ Coalition and more organizations to be a part of this program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she just needed to sell other restaurants on the idea, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restaurants' First Taste of the New Program\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo is one of the biggest trade shows in the country for restaurants, with more than 10,000 attendees at this year's event in late August at the L.A. Convention Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085603\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees sample the offerings at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-400x275.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-1180x810.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-960x659.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees sample the offerings at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on Aug. 30, 2016. \u003ccite>(Leo Duran/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Restaurant Association sponsors the expo, and it used the gathering as an opportunity to host the first of six seminars for its members interested in the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restaurant owners and managers would need to attend at least one of the sessions being held throughout the state in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They'll learn how to apply, the issues that trans people face in the workplace and how to support their trans staff – call it \"Trans 101.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Trans people are vulnerable when we come into the workplace,\" Drian Juarez, from the Los Angeles LGBT Center, told the room. \"If somebody makes fun of us, we may not have the wherewithal to stand up for ourselves because we don't want to jeopardize our jobs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone believes it's the right thing to do right now, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expo attendee Grant Theim said he believes everyone should have a right to a job no matter who they are, but that other Americans might not be ready for this idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I still think that there’s a majority of people out there that might have a problem with being served by somebody that’s transgender,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085605\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-800x494.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela Mendelsohn, a trans businesswoman, speaks before a seminar at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-800x494.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-400x247.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-1180x728.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-960x593.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michaela Mendelsohn, a trans businesswoman, speaks before a seminar at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016. \u003ccite>(Leo Duran/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Mendelsohn told the seminar that her restaurants are a good example of how that's not necessarily true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The customer compliments on our transgender employees started coming in. Lots of compliments,\" she says, \"and our stores have consistently climbed in sales.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drian Juarez also says that a growing number of industries are welcoming trans people into their workforce, and are writing LGBT-friendly guidelines into their HR handbooks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You will always have people who don't like trans people for whatever reason,\" she says, \"but it's not about changing that person. It's about getting them to a place where they understand that when you're at home you can believe whatever you want. But when you're in the workplace, you will follow the law and treat everyone with respect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn and the association say they hope their effort will convince other industries around the country to follow their lead, and that it will be a great encouragement for trans people to head back into the job market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I promise a trans person a level playing field,\" says Mendelsohn. \"I don't promise them a bed of roses. They're going to need to work hard like everyone else.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'The customer’s always right ... unless they attack you personally.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The El Pollo Loco at South Western Avenue and Venice Boulevard was all hands on deck one recent afternoon. Even though the lunch rush ended hours ago, workers were frantically running around filling orders, chopping onions and searing hundreds of pieces of chicken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three of those workers rushing behind the counter were trans, including Delaney Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I feel like it's a supportive atmosphere,\" she says. Small gestures like being called what she wishes, instead of what may currently be on official documents, meant the world to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm able to have my name tag as I wish, and I just feel more comfortable,\" says Martinez. \"With being comfortable, I can give better service.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This restaurant is the first El Pollo Loco owned by Michaela Mendelsohn. She opened it in 1988, and it's one of six locations she currently owns in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085597\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela Mendelsohn is a transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman. Mendelsohn stands inside an El Pollo Loco franchise she owns on July 14, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michaela Mendelsohn is a transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman. Mendelsohn stands inside an El Pollo Loco franchise she owns on July 14, 2016. \u003ccite>(Maya Sugarman/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn says she fosters an atmosphere in which she backs her trans employees despite what customers might say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know you always hear the thing, 'The customer’s always right,' \" she says. \"In my restaurants, the customer’s always right unless they attack you personally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'The word’s just gotten out that I’m a trans owner supporting trans people.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn transitioned in 2005, taking a year away from work and without saying a word to her employees or other franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They thought I was dying of cancer because they just assumed, ‘Well, he just disappeared. He’s sick,' \" she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she reintroduced herself to her staff and colleagues, she braced for the worst. All she got was love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The franchisees basically lined up for hours to give me a hug and wish me well,\" Mendelsohn remembers of the first conference as Michaela with other El Pollo Loco franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a holiday party for her own staff, she didn't hear a nasty remark, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m the boss, so no one’s saying it to my face,\" she smirks.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I considered myself as somebody who had my head in the sand when it comes to what they’re really going through. ... This is a civil rights issue.'\u003ccite>Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Association\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>She was the only trans person in her restaurants for years, however, until 2012 when she hired her first trans employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That person told Mendelsohn of the troubles she had securing entry-level jobs at many places. She was mysteriously told during interviews that there were no open positions, and recalled how hiring managers would laugh or scoff when she entered the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn was profoundly affected, and began collaborating with the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the TransLatin@ Coalition to find other out-of-work trans people and to offer them jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The word’s just gotten out that I’m a trans owner supporting trans people,\" she says, estimating about 8 to 10 percent of her 150 employees are trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085600\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"A month ago, Delaney Martinez started working at this El Pollo Loco owned by transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman Michaela Mendelsohn. Martinez met Mendelsohn at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-800x514.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-400x257.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-1180x758.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-960x617.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A month ago, Delaney Martinez started working at this El Pollo Loco owned by transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman Michaela Mendelsohn. Martinez met Mendelsohn at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. \u003ccite>(Maya Sugarman/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Caitlyn Jenner and North Carolina's Bathroom Bill Helped the Cause\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn batted around the idea for years of how to expand the success of her work into something bigger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She got that chance this year when the public awareness of trans issues grew to an all-time high, both with the transition of Caitlyn Jenner and the acrimonious fight over \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/09/477316001/deadline-approaches-for-north-carolinas-response-on-lgbt-law\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina's law\u003c/a> that restricted which bathrooms trans people could use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So several months ago, Mendelsohn met up with her colleagues at the California Restaurant Association, one of the biggest state industry groups for restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a hotel bar, she chatted up her longtime friend and head of the association, Jot Condie, about the difficulties that trans people face in the work world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also invited him to meet with trans people at the Los Angeles LGBT Center who were desperate for a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I considered myself as somebody who had my head in the sand when it comes to what they’re really going through,\" says Condie. \"This is a civil rights issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mendelsohn floated her ambitious idea to Condie: Help her back a jobs program that would secure jobs for trans people at restaurants. The benefit to owners and managers would be a new worker, which are in desperate need right now because of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.franchisetimes.com/February-2015/Where-have-all-the-workers-gone-Restaurants-see-shortage/\">nationwide labor shortage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's tougher than in the past 12 years to find employees,\" says Mendelsohn. \"We can’t afford, as restaurateurs, to exclude qualified employees.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also collaborated with the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the TransLatin@ Coalition and more organizations to be a part of this program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she just needed to sell other restaurants on the idea, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restaurants' First Taste of the New Program\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo is one of the biggest trade shows in the country for restaurants, with more than 10,000 attendees at this year's event in late August at the L.A. Convention Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085603\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees sample the offerings at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-400x275.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-1180x810.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-960x659.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees sample the offerings at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on Aug. 30, 2016. \u003ccite>(Leo Duran/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Restaurant Association sponsors the expo, and it used the gathering as an opportunity to host the first of six seminars for its members interested in the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restaurant owners and managers would need to attend at least one of the sessions being held throughout the state in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They'll learn how to apply, the issues that trans people face in the workplace and how to support their trans staff – call it \"Trans 101.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Trans people are vulnerable when we come into the workplace,\" Drian Juarez, from the Los Angeles LGBT Center, told the room. \"If somebody makes fun of us, we may not have the wherewithal to stand up for ourselves because we don't want to jeopardize our jobs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone believes it's the right thing to do right now, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expo attendee Grant Theim said he believes everyone should have a right to a job no matter who they are, but that other Americans might not be ready for this idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I still think that there’s a majority of people out there that might have a problem with being served by somebody that’s transgender,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085605\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-800x494.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela Mendelsohn, a trans businesswoman, speaks before a seminar at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-800x494.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-400x247.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-1180x728.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-960x593.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michaela Mendelsohn, a trans businesswoman, speaks before a seminar at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016. \u003ccite>(Leo Duran/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Mendelsohn told the seminar that her restaurants are a good example of how that's not necessarily true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The customer compliments on our transgender employees started coming in. Lots of compliments,\" she says, \"and our stores have consistently climbed in sales.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drian Juarez also says that a growing number of industries are welcoming trans people into their workforce, and are writing LGBT-friendly guidelines into their HR handbooks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You will always have people who don't like trans people for whatever reason,\" she says, \"but it's not about changing that person. It's about getting them to a place where they understand that when you're at home you can believe whatever you want. But when you're in the workplace, you will follow the law and treat everyone with respect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn and the association say they hope their effort will convince other industries around the country to follow their lead, and that it will be a great encouragement for trans people to head back into the job market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>From comic books to video games, nearly every character you can imagine turned up in Santa Clara over the weekend for the \u003ca href=\"http://gaymerx.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GaymerX GX4\u003c/a> convention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The LGBTQ-focused event is in its fourth year, and drew about 2,400 people who came for the series of panels, tabletop games, vendors and live shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GaymerX is unique among gaming conventions, because it focuses on creating a safe and inclusive environment for gamers of all identities. LGBTQ gamers say they often experience harassment and discrimination within online chat rooms and at physical gaming spaces like conventions and tournaments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113874 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Chakka Corn and her back up dancers perform “Final Fantasy 7.5” during the GX4 Drag Show\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chakka Corn and her backup dancers perform “Final Fantasy 7.5” during the GX4 Drag Show \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>New this year was the option for attendees to choose from more than just two genders during registration or when picking up their passes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really helping increase dialogue between all of us,” says Victor Phang, who came to GaymerX for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phang, along with two of his friends, all \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cosplayed\u003c/a> as gender-bent versions of “Final Fantasy” characters: Nguyen as Rinoa Heartily from “Final Fantasy VIII,” Phang as Beatrix from “Final Fantasy IX,” and Yu as Fang from “Final Fantasy XIII.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113765\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-800x551.jpg\" alt=\"Tuan Nguyen (left), Victor Phang and Sherman Yu all attended GX4 together for the first time this year. All three of them cosplayed as gender-bent version of Final Fantasy characters; Nguyen as Rinoa Heartily from Final Fantasy 8, Phang as Beatrix from Final Fantasy 9, and Yu as Fang from Final Fantasy 13. \" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-800x551.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-400x276.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-1180x813.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-960x662.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuan Nguyen (left), Victor Phang and Sherman Yu all attended GX4 together for the first time this year. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I feel that there are a lot more new people this year. It’s good to see the community coming out and having more safe spaces to be themselves,” says Michael Todd, who has been to the convention once before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113766\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Todd, cosplaying as Electabuzz, poses for a photo at GX4\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Todd, cosplaying as Electabuzz, poses for a photo at GX4. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113817\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113817\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"Gil Goldstein (right), Nikki Allamanno and Starla Zamora pose for a photo in their cosplay costumes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-800x582.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-400x291.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-1180x859.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-960x699.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gil Goldstein (right), Nikki Allamanno and Starla Zamora pose for a photo in their cosplay costumes. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gil Goldstein (right), Nikki Allamanno and Starla Zamora all attended GX4 in full cosplay attire. Goldstein dressed as Link from “Legend of Zelda” while Allamanno and Zamora are dressed as Fenris and Isavela from “Dragon Age 2.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably the best Con that we go to,” says Allamanno. “It’s so inclusive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113815 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Body painting artist Brandon McGill paints the hand of model Ty Monzingo at GaymerX’s GX4 convention.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Body-painting artist Brandon McGill paints the hand of model Ty Monzingo at GaymerX’s GX4 convention. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the many attractions at GX4 was the expo hall and indie space where larger gaming companies such as Microsoft and Ubisoft sat alongside up-and-coming indie designers and game developers. Many artists were there as well, including body-painting artist Brandon McGill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113816\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-800x525.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon McGill begins painting the hand of model Ty Monzingo. \" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-400x263.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-1180x774.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-960x630.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon McGill begins painting the hand of model Ty Monzingo. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Video games like “Super Mario Smash Brothers” and “Legend of Zelda” were available to play in the Magfest Arcade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113818\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Unkle (left) and Colin Dettmar play Mario Kart Double Dash in the Magfest Arcade at the GX4 convention.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Unkle (left) and Colin Dettmar play Mario Kart Double Dash in the Magfest Arcade at the GX4 convention. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113819\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113819\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Sam (center) watches as two of her friends play video games in the Magfest Arcade. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam (center) watches as two of her friends play video games in the Magfest Arcade. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For those gamers who preferred analog to digital, a giant Jenga tower was a delightful throwback to childhood. There was also a tabletop gaming room featuring multiple role-playing and board games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113820\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113820\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Gadwood (right) plays a game of Giant Jenga with Alex Meza at the GaymerX GX4 Convention.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Gadwood (right) plays a game of Giant Jenga with Alex Meza at the GaymerX GX4 Convention. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beyond the physical gaming, however, GaymerX offered panel discussions on a wide variety of topics. Several discussed the best practices for developing new indie games and how to use current video programming software. A few also took a deep look at how games can help build a sense of self.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During one panel, game critic Katherine Cross and game designer Crystal Frasier discussed how people can discover their identity through the use of games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113821\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113821 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Widely published game critic Katherine Cross and writer, game developer, and graphic designer Crystal Frasier speak at a panel on finding identity through gaming.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Widely published game critic \u003ca href=\"https://quinnae.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katherine Cross\u003c/a> and writer, game developer and graphic designer \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/amazonchique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Frasier\u003c/a> speak at a panel on finding identity through gaming. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both Cross and Frasier spoke about the idea that by playing games as children, players are allowed to investigate and experiment with things they may not have a term for or understanding of yet. When it comes to gender and how they perceive themselves in the world, being able to act ideas out in a video game can allow players to “try on” different personas as they develop in life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113822 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two cosplayers costumed as Janey Spring (left) and Athena the Gladiator (right) from Borderlands the Presequel hold hands and kiss on stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant at the GaymerX Convention. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two cosplayers costumed as Janey Spring (left) and Athena the Gladiator (right) from “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel” hold hands and kiss on stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant at the GaymerX Convention. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The two biggest events of the convention were the Cosplay Pageant and the Kitty Powers Drag Show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drag queens and kings graced the stage during the Kitty Powers Drag Show Saturday night, offering renditions of Lady Gaga’s “Applause” and many popular video game theme songs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To cap off the weekend’s convention, over 30 contestants danced, catwalked and crawled across the stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113823\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-800x584.jpg\" alt=\"Mettaton, from the indie role playing video game Undertale, cosplayed on stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant.\" width=\"800\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-800x584.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-400x292.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-1180x862.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-960x701.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mettaton, from the indie role playing video game “Undertale,” cosplayed on stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A wide variety of cosplay characters and costumes competed for prizes during the pageant. From sewing, gluing and taping costumes to shading, highlighting and outlining makeup, each one of the cosplayers brought their own personal style to their characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113824 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Cosplay character Handsome Jack, from the video game Borderlands: The Presequel, winks and waves on stage during the GX 4 Cosplay Pageant\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cosplay character Handsome Jack, from the video game “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel,” winks and waves on stage during the GX 4 Cosplay Pageant \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gil Goldstein says, “It’s nice that they have a place that people can come and be themselves — or someone else.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>From comic books to video games, nearly every character you can imagine turned up in Santa Clara over the weekend for the \u003ca href=\"http://gaymerx.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GaymerX GX4\u003c/a> convention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The LGBTQ-focused event is in its fourth year, and drew about 2,400 people who came for the series of panels, tabletop games, vendors and live shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GaymerX is unique among gaming conventions, because it focuses on creating a safe and inclusive environment for gamers of all identities. LGBTQ gamers say they often experience harassment and discrimination within online chat rooms and at physical gaming spaces like conventions and tournaments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113874 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Chakka Corn and her back up dancers perform “Final Fantasy 7.5” during the GX4 Drag Show\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs18-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chakka Corn and her backup dancers perform “Final Fantasy 7.5” during the GX4 Drag Show \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>New this year was the option for attendees to choose from more than just two genders during registration or when picking up their passes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really helping increase dialogue between all of us,” says Victor Phang, who came to GaymerX for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phang, along with two of his friends, all \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cosplayed\u003c/a> as gender-bent versions of “Final Fantasy” characters: Nguyen as Rinoa Heartily from “Final Fantasy VIII,” Phang as Beatrix from “Final Fantasy IX,” and Yu as Fang from “Final Fantasy XIII.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113765\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-800x551.jpg\" alt=\"Tuan Nguyen (left), Victor Phang and Sherman Yu all attended GX4 together for the first time this year. All three of them cosplayed as gender-bent version of Final Fantasy characters; Nguyen as Rinoa Heartily from Final Fantasy 8, Phang as Beatrix from Final Fantasy 9, and Yu as Fang from Final Fantasy 13. \" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-800x551.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-400x276.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-1180x813.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs11-960x662.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuan Nguyen (left), Victor Phang and Sherman Yu all attended GX4 together for the first time this year. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I feel that there are a lot more new people this year. It’s good to see the community coming out and having more safe spaces to be themselves,” says Michael Todd, who has been to the convention once before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113766\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Todd, cosplaying as Electabuzz, poses for a photo at GX4\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Todd, cosplaying as Electabuzz, poses for a photo at GX4. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113817\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113817\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"Gil Goldstein (right), Nikki Allamanno and Starla Zamora pose for a photo in their cosplay costumes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-800x582.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-400x291.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-1180x859.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs13-960x699.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gil Goldstein (right), Nikki Allamanno and Starla Zamora pose for a photo in their cosplay costumes. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gil Goldstein (right), Nikki Allamanno and Starla Zamora all attended GX4 in full cosplay attire. Goldstein dressed as Link from “Legend of Zelda” while Allamanno and Zamora are dressed as Fenris and Isavela from “Dragon Age 2.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably the best Con that we go to,” says Allamanno. “It’s so inclusive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113815 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Body painting artist Brandon McGill paints the hand of model Ty Monzingo at GaymerX’s GX4 convention.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs08-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Body-painting artist Brandon McGill paints the hand of model Ty Monzingo at GaymerX’s GX4 convention. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the many attractions at GX4 was the expo hall and indie space where larger gaming companies such as Microsoft and Ubisoft sat alongside up-and-coming indie designers and game developers. Many artists were there as well, including body-painting artist Brandon McGill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113816\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-800x525.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon McGill begins painting the hand of model Ty Monzingo. \" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-400x263.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-1180x774.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs07-960x630.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon McGill begins painting the hand of model Ty Monzingo. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Video games like “Super Mario Smash Brothers” and “Legend of Zelda” were available to play in the Magfest Arcade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113818\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Unkle (left) and Colin Dettmar play Mario Kart Double Dash in the Magfest Arcade at the GX4 convention.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Unkle (left) and Colin Dettmar play Mario Kart Double Dash in the Magfest Arcade at the GX4 convention. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113819\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113819\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Sam (center) watches as two of her friends play video games in the Magfest Arcade. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs12-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam (center) watches as two of her friends play video games in the Magfest Arcade. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For those gamers who preferred analog to digital, a giant Jenga tower was a delightful throwback to childhood. There was also a tabletop gaming room featuring multiple role-playing and board games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113820\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113820\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Gadwood (right) plays a game of Giant Jenga with Alex Meza at the GaymerX GX4 Convention.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs19-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Gadwood (right) plays a game of Giant Jenga with Alex Meza at the GaymerX GX4 Convention. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beyond the physical gaming, however, GaymerX offered panel discussions on a wide variety of topics. Several discussed the best practices for developing new indie games and how to use current video programming software. A few also took a deep look at how games can help build a sense of self.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During one panel, game critic Katherine Cross and game designer Crystal Frasier discussed how people can discover their identity through the use of games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113821\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113821 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Widely published game critic Katherine Cross and writer, game developer, and graphic designer Crystal Frasier speak at a panel on finding identity through gaming.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Widely published game critic \u003ca href=\"https://quinnae.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katherine Cross\u003c/a> and writer, game developer and graphic designer \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/amazonchique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Frasier\u003c/a> speak at a panel on finding identity through gaming. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both Cross and Frasier spoke about the idea that by playing games as children, players are allowed to investigate and experiment with things they may not have a term for or understanding of yet. When it comes to gender and how they perceive themselves in the world, being able to act ideas out in a video game can allow players to “try on” different personas as they develop in life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113822 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two cosplayers costumed as Janey Spring (left) and Athena the Gladiator (right) from Borderlands the Presequel hold hands and kiss on stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant at the GaymerX Convention. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs02-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two cosplayers costumed as Janey Spring (left) and Athena the Gladiator (right) from “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel” hold hands and kiss on stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant at the GaymerX Convention. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The two biggest events of the convention were the Cosplay Pageant and the Kitty Powers Drag Show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drag queens and kings graced the stage during the Kitty Powers Drag Show Saturday night, offering renditions of Lady Gaga’s “Applause” and many popular video game theme songs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To cap off the weekend’s convention, over 30 contestants danced, catwalked and crawled across the stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11113823\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-800x584.jpg\" alt=\"Mettaton, from the indie role playing video game Undertale, cosplayed on stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant.\" width=\"800\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-800x584.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-400x292.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-1180x862.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs03-960x701.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mettaton, from the indie role playing video game “Undertale,” cosplayed on stage during the GX4 Cosplay Pageant. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A wide variety of cosplay characters and costumes competed for prizes during the pageant. From sewing, gluing and taping costumes to shading, highlighting and outlining makeup, each one of the cosplayers brought their own personal style to their characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11113824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11113824 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Cosplay character Handsome Jack, from the video game Borderlands: The Presequel, winks and waves on stage during the GX 4 Cosplay Pageant\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/161002_GaymerX_bhs04-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cosplay character Handsome Jack, from the video game “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel,” winks and waves on stage during the GX 4 Cosplay Pageant \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gil Goldstein says, “It’s nice that they have a place that people can come and be themselves — or someone else.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Turn on the disco balls and sing a hopeful round of \"I Will Survive.\" Today, a group of drag queens, DJs and other fans of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/07/20/stud-generations-san-franciscans-gone-let-freak-flag-fly/\">The Stud\u003c/a>, a 50-year-old gay bar in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, announced it has secured funds to buy the bar as a co-op and save it from closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm feeling pretty stoked,\" says co-op spokesperson Mica Sigourney, whose drag performer name is VivvyAnne Forevermore. \"We've been working really hard on coming together and formulating a plan, and we have one.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 15-member Stud Collective formed this summer after the building's landlords announced they would triple the bar's rent beginning Sept. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/JaneKim/status/761304825522888706\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was devastating news to the bar's current owner, Michael McElhaney, who was already planning a move home to Hawaii to take care of his elderly mother. McElhaney called an emergency gathering of friends and employees. He tearfully told them their beloved bar would probably close unless someone stepped in to save it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that the co-op has shown that it can handle the increased rent -- $9,000 a month -- McElhaney says he will transfer his ownership of the bar to its members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If these awesome folks can't make it work, no one can,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"EWN4dHLtwYhogKoOHf6qmY11iJaTp54m\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are still some loose ends to tie up. The Stud community is working with San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim and the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development to establish the bar as an official \"legacy\" business, which ensures special protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most importantly, the landlords need to be on board. Sigourney is confident they will be, but he's not quite ready to crack the champagne.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There will be a party,\" he assures, \"when we sign a lease.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then again, it's \u003cem>always\u003c/em> a party at The Stud. \"Celebrate (it) as it is now,\" Sigourney says. \"That's actually one of the most important things that people can do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/07/06/lgbtq-artists-in-the-bay-area-reflect-on-safe-queer-spaces/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out \u003c/a>KQED Arts’ video about LGBT artists reflecting on safe spaces in the Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"excerpt": "In the face of a drastic rent increase, a co-op comprised of drag queens, DJs and other fans of the San Francisco gay bar has secured funds to buy the historic LGBT space.",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.politifact.com/california/\" target=\"_blank\">PolitiFact California\u003c/a> looks at claims made by elected officials, candidates and groups and rates them as: True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False, False and Pants On Fire.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Dec. 2, 2016: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 28, 2016, PolitiFact California \u003ca href=\"http://www.politifact.com/california/mike-pence-conversion-archived/\">rated as True\u003c/a> a statement by Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom that Republican Indiana Governor and now Vice President-Elect Mike Pence \"advocated diverting taxpayer dollars to so-called conversion therapy.\" We based that ruling on a statement Pence made in 2000 on his congressional campaign \u003ca href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20010519165033fw_/http://cybertext.net/pence/issues.html\">website\u003c/a>, in which Pence says \"Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.\" Subsequently, our readers and other fact-checking websites examined the claim and made some points that led us to reconsider the fact check. Readers pointed out that Pence never explicitly advocated for conversion therapy in his statement and that he may have been pushing for safer sex practices. Pence’s words are open to other interpretations: Gay and lesbian leaders, for example, say his statement continues to give the impression that he supported the controversial practice of conversion therapy when his words are viewed in context with his long opposition to LGBT rights. Taking all of this into account, we are changing our rating to Half True and providing this new analysis.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PolitiFact California’s practice is to consider new evidence and perspectives related to our fact checks, and to revise our ratings when warranted.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom joined in the chorus of attacks on Donald Trump’s choice for running mate during a speech at the Democratic National Convention in late July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, a prominent LGBT rights supporter, said Republican Indiana Gov. and now Vice-President Elect Mike Pence \"advocated for diverting taxpayer dollars to so-called conversion therapy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conversion therapy is a controversial practice that seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation from gay to straight. It’s banned in five states including \u003ca href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article90844347.html\">California, Oregon, Illinois, Vermont and New Jersey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Our research\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the claim in late July, Newsom’s campaign spokesman pointed to Pence’s own words. During his first successful run for Congress in 2000, Pence wrote on his \u003ca href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20010519165033fw_/http://cybertext.net/pence/issues.html\">campaign website\u003c/a>, under a section called Strengthening the American Family:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Congress should support the reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act only after completion of an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus. Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many, including Newsom and other LGBT advocates, have interpreted the last portion of Pence’s statement, about \"assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior,\" as evidence he supported conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement, however, does not explicitly mention conversion therapy. And Pence has said little, if anything, specific on the topic. We heard from a number of readers who said Pence’s words could be interpreted as supporting groups that aim to not necessarily change one’s sexual orientation, but instead as supporting groups that advocate for curbing sexual behaviors that lead to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Pence has, for example, advocated for abstinence as a way to prevent sexual diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Indeed, promoting safer sexual behaviour is a common intervention strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS,\" reader Justin Goddard of Ontario, Canada, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other fact-checking websites, such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.snopes.com/mike-pence-supported-gay-conversion-therapy/\">Snopes.com\u003c/a>, have examined the claim Pence supported conversion therapy and concluded it’s not a settled case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LGBT rights advocates say given Pence’s extensive record of opposing gays and lesbians, his words are indeed confirmation that he supported conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is very specific language — some might call it a dog whistle — that has been used for decades to very thinly cloak deeply homophobic beliefs,\" Rea Carey, executive director of the National L.G.B.T.Q. Task Force \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/politics/mike-pence-and-conversion-therapy-a-history.html?_r=0\">told the New York Times\u003c/a> in late November. \"Particularly the phrase ‘seeking to change their sexual behavior,’ to me, is code for conversion therapy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s the most likely reading\" of Pence’s words, Rick Zbur, executive director of Equality California, an LGBT civil rights group, told PolitiFact California. \"We view this in the context of the whole record. … You can’t think of someone who is more hostile to LGBT people and people with AIDS than Mike Pence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the 2000 website, Pence wrote: \"Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal legal status with heterosexual marriage.\" And \"Congress should oppose any effort to recognize homosexual’s [sic] as a 'discreet [sic] and insular minority' entitled to the protection of anti-discrimination laws similar to those extended to women and ethnic minorities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Statement mischaracterized?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email exchange with PolitiFact California in late July, Pence’s spokesman Marc Lotter did not directly answer whether Pence supported conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four months later, Lotter \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/politics/mike-pence-and-conversion-therapy-a-history.html?_r=0\">told the New York Times,\u003c/a> however, that it was \"patently false\" that Mr. Pence \"supported or advocated\" the practice of conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lotter added that Pence had been calling for federal funds to \"be directed to groups that promoted safe sexual practices\" during his 2000 congressional campaign, and he said it was a \"mischaracterization\" to interpret the statement as a reference to conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11034710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11034710\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-800x558.jpg\" alt=\"Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during Day Three of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-800x558.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-400x279.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-1180x824.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-960x670.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during Day Three of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. \u003ccite>(NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s campaign spokesman said in November he did not have any additional information pointing to Pence’s stance on conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article90844347.html\">As reported by McClatchy DC in July\u003c/a>, Pence continues to be at the center of gay rights controversy: \"Pence angered gay rights groups (in 2015) when he signed a religious freedom bill that opponents said would allow businesses to discriminate against customers based on their sexual orientation. Pence later backtracked, when state lawmakers changed the law to say that no discrimination would be allowed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Republican National Convention this summer, the McClatchy news service noted: \"Delegates voted to approve a \u003ca href=\"https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/DRAFT_12_FINAL%5b1%5d-ben_1468872234.pdf?mid=76323&rid=13489618\">platform\u003c/a> that backs the right of parents to determine the proper medical treatment and therapy for their minor children. The platform makes no specific mention of gay conversion therapy, but critics say that passage is aimed at accepting the notion that one’s sexual orientation can be changed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP Party Chairman Reince Priebus, who President-Elect Donald Trump has selected as chief of staff for the incoming administration, \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3f197b7c41e749cba74adbcceb8b6bf8/ap-interview-priebus-declares-rebellion-against-trump-dead\">has denied\u003c/a> that passage encourages conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Our ruling\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Indiana Governor and now Vice President-Elect Mike Pence \"advocated for diverting taxpayer dollars to so-called conversion therapy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pence’s own words on his campaign website from 2000, specifically a passage that calls for funding groups that give \"assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior,\" have been interpreted by LGBT advocates as supporting the controversial practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pence’s statement, however, does not explicitly mention conversion therapy. Readers and other fact-checking outlets have said Pence may have been calling for safer sexual sexual practices rather than pushing for efforts to change one’s sexual orientation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the statement in July, Pence’s spokesman Marc Lotter did not directly answer whether the Indiana governor supports the practice. Months later, Lotter strongly denied that Pence supports conversion therapy and said Pence was calling for funds to \"be directed to groups that promoted safe sexual practices\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given Pence’s strong and extensive opposition to LGBT rights, his words in 2000 have been widely interpreted as supporting the controversial practice. Rea Carey, executive director of the National L.G.B.T.Q. 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The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what’s important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/cacounts\">Read more in this series\u003c/a> and let us know your thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23iamsouthla&src=typd\">#\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CACounts&src=typd\">CACounts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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During his first successful run for Congress in 2000, Pence wrote on his \u003ca href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20010519165033fw_/http://cybertext.net/pence/issues.html\">campaign website\u003c/a>, under a section called Strengthening the American Family:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Congress should support the reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act only after completion of an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus. Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many, including Newsom and other LGBT advocates, have interpreted the last portion of Pence’s statement, about \"assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior,\" as evidence he supported conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement, however, does not explicitly mention conversion therapy. And Pence has said little, if anything, specific on the topic. We heard from a number of readers who said Pence’s words could be interpreted as supporting groups that aim to not necessarily change one’s sexual orientation, but instead as supporting groups that advocate for curbing sexual behaviors that lead to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Pence has, for example, advocated for abstinence as a way to prevent sexual diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Indeed, promoting safer sexual behaviour is a common intervention strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS,\" reader Justin Goddard of Ontario, Canada, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other fact-checking websites, such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.snopes.com/mike-pence-supported-gay-conversion-therapy/\">Snopes.com\u003c/a>, have examined the claim Pence supported conversion therapy and concluded it’s not a settled case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LGBT rights advocates say given Pence’s extensive record of opposing gays and lesbians, his words are indeed confirmation that he supported conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is very specific language — some might call it a dog whistle — that has been used for decades to very thinly cloak deeply homophobic beliefs,\" Rea Carey, executive director of the National L.G.B.T.Q. 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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during Day Three of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-800x558.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-400x279.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-1180x824.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Newsom-960x670.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during Day Three of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. \u003ccite>(NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s campaign spokesman said in November he did not have any additional information pointing to Pence’s stance on conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article90844347.html\">As reported by McClatchy DC in July\u003c/a>, Pence continues to be at the center of gay rights controversy: \"Pence angered gay rights groups (in 2015) when he signed a religious freedom bill that opponents said would allow businesses to discriminate against customers based on their sexual orientation. Pence later backtracked, when state lawmakers changed the law to say that no discrimination would be allowed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Republican National Convention this summer, the McClatchy news service noted: \"Delegates voted to approve a \u003ca href=\"https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/DRAFT_12_FINAL%5b1%5d-ben_1468872234.pdf?mid=76323&rid=13489618\">platform\u003c/a> that backs the right of parents to determine the proper medical treatment and therapy for their minor children. The platform makes no specific mention of gay conversion therapy, but critics say that passage is aimed at accepting the notion that one’s sexual orientation can be changed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP Party Chairman Reince Priebus, who President-Elect Donald Trump has selected as chief of staff for the incoming administration, \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3f197b7c41e749cba74adbcceb8b6bf8/ap-interview-priebus-declares-rebellion-against-trump-dead\">has denied\u003c/a> that passage encourages conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Our ruling\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Indiana Governor and now Vice President-Elect Mike Pence \"advocated for diverting taxpayer dollars to so-called conversion therapy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pence’s own words on his campaign website from 2000, specifically a passage that calls for funding groups that give \"assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior,\" have been interpreted by LGBT advocates as supporting the controversial practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pence’s statement, however, does not explicitly mention conversion therapy. Readers and other fact-checking outlets have said Pence may have been calling for safer sexual sexual practices rather than pushing for efforts to change one’s sexual orientation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the statement in July, Pence’s spokesman Marc Lotter did not directly answer whether the Indiana governor supports the practice. Months later, Lotter strongly denied that Pence supports conversion therapy and said Pence was calling for funds to \"be directed to groups that promoted safe sexual practices\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given Pence’s strong and extensive opposition to LGBT rights, his words in 2000 have been widely interpreted as supporting the controversial practice. Rea Carey, executive director of the National L.G.B.T.Q. Task Force, has called them \"a dog whistle\" for like-minded supporters of conversion therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s definitive claim, however, that Pence advocated for conversion therapy is not fully supported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We rate it Half True.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>HALF TRUE\u003c/strong> – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/feb/21/principles-truth-o-meter/\">Click here for more\u003c/a> on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more fact-checks, go to \u003ca href=\"http://politifactcalifornia.com/\">PolitiFactCalifornia.com.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of California Counts, a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what’s important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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So why not engage them and connect them to services like rural housing, nutrition and business and farm loans?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'You do have gay farmers who are growing your food.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Marcus Hollan, Cultivating Change Foundation\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Davis says all of the USDA’s programs have adopted protections around sexual orientation and gender identity. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has been at the forefront of making the agency inclusive, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Davis led an open mic discussion about what it’s like to be LGBT in a rural area. Many people stressed the need for more resources for young people who have been kicked out of their homes, and for elderly and transgender people. 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LGBT households in rural areas are twice as likely to live in poverty than those in urban areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 20 tables were set up to provide resources. These included the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cultivatingchangefoundation.org/new-page-1/\">Cultivating Change Foundation\u003c/a>, an advocacy group for minorities in agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You do have gay farmers who are growing your food,” says Marcus Hollan, who co-founded the group. “You have lesbian agricultural teachers in your high schools and your colleges teaching youth. It’s time we start recognizing them but also celebrating them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollan says there are many unsung heroes in agriculture who lead by example and provide inspiration to young people to say, \"I don’t have to leave the farm, I can still be a farmer and be my authentic self.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justin Kamimoto spoke at the summit as part of the LGBT youth panel. The Fresno State student says the USDA has taken big strides to be LGBT-inclusive in its hiring practices, programming and internships. “They look at areas like the Central Valley that are very agricultural-based,” he says. “They want to bring the best and brightest people to their organization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kamimoto was at the summit sharing information about his online organization, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mylgbtplus.org/\">MY LGBT PLUS\u003c/a>. It’s a community resource “dedicated to connecting, interacting and supporting our LGBT community,” he says. “We’re here to support our rural pride community. We know that the [people in the] outskirts of the Central Valley are oftentimes the ones forgotten about and we want to make sure resources are available to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christine Chavez helped arrange the summit. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>There’s a new sense of vulnerability in the LGBT community after the tragedy in Orlando. A lot of families have been having conversations about identity, acceptance, and gun violence. I sat down to talk about those things with a young gay teenager and his great grandmother, who’s raising him in West Fresno. We chatted about their relationship under the shade of a giant palm tree in their front yard.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/269687662&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/269687662'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: I’m Jeffrey Thomas Junior. I’m 17 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would you introduce us to your great grandma?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: This is my grandma, Loretta Word. She's my favorite grandma, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loretta: I’m great gran. I’m 84 years old. Everybody calls me Lo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s she like?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: She’s loving; she’s really open and accepting. She used to own a café a while back. She used to have a lot of different people come in. Remember, Lo, you told me that story when you were working, and then a whole bunch of drag queens came in, and they were having a good time and everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Did he miss anything in that story, Lo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: I had a restaurant for years. We had all sorts of people coming in there. This was in the '50s and '60s and '70s. We had soul food. I was raised up in Oklahoma; I learned how to cook back there. We had chittlins and barbeque, everything, around 2 o’clock after all the bars closed around town, everybody would come there, they partied and danced and did everything until daylight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So you met drag queens and all kinds of different people in Fresno.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: Oh yeah. I think I have been an open minded person. I always treated people like I wanted to be treated. That was just in me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: She’s just so lovely. She just loves me being me. She just loves me being happy, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you guys come to live together?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: His mother, I raised her. When she had the babies, she handed them to me. I think she was about 16 when she had him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lo, what advice would you have for other families about their grandchildren if they are gay or lesbian?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: I’d tell them, that’s still your child. If you love him, you’ll accept him, either way. He’s still a human being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: I would tell them, maybe it’s in your religion to not love gay people, but maybe you could go against all the odds and just love your child. And they still really need you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is it in conflict with your beliefs to accept your gay great-grandson?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: It could be, but he’s just my grandkid, the way it is with me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you ever worry about Jeffrey?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: Yes, I do. I sure do. Watching this on TV, this news about what was happening down in Florida, and that was a gay bar. [Jeffrey] wanted to come outside; it was quiet out here and everything. I just don’t want him standing around, out here by himself walking down the street or something. A lot of people just do things for meanness, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you feel unsafe in your neighborhood?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: I mean, just not too long ago, people shot at my grandma’s house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: Some youngster passed through here and shot at the house, started right there, went around and hit the garage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: And it was surprising what my grandma did. Everyone told her to leave the house, and she’s like no, I’m not leaving this house. She’s lived here for so long, just because some punk kid wants to shoot the house. I don’t know why, it was because of my brother or something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I know you guys just had a tragedy in your family with your brother. You lost him to gun violence,\u003ca href=\"http://%5Bhttp://abc30.com/news/teen-dies-after-being-found-shot-in-southwest-fresno/1300116/\"> he was shot.\u003c/a> That must have been really hard.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: That’s right, it was really sad. We were all in the house there that night, and some little young kid came over here on a bike. He said Sumar -- we called him Sumar -- just got shot. And that was just about two blocks up the street there. His chest was all tore up inside, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m sure that was really painful to lose your brother. Was that your big brother?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: No, that was my little brother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How old was he?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: His birthday was April 17\u003csup>th\u003c/sup>, and this happened April 19\u003csup>th\u003c/sup>, two days after his 15\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: I didn’t know right at first. I was in my room, and I was watching the preview of a movie about the pyramids in Egypt. I heard the phone ringing, and it was my mom. You could hear the sadness in her voice, and how heartbroken she was. She was saying, ‘my baby’s gone, my baby’s gone.’ I hung up the phone, I took a deep breath, and I just accepted it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: You know, these teenagers getting these guns now, they don’t care, they don’t have no feelings, they don’t have no conscience. They just shoot first, just to be shootin'. It’s really rough about all of this gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: If they’re allowing guns, I’m saying, just have the guns that police officers can use. Don’t let someone randomly come up and say, ‘Oh, can I just buy a gun for my safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: They’re stealing guns and everything. Guns that can kill people. They just get ‘em any way they can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jeffrey, tell me what you love about your great grandma, Loretta.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: Well, that’s a long, that’s a long ... that’s like a lifetime of telling you how much I love my grandma. She’s always there for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: Well, I guess 'cuz I raised him. He’s more like my child, I love him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey: For me, I like to always stay close to my grandma, if she needs anything. So I sleep right next to her, on the other side of the bed, just in case. Sometime when she wakes up, I ask her if she needs any water, do you want me to get you something? You remember, Lo, remember that one time when you weren’t feeling good? And you said to make you some lemon tea? I made it for you. Then you said you wanted soup, mostly soup, but no noodles, so I got that for you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Lo laughs)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He makes it sound like he moved in with you to take care of you. Or was it the other way around?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo: Other way around! (laughs)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Sunday morning, a gunman at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Fla., perpetrated the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. He killed 49 people and injured more than 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Orlando has released the names of the identified victims, after notifying their next of kin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our City is working tirelessly to get as much information out to the families so they can begin the grieving process,\" reads \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityoforlando.net/blog/victims/\">the city's statement\u003c/a>. \"Please keep the following individuals in your thoughts and prayers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post will be updated with further information about the victims as we learn more.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34, Sarasota, Fla.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1651128895140716&set=a.1456483344605273.1073741826.100007308646818&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-sotomayor-2920102a\">social media profiles\u003c/a>, Sotomayor worked as the national brand manager for Al and Chuck Travel, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.alandchuck.travel/\">describes itself\u003c/a> as \"part of America's largest gay owned travel company.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with The Associated Press, David Sotomayor, who identified himself as Sotomayor's cousin, said Edward was a \"caring, energetic man.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christina Copelli, who lives in Vienna, was on three cruises with Sotomayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a lovely, kind guy who touched everyone who had the pleasure of meeting him,\" she told NPR. \"I can't believe he's gone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stanley Almodovar III, 23, Clermont, Fla.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1155455764495846&set=a.141355302572569.19044.100000942997282&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almodovar worked as a pharmacy technician, according to his \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/stanley.almodovariii\">Facebook profile\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He made me feel like it was perfectly fine being who I was,\" Almodovar's friend Haze Ramirez told The Two-Way. She says they met at Pulse and \"clicked instantly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You would know when Stanley entered a room,\" she said. \"He can turn my mood by a conversation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n[JuanRamonGuerrero]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guerrero, who had recently begun attending the University of Central Florida, had only recently come out to his family as gay, \u003ca href=\"http://www.local10.com/news/juan-guerrero-one-victims-story\">according to The Associated Press\u003c/a>. In a conversation with the news service, his cousin Robert Guerrero said he opened up to his family just before the start of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was always this amazing person (and) he was like a big brother to me,\" Robert Guerrero told the AP. \"He was never the type to go out to parties, would rather stay home and care for his niece and nephew.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36, Orlando, Fla.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156760768130043&set=a.10151167640545043.794361.642480042&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ortiz-Rivera was the man everyone in his family asked for design advice, his cousin Orlando Gonzalez \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/live/orlando-nightclub-shooting-live-updates/a-goofball-who-liked-to-dance/\">told The New York Times\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was very artistic,\" Gonzalez told the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em>. \"He was all about interior design.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paper reports that the 36-year-old \"goofball\" — Gonzalez's words — lived in downtown Orlando with his husband.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Luis S. Vielma, 22, Sanford, Fla.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209592336824700&set=a.1647388344026.90491.1216463164&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Luis was by far the best person I knew,\" his friend Will Randle \u003ca href=\"http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article83331157.html\">told the Miami Herald\u003c/a>. \"He inherently made us all better people by simply existing around us. Part of him will always live on in every good decision I make.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to his Facebook page, Vielma worked at Universal Studios in Orlando, including on the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride. \u003cem>Harry Potter \u003c/em>author J.K. Rowling mourned him on Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[LuisVielma]\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207764110794695&set=a.1525104841518.2074999.1051549758&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Ommy Gonzalez-Cruz went by \"Ommy,\" his aunt \u003ca href=\"http://m.heraldtribune.com/Top%20News/Who%20were%20the%20Orlando%20shooting%20victims?/http:%7C%7Cwww.heraldtribune.com%7Carticle%7C20160613%7Carticle%7C160619859\">told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Peter makes a difference everywhere he goes. He was a happy person,\" Sonia Cruz told the paper. \"If Peter is not at the party, no one wants to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzelez-Cruz went to Pulse with his best friend, Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Menendez also died in the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=929117230486668&set=a.103353366396396.4251.100001651991333&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omar Capo was a passionate dancer, according to remembrances being left for him online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"May the only time you rest,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1635818470071966&set=a.1392639774389838.1073741832.100009314864912&type=3&theater\">Tamandra Diaz wrote\u003c/a>, be after you \"make some kick ass choreo up in paradise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His friend Julius Ortiz was with him at Pulse, but left shortly before the shooting. Ortiz told NPR's Ari Shapiro that after the shooting began, he sent Capo text after text after text, trying to reach him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also remembered Capo helping him out when he was in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I was in a very hard situation — because with my dad, I was staying with him and he kicked me out — he actually took me in for a little,\" Ortiz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kimberly Morris, 37\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100316379913970&set=a.570460116250.2098152.5902286&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberly \"KJ\" Morris was a bouncer at Pulse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She moved to Orlando this spring, from Hawaii, in order to help her mother and grandmother, \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/orlando-nightclub-shooting-kimberly-morris-20160612-story.html\">the Orlando Sentinel reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before that, she played basketball at Post University in Connecticut and worked as a drag king and bouncer at a gay club in Massachusetts, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Torrington-Woman-Among-Orlando-Massacre-Victims-Kimberly-KJ-Morris-382643021.html\">NBC Connecticut reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eddie Justice was an accountant, living in downtown Orlando, who loved to eat and work out, The Associated Press reports. He woke his mother up shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, with a text message:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mommy I love you.\" Then: \"In club they shooting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mina Justice and her son exchanged messages for nearly an hour, the AP reports. Eddie Justice was trapped in a bathroom at Pulse as the hostage situation began. He asked his mother to call the police, telling her a man was shooting, lots of people were wounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He has us,\" he told her. \"He's in the bathroom with us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He's a terror.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His death was announced Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Darryl Roman Burt II, 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burt was a financial aid officer at Keiser University in Jacksonville, \u003ca href=\"http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2016-06-13/story/jacksonvilles-darryl-roman-burt-ii-among-orlandos-50-fatals-big\">the Florida Times-Union reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He always had a smile on his face and was a very nice guy. He definitely leaves an impression and had a big personality and he is missed,\" campus President Lisamarie Winslow told the newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was known for his colorful bowties, reporter Jenna Bourne \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jennaANjax/status/742375031066525696\">has tweeted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman who identified herself as Drayton's aunt \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1725031991093914&set=a.1436474006616382.1073741828.100007613897380&type=3&theater\">posted on Facebook\u003c/a> that Drayton had been at work when she was shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melody Maia Monet, a nightclub photographer, posted a photo of Drayton (center) taken on Friday, a day before the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[EddieJamoldroyJustice]\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=614293805301765&set=a.100314240033060.293.100001634520684&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laureanodisla, who studied at the University of the Sacred Heart in San Juan, Puerto Rico, performed in drag as \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/alanis.laurell\">Alanis Laurell\u003c/a>. \"It is with deepest sorrow that we report that a member of the Drag community has lost their life due to the shooting at pulse night club in Orlando Florida,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Dragaroundtheworld/posts/1772753769677750\">states a Facebook post\u003c/a> from the community page Drag Around the World. \"Alanis Laurell was a[n] amazing performer and a beautiful person inside and out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154687030199199&set=a.489770909198.267853.508974198&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally from Puerto Rico, Laureanodisla studied education at the university, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/anthony.laureano.5\">a Facebook tribute page\u003c/a>. He moved to Orlando three years ago to \"pursue a career as a dancer and choreographer,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-mass-shooting-victim-anthony-luis-laureanodisla-20160613-story.html\">according to the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a>. He'd gone dancing at Pulse with his roommates on Saturday, and his \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/wjxt4heatherleigh/videos/491500247705252/\">family grew alarmed\u003c/a> when they didn't hear from him after he texted them at 2:07 a.m. ET. \"What I have now is a pain beyond repair,\" wrote cousin \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/lucasdaniel.acostadoleo/posts/10153528773207407?pnref=story\">Lucas Daniel Acosta D'oleo\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154330002236320&set=a.476757651319.269200.665271319&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Puerto Rico, Perez had lived in the U.S. since he was a teenager and worked at an Orlando Perfumania store. \"One of the customers Perez charmed at the perfume shop was Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, who would become his longtime partner,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-nightclub-shooting-jean-carlos-mendez-perez-20160613-story.html\">according to the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a>. Both were killed in the attack at the Pulse nightclub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez \"was a man full of life and joy who loved his friends and family above all things,\" says a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/2952qqc\">GoFundMe page\u003c/a> set up by family members to raise money for his funeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally from Puerto Rico, Velazquez worked at Forever 21 in Orlando and was a professional \u003ca href=\"http://www.prfdance.org/chorreao.htm\">Jíbaro\u003c/a> folk dancer, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/06/13/heres-everything-we-know-about-the-mass-shooting-at-orlandos-pulse-nightclub\">the Orlando Weekly\u003c/a>. A friend told the paper that Velazquez was with friends at Pulse, when \"he and others were pushed up against the wall by [Omar] Mateen, who started shooting at the group.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My brother will never die,\" his sister \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sheila.dejesus.77/posts/10154912804260898?pnref=story\">wrote on Facebook\u003c/a>. \"He will be in my heart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Amanda Alvear, 25 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvear had gone to Pulse with her friend Mercedez Marisol Flores, and was among those who took refuge in a bathroom during the attack. Alvear \u003ca href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/snapchat-video-captures-shots-ringing-orlando-club-article-1.2671782\">posted\u003c/a> a Snapchat video that documented the first moments of gunfire erupting at the club. Both she and Flores were killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Older brother Brian Alvear \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-nightclub-shooting-victim-amanda-alvear-20160613-story.html\">told the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a> that his sister had spent the first part of the weekend shopping with his young daughters – \"She liked to make them look very good.\" Amanda, who wanted to be a nurse, \"wouldn't want anyone to spread hate for her,\" he told the newspaper. \"She'd rather they spread more love, keep friends and family close, and have a good time doing it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Martin Benitez Torres, 33 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154329908304180&set=a.10150261266074180.374285.763989179&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres, a student at Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had gone to Orlando to spend time with family. \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/mbenitezvgi\">He posted\u003c/a> Facebook videos and photos sharing scenes from his holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-mass-shooting-victim-martin-benitez-torres-20160613-story.html\">Orlando Sentinel reports\u003c/a> that he was among several students from his school who were killed in the Pulse attack. \"I can't believe it that my cousin is gone too soon. Going to miss that big smile always happy,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1318925464787648&set=a.614748911871977.1073741827.100000106210938&type=3&theater\">wrote Sonia N. 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They fell in love soon thereafter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A friend in Pennsylvania, Daniel Gmys-Casiano, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/panzercub/posts/10154299423324529?pnref=story\">paid tribute to Wilson-Leon\u003c/a> on Facebook as \"a wonderful young man full of life, who endured countless days of bullying while growing up, by cruel people calling him all sorts of horrendous homophobic slurs. He was the first person on this earth I came out to, and he always protected and loved his friends. His strength and character was always an inspiration to all of us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1066319973410749&set=a.136302426412513.21126.100000982680815&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally from Queens, N.Y., Flores studied literature at Orlando's Valencia Community College and worked at Target, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/mercedez.flores.9?pnref=story\">her Facebook memorial page\u003c/a>. She'd gone to the Pulse club with her friend Amanda Alvear. Both were killed in the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I forgive the boy because I cannot take that hate in my life. My life is more important than hate,\" Flores' father, Cesar Flores, \u003ca href=\"http://www.wesh.com/national-news/shoting-victims-dancer-telemarketer-bouncer/40027262\">told reporters in Orlando\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His daughter \"had so many dreams,\" Flores said. \"We must all come together, we must all be at peace, we must all love each other, because this hatred cannot continue for the rest of our lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152496515578153&set=a.444827663152.221746.676963152&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Xavier E. Serrano was a professional dancer and performed in shows for \u003cem>Disney Live!\u003c/em>. Matt Molandes, a friend of Serrano's, tells NPR that Serrano helped Molandes accept himself as a gay person. \"Coming from a place where I was ashamed to be gay, watching ... performers like Xavier helped me come out of my shell,\" he says. \"Xavier lived in his truth, he was always happy even on days he wasn't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serrano leaves behind a young son.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=990647494323361&set=a.377906625597454.101809.100001343607146&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Menendez, originally from Puerto Rico, had moved to Orlando and was working for Speedway convenience stores while he studied health care management at Ana G. Mendez University in Orlando.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonia Cruz, the aunt of another victim, Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, \u003ca href=\"http://m.heraldtribune.com/Top%20News/Who%20were%20the%20Orlando%20shooting%20victims?/http:%7C%7Cwww.heraldtribune.com%7Carticle%7C20160613%7Carticle%7C160619859\">told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune\u003c/a> that Menendez was best friends with her nephew and that the two had gone to the Pulse nightclub together on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208768061946471&set=a.2446788816666.139511.1460303125&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oscar Aracena was partners with another victim of the shooting, Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez. According to a friend of both men, Norkis Fernandez-Valdez, the two had just purchased a home together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another friend, Yamil Caraballo, who says he had known Aracena for three years, tells NPR that he was always happy and willing to help others. \"He was a great man and loved the Lord with all his heart,\" Carabello recalls. \"He was amazing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1098652793490541&set=a.253192381369924.60783.100000374925112&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rios was on vacation in Orlando from Brooklyn, N.Y. In 2015, he enrolled at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, studying social work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the college, Richard Relkin, said in a press release, \"Sadly, his dreams were cut short by this senseless act of violence. The St. Francis College community mourns the loss of one of our own and offers prayers to his family and friends.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he was in school, Rios worked at a restaurant at LaGuardia Airport. A co-worker remembered his sense of humor. \"He had so much joy in him and was so funny,\" Dorys Gonzalez wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/dorys.gonzalez3/posts/1191154960929203\">remembrance on Facebook\u003c/a>. \"He was such a good person.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miguel Honorato was married with three children. The family lived in the Orlando suburb of Apopka, F.L., and according to Facebook he and his brother, Jose Honorato, worked together at FajitaMex Mexican Catering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose Honorato \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-families-orlando-nightclub-shooting-victims-20160612-story.html\">tells the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a> that his brother had gone to Pulse nightclub with three friends, and that all three of them had made it home safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Known to his friends as \"Javi\", Javier Jorge-Reyes was originally from Puerto Rico. Jose Diaz, a friend of the victim, \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-mass-shooting-victim-javier-jorge-reyes-20160613-story.html\">tells the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a> that Jorge-Reyes was a salesman at a Gucci store at a mall in Orlando, and that his outgoing personality made Jorge-Reyes good at his job. \"He was always positive,\" Diaz tells the Sentinel. \"He was very humble. He was a lovely friend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1762838883949182&set=a.1379392065627201.1073741827.100006692614364&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josaphat, still in his teens, is the second-youngest identified victim in the Pulse shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like many 19-year-olds, Jason Benjamin Josaphat had many interests and was just starting to chart his path in life, according to his family — he was computer savvy, loved to work out and had an interest in photography,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-mass-shooting-victim-jason-benjamin-josaphat-20160613-story.html\">the Orlando Sentinel wrote\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Orlando native had recently graduated from high school and started college classes, Josephat's uncle Christopher Long told the newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was always helpful, always willing to help someone in need,\" Josephat's aunt, Josette Desile, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josephat called his mother from the club after the shooting began, and stayed on the line with her as she called 911.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She said she heard the shots getting closer,\" Desile said.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cory James Connell, 21\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=870064503058852&set=a.283764158355559.65696.100001659322051&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connell, a student at Valencia Community College, hoped to become a firefighter, his father James told CNN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connell was at Pulse with his girlfriend, who was also shot in the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Cory's a good guy,\" James Connell \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/13/us/orlando-victims-profiles/\">told CNN\u003c/a> after the attack, before the family had learned of his fate. \"He loves everybody.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Facebook, Cory Connell's brother Ryan \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208887470931482&set=a.1473846533578.62180.1456135461&type=3&theater\">called him\u003c/a> \"the superhero of our family.\" \"God just got the best of angels,\" he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153012266909014&set=a.435201884013.223847.654624013&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Luis Daniel Conde, 39\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203931787028627&set=a.1484990278310.2065186.1040464476&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partners Conde and Velazquez were together at Pulse when they were shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Se fueron juntos como la pareja que son,\" Facebook user Pipo Pere \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pipo.pere/posts/10156965782440720\">wrote\u003c/a> — meaning \"they left together like the couple that they are.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Facebook user, Tulio Lopez, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AJPhotographyEvents1/posts/10153667085989290?comment_id=10153667253094290&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D\">recalled them\u003c/a> as \"two extraordinary human beings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conde and Velazquez owned a salon and spa together, \u003ca href=\"http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/the-victims-family-friends-recount-details-of-the-lives-of-those-killed-in/2281450\">the Tampa Bay Times reports\u003c/a>, and had been business partners for a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They were both exceptional people,\" Conde's sister Lynette Conde told the paper. \"They were always helping each other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153097437045756&set=a.428671645755.221373.671900755&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Camuy worked on the show \u003cem>La Voz Kids, \u003c/em>produced in Orlando for Telemundo, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Telemundo-Employee-Reportedly-Among-Those-Killed-In-Orlando-Mass-Shooting-382639531.html\">NBC Miami reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was a member of the \u003ca href=\"http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=39a7142e70b3a806181f155ac&id=45c49482b2\">National Association of Hispanic Journalists\u003c/a>, according to president Mekhlo Medina. He'd joined the journalism association as a student in Puerto Rico before moving to Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christine Leinonen drove to Pulse at 4 a.m., after she heard there was a shooting, the Associated Press reports. Her son, Christopher Andrew Leinonen, had been at the club — and after the attack his friends had posted online that they didn't know where he was\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She stood on the street, sobbing, begging for word of her son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are nonsensical killings of our children,\" she said. \"They're killing our babies!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christine's emotional appeal for news of her son aired on TVs around the nation. She said she was proud of Christopher, \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-man-missing-orlando-club-shooting-breaks-awaits/story?id=39794076\">she told ABC News\u003c/a>, saying he won a humanitarian award for founding the gay-straight alliance at his high school. She begged for the world to \"try to get rid of the hatred and the violence, please!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday the confirmation came: Leinonen died in the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nightclub photographer Melody Maia Monet shared a photo on Instagram of Leinonen and his boyfriend Juan Ramon Guerrero, who also died in the attack. She took the photo at a different nightclub on Friday, just one day before the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am haunted that I may have taken the last photo of them together,\" she wrote. \"They were so beautiful.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ChristopherAndrewLeinonen]\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Frank Hernandez, 27\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1104134739658904&set=a.101884313217290.2980.100001871647509&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His family called him Frankie. Frank Hernandez was at Pulse nightclub in Orlando with his boyfriend when the shooting began. \u003ca href=\"http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article83453562.html\">According to the Miami Herald\u003c/a>, by the time Hernandez's teenage sister, Julissa Leal, made the 12 hour drive to Orlando from their childhood home in Louisiana, Hernandez was dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want to say it, I don't even want to believe it,\" Leal writes on Facebook. \"I don't understand why he had to be one of the many victims who didn't make it. Why did it have to be him of all people. They took my big brother away from me, they took him away from us.\"\u003cstrong>\u003cbr> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=821807221270755&set=a.117288735055944.18495.100003244557251&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tomlinson was a lead singer in a cover band called Frequency. Earlier Sunday night, \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-mass-shooting-victim-shane-evan-tomlinson-20160613-story.html\">the Orlando Sentinel reports\u003c/a>, he was singing at another nightclub, the Blue Martini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was \"a vibrant and charismatic lead vocalist,\" the paper writes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Orlando will miss his voice,\" friend Jai Saint \u003ca href=\"http://www.people.com/article/orlando-nightclub-shootings-website-identifies-victims\">told People\u003c/a>. \"The world will miss his voice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfX4uoFT168\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paul Terrell Henry, 41\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Antonio Davon Brown, 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jean C. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1651128895140716&set=a.1456483344605273.1073741826.100007308646818&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-sotomayor-2920102a\">social media profiles\u003c/a>, Sotomayor worked as the national brand manager for Al and Chuck Travel, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.alandchuck.travel/\">describes itself\u003c/a> as \"part of America's largest gay owned travel company.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with The Associated Press, David Sotomayor, who identified himself as Sotomayor's cousin, said Edward was a \"caring, energetic man.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christina Copelli, who lives in Vienna, was on three cruises with Sotomayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a lovely, kind guy who touched everyone who had the pleasure of meeting him,\" she told NPR. \"I can't believe he's gone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stanley Almodovar III, 23, Clermont, Fla.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1155455764495846&set=a.141355302572569.19044.100000942997282&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almodovar worked as a pharmacy technician, according to his \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/stanley.almodovariii\">Facebook profile\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He made me feel like it was perfectly fine being who I was,\" Almodovar's friend Haze Ramirez told The Two-Way. She says they met at Pulse and \"clicked instantly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You would know when Stanley entered a room,\" she said. \"He can turn my mood by a conversation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n[JuanRamonGuerrero]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guerrero, who had recently begun attending the University of Central Florida, had only recently come out to his family as gay, \u003ca href=\"http://www.local10.com/news/juan-guerrero-one-victims-story\">according to The Associated Press\u003c/a>. In a conversation with the news service, his cousin Robert Guerrero said he opened up to his family just before the start of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was always this amazing person (and) he was like a big brother to me,\" Robert Guerrero told the AP. \"He was never the type to go out to parties, would rather stay home and care for his niece and nephew.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36, Orlando, Fla.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156760768130043&set=a.10151167640545043.794361.642480042&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ortiz-Rivera was the man everyone in his family asked for design advice, his cousin Orlando Gonzalez \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/live/orlando-nightclub-shooting-live-updates/a-goofball-who-liked-to-dance/\">told The New York Times\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was very artistic,\" Gonzalez told the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em>. \"He was all about interior design.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paper reports that the 36-year-old \"goofball\" — Gonzalez's words — lived in downtown Orlando with his husband.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Luis S. Vielma, 22, Sanford, Fla.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209592336824700&set=a.1647388344026.90491.1216463164&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Luis was by far the best person I knew,\" his friend Will Randle \u003ca href=\"http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article83331157.html\">told the Miami Herald\u003c/a>. \"He inherently made us all better people by simply existing around us. Part of him will always live on in every good decision I make.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to his Facebook page, Vielma worked at Universal Studios in Orlando, including on the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride. \u003cem>Harry Potter \u003c/em>author J.K. Rowling mourned him on Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[LuisVielma]\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207764110794695&set=a.1525104841518.2074999.1051549758&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Ommy Gonzalez-Cruz went by \"Ommy,\" his aunt \u003ca href=\"http://m.heraldtribune.com/Top%20News/Who%20were%20the%20Orlando%20shooting%20victims?/http:%7C%7Cwww.heraldtribune.com%7Carticle%7C20160613%7Carticle%7C160619859\">told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Peter makes a difference everywhere he goes. He was a happy person,\" Sonia Cruz told the paper. \"If Peter is not at the party, no one wants to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzelez-Cruz went to Pulse with his best friend, Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Menendez also died in the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=929117230486668&set=a.103353366396396.4251.100001651991333&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omar Capo was a passionate dancer, according to remembrances being left for him online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"May the only time you rest,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1635818470071966&set=a.1392639774389838.1073741832.100009314864912&type=3&theater\">Tamandra Diaz wrote\u003c/a>, be after you \"make some kick ass choreo up in paradise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His friend Julius Ortiz was with him at Pulse, but left shortly before the shooting. Ortiz told NPR's Ari Shapiro that after the shooting began, he sent Capo text after text after text, trying to reach him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also remembered Capo helping him out when he was in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I was in a very hard situation — because with my dad, I was staying with him and he kicked me out — he actually took me in for a little,\" Ortiz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kimberly Morris, 37\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100316379913970&set=a.570460116250.2098152.5902286&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberly \"KJ\" Morris was a bouncer at Pulse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She moved to Orlando this spring, from Hawaii, in order to help her mother and grandmother, \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/orlando-nightclub-shooting-kimberly-morris-20160612-story.html\">the Orlando Sentinel reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before that, she played basketball at Post University in Connecticut and worked as a drag king and bouncer at a gay club in Massachusetts, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Torrington-Woman-Among-Orlando-Massacre-Victims-Kimberly-KJ-Morris-382643021.html\">NBC Connecticut reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eddie Justice was an accountant, living in downtown Orlando, who loved to eat and work out, The Associated Press reports. He woke his mother up shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, with a text message:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mommy I love you.\" Then: \"In club they shooting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mina Justice and her son exchanged messages for nearly an hour, the AP reports. Eddie Justice was trapped in a bathroom at Pulse as the hostage situation began. He asked his mother to call the police, telling her a man was shooting, lots of people were wounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He has us,\" he told her. \"He's in the bathroom with us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He's a terror.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His death was announced Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Darryl Roman Burt II, 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burt was a financial aid officer at Keiser University in Jacksonville, \u003ca href=\"http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2016-06-13/story/jacksonvilles-darryl-roman-burt-ii-among-orlandos-50-fatals-big\">the Florida Times-Union reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He always had a smile on his face and was a very nice guy. He definitely leaves an impression and had a big personality and he is missed,\" campus President Lisamarie Winslow told the newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was known for his colorful bowties, reporter Jenna Bourne \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jennaANjax/status/742375031066525696\">has tweeted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman who identified herself as Drayton's aunt \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1725031991093914&set=a.1436474006616382.1073741828.100007613897380&type=3&theater\">posted on Facebook\u003c/a> that Drayton had been at work when she was shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melody Maia Monet, a nightclub photographer, posted a photo of Drayton (center) taken on Friday, a day before the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[EddieJamoldroyJustice]\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=614293805301765&set=a.100314240033060.293.100001634520684&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laureanodisla, who studied at the University of the Sacred Heart in San Juan, Puerto Rico, performed in drag as \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/alanis.laurell\">Alanis Laurell\u003c/a>. \"It is with deepest sorrow that we report that a member of the Drag community has lost their life due to the shooting at pulse night club in Orlando Florida,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Dragaroundtheworld/posts/1772753769677750\">states a Facebook post\u003c/a> from the community page Drag Around the World. \"Alanis Laurell was a[n] amazing performer and a beautiful person inside and out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154687030199199&set=a.489770909198.267853.508974198&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally from Puerto Rico, Laureanodisla studied education at the university, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/anthony.laureano.5\">a Facebook tribute page\u003c/a>. He moved to Orlando three years ago to \"pursue a career as a dancer and choreographer,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-mass-shooting-victim-anthony-luis-laureanodisla-20160613-story.html\">according to the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a>. He'd gone dancing at Pulse with his roommates on Saturday, and his \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/wjxt4heatherleigh/videos/491500247705252/\">family grew alarmed\u003c/a> when they didn't hear from him after he texted them at 2:07 a.m. ET. \"What I have now is a pain beyond repair,\" wrote cousin \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/lucasdaniel.acostadoleo/posts/10153528773207407?pnref=story\">Lucas Daniel Acosta D'oleo\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154330002236320&set=a.476757651319.269200.665271319&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Puerto Rico, Perez had lived in the U.S. since he was a teenager and worked at an Orlando Perfumania store. \"One of the customers Perez charmed at the perfume shop was Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, who would become his longtime partner,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-nightclub-shooting-jean-carlos-mendez-perez-20160613-story.html\">according to the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a>. Both were killed in the attack at the Pulse nightclub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez \"was a man full of life and joy who loved his friends and family above all things,\" says a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/2952qqc\">GoFundMe page\u003c/a> set up by family members to raise money for his funeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally from Puerto Rico, Velazquez worked at Forever 21 in Orlando and was a professional \u003ca href=\"http://www.prfdance.org/chorreao.htm\">Jíbaro\u003c/a> folk dancer, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/06/13/heres-everything-we-know-about-the-mass-shooting-at-orlandos-pulse-nightclub\">the Orlando Weekly\u003c/a>. A friend told the paper that Velazquez was with friends at Pulse, when \"he and others were pushed up against the wall by [Omar] Mateen, who started shooting at the group.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My brother will never die,\" his sister \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sheila.dejesus.77/posts/10154912804260898?pnref=story\">wrote on Facebook\u003c/a>. \"He will be in my heart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Amanda Alvear, 25 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvear had gone to Pulse with her friend Mercedez Marisol Flores, and was among those who took refuge in a bathroom during the attack. Alvear \u003ca href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/snapchat-video-captures-shots-ringing-orlando-club-article-1.2671782\">posted\u003c/a> a Snapchat video that documented the first moments of gunfire erupting at the club. Both she and Flores were killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Older brother Brian Alvear \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-nightclub-shooting-victim-amanda-alvear-20160613-story.html\">told the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a> that his sister had spent the first part of the weekend shopping with his young daughters – \"She liked to make them look very good.\" Amanda, who wanted to be a nurse, \"wouldn't want anyone to spread hate for her,\" he told the newspaper. \"She'd rather they spread more love, keep friends and family close, and have a good time doing it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Martin Benitez Torres, 33 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154329908304180&set=a.10150261266074180.374285.763989179&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres, a student at Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had gone to Orlando to spend time with family. \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/mbenitezvgi\">He posted\u003c/a> Facebook videos and photos sharing scenes from his holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-mass-shooting-victim-martin-benitez-torres-20160613-story.html\">Orlando Sentinel reports\u003c/a> that he was among several students from his school who were killed in the Pulse attack. \"I can't believe it that my cousin is gone too soon. Going to miss that big smile always happy,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1318925464787648&set=a.614748911871977.1073741827.100000106210938&type=3&theater\">wrote Sonia N. Crapps on Facebook\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am a good man,\" Torres wrote on his Facebook profile page, \"a fighter who gives everything without expecting anything in return, ready to fly high today.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156786445945710&set=a.10151095711275710.781325.547705709&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson-Leon, who grew up in Puerto Rico, had gone to Pulse with his partner, Jean Carlos Mendez Perez. Both were shot and killed at the club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two had met a decade ago, when Perez sold Wilson-Leon Cartier perfume at a Perfumania shop, \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-orlando-nightclub-shooting-jean-carlos-mendez-perez-20160613-story.html\">according to the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a>. They fell in love soon thereafter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A friend in Pennsylvania, Daniel Gmys-Casiano, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/panzercub/posts/10154299423324529?pnref=story\">paid tribute to Wilson-Leon\u003c/a> on Facebook as \"a wonderful young man full of life, who endured countless days of bullying while growing up, by cruel people calling him all sorts of horrendous homophobic slurs. He was the first person on this earth I came out to, and he always protected and loved his friends. His strength and character was always an inspiration to all of us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1066319973410749&set=a.136302426412513.21126.100000982680815&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally from Queens, N.Y., Flores studied literature at Orlando's Valencia Community College and worked at Target, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/mercedez.flores.9?pnref=story\">her Facebook memorial page\u003c/a>. She'd gone to the Pulse club with her friend Amanda Alvear. Both were killed in the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I forgive the boy because I cannot take that hate in my life. My life is more important than hate,\" Flores' father, Cesar Flores, \u003ca href=\"http://www.wesh.com/national-news/shoting-victims-dancer-telemarketer-bouncer/40027262\">told reporters in Orlando\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His daughter \"had so many dreams,\" Flores said. \"We must all come together, we must all be at peace, we must all love each other, because this hatred cannot continue for the rest of our lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152496515578153&set=a.444827663152.221746.676963152&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Xavier E. Serrano was a professional dancer and performed in shows for \u003cem>Disney Live!\u003c/em>. Matt Molandes, a friend of Serrano's, tells NPR that Serrano helped Molandes accept himself as a gay person. \"Coming from a place where I was ashamed to be gay, watching ... performers like Xavier helped me come out of my shell,\" he says. \"Xavier lived in his truth, he was always happy even on days he wasn't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serrano leaves behind a young son.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=990647494323361&set=a.377906625597454.101809.100001343607146&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Menendez, originally from Puerto Rico, had moved to Orlando and was working for Speedway convenience stores while he studied health care management at Ana G. Mendez University in Orlando.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonia Cruz, the aunt of another victim, Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, \u003ca href=\"http://m.heraldtribune.com/Top%20News/Who%20were%20the%20Orlando%20shooting%20victims?/http:%7C%7Cwww.heraldtribune.com%7Carticle%7C20160613%7Carticle%7C160619859\">told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune\u003c/a> that Menendez was best friends with her nephew and that the two had gone to the Pulse nightclub together on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208768061946471&set=a.2446788816666.139511.1460303125&type=3&theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oscar Aracena was partners with another victim of the shooting, Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez. According to a friend of both men, Norkis Fernandez-Valdez, the two had just purchased a home together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another friend, Yamil Caraballo, who says he had known Aracena for three years, tells NPR that he was always happy and willing to help others. \"He was a great man and loved the Lord with all his heart,\" Carabello recalls. \"He was amazing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1098652793490541&set=a.253192381369924.60783.100000374925112&type=3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rios was on vacation in Orlando from Brooklyn, N.Y. In 2015, he enrolled at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, studying social work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the college, Richard Relkin, said in a press release, \"Sadly, his dreams were cut short by this senseless act of violence. The St. Francis College community mourns the loss of one of our own and offers prayers to his family and friends.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he was in school, Rios worked at a restaurant at LaGuardia Airport. A co-worker remembered his sense of humor. \"He had so much joy in him and was so funny,\" Dorys Gonzalez wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/dorys.gonzalez3/posts/1191154960929203\">remembrance on Facebook\u003c/a>. \"He was such a good person.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miguel Honorato was married with three children. The family lived in the Orlando suburb of Apopka, F.L., and according to Facebook he and his brother, Jose Honorato, worked together at FajitaMex Mexican Catering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose Honorato \u003ca href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-families-orlando-nightclub-shooting-victims-20160612-story.html\">tells the Orlando Sentinel\u003c/a> that his brother had gone to Pulse nightclub with three friends, and that all three of them had made it home safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Known to his friends as \"Javi\", Javier Jorge-Reyes was originally from Puerto Rico. 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