Omar Mateen

Teenager under arrest after pretending to be Middle Eastern & threatening to bomb a gay bar

He says it was a joke, but now he's looking at up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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The two years after the Pulse shooting have shown that queer lives don’t matter

Nothing happened in the 612 days that followed the Pulse shooting. Less than a month after the Parkland shooting, though, even Republicans cared about gun violence.

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Not guilty: Jury reaches a verdict in the Pulse trial

Noor Salman was accused of helping the gunman who killed 49 people in an LGBT nightclub.

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Prosecutors pretty much admitted they have no case against the Pulse shooter’s widow

By the end of the trial, prosecutors couldn't explain how Noor Salman helped Omar Mateen, much less prove it.

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Judge denies mistrial in Pulse shooter’s widow’s trial

The prosecution rested their case yesterday, but the defense says Salman's confession was coerced.

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Donald Trump: Everyone should have had a gun at the Pulse nightclub

Donald Trump brought up a shooting in a gay nightclub as an example of why guns are the solution, not the problem.

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Did the FBI force a ‘confession’ from the Pulse shooter’s widow?

She signed a confession written by an FBI agent for her after hours of questioning without an attorney.

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ISIS sympathizer planned to bomb San Francisco gay bars

"I live close to San Francisco. That’s like the gay capital of the world. I’m going to handle them right."

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First LGBTQ fighting unit forms to combat ISIS in Syria

The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army is a subgroup of The International Revolutionary People's Guerrilla Forces.

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Is Pulse shooter Omar Mateen’s widow his victim or his accomplice?

A year after the mass shooting, Noor Salman is facing charges of aiding and abetting her then-husband. But did she really know what he was planning?

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