Pulse Night of Remembrance

The Pulse Night of Remembrance is an annual event held on June 12th to remember the 49 people who were killed and 53 others who were injured in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in 2016. The event aims to honour the victims of this tragedy, as well as raise awareness about the ongoing struggle for GSRD rights and safety in the United States and around the world. 

While the Pulse nightclub shooting occurred in the United States, the impact of this event was felt around the globe, including in Canada. In Canada, the Pulse Night of Remembrance is an important opportunity to remember and honour the victims, as well as to raise awareness about the ongoing struggles faced by the GSRD community and the importance of working together to create a more just and inclusive world, where all individuals can feel safe.  

Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims, as well as to those whose sense of community and safety was upturned by this event.

Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years oldAmanda L. Alvear, 25 years oldOscar A. Aracena Montero, 26 years oldRodolfo Ayala Ayala, 33 years oldAntonio Davon Brown, 29 years oldDarryl Roman Burt II, 29 years oldAngel Candelario-Padro, 28 years oldJuan Chavez Martinez, 25 years oldLuis Daniel Conde, 39 years oldCory James Connell, 21 years oldTevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years oldDeonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years oldSimón Adrian Carrillo Fernández, 31 years oldLeroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years oldMercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years oldPeter Ommy Gonzalez Cruz, 22 years oldJuan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years oldPaul Terrell Henry, 41 years oldFrank Hernandez, 27 years oldMiguel Angel Honorato, 30 years oldJavier Jorge Reyes, 40 years oldJason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years oldEddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years oldAnthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25 years oldChristopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years oldAlejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years oldBrenda Marquez McCool, 49 years oldGilberto R. Silva Menendez, 25 years oldKimberly Jean Morris, 37 years oldAkyra Monet Murray, 18 years oldLuis Omar Ocasio Capo, 20 years oldGeraldo A. Ortiz Jimenez, 25 years oldEric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years oldJoel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years oldJean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years oldEnrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years oldJean Carlos Nieves Rodríguez, 27 years oldXavier Emmanuel Serrano-Rosado, 35 years oldChristopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years oldYilmary Rodríguez Solivan, 24 years oldEdward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years oldShane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years oldMartin Benitez Torres, 33 years oldJonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24 years oldJuan Pablo Rivera Velázquez, 37 years oldLuis Sergio Vielma, 22 years oldFranky Jimmy DeJesus Velázquez, 50 years oldLuis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years oldJerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old