L.A. Pride Ranked #3 Parade in Southern California

I wrote in 2016 in The Advocate in response to the Pulse Nightclub shooting that hate behaves like an infectious agent — that violence is the epidemic, and hate is the pathogen driving it. Eight years later, I wish I could say that the outbreak has slowed. Instead, the data tells a different story. Hate has not only persisted; it has evolved. It has found new vectors, new reservoirs, and new opportunities to replicate. The recent Berlin Pride attack and the CDC shooting in Atlanta about a year ago that shattered a window in my office make one thing painfully clear: we, as a country, are still refusing to treat hate with the urgency of a public health emergency. Keep Reading →