A tragedy like the Club Q shooting was something LGBTQ+ community members had long feared.
The bar was hidden from main roads behind other local businesses in Colorado Springs, offering a sense of privacy and security in a country that is seeing a rise in violence and threats against the LGBTQ+ community.
A mass shooting killed five people there, including Rump, and left over a dozen injured on November 19, 2022.“Honestly, even six months in, I still struggle to sleep,” she said. “I still have nightmares.” Colorado Springs is a microcosm of the ongoing battle across the country between conservative and liberal voices fighting over the rights of LGBTQ+ people.
However, reports of Pride flags being ripped down and local news outlets receiving backlash for covering the Club Q shooting highlight ongoing tensions in the city. Her husband is an infantryman in the U.S. army and she has found irony in the fact that “he is supposed to be the one that gets shot.”“There is no safety anymore,” Gamblin said. “I don't feel safe walking into a grocery store. I don't feel safe, hardly anywhere.”Ashtin Gamblin was shot nine times in the Club Q tragedy in Colorado Springs, Colo.Arcediano, a former bartender at Club Q, has returned to the bar scene, but not without a struggle.
Throughout her monthslong recovery, she found that what helped her pull through were the people by her side. She and other survivors have built a supportive community – a necessity following the traumatic events of that night. “Nowhere is safe, I feel, it doesn't matter where you're at,” Vance said. “To me, I feel like there's no safe zone. Because if people made a decision to do something, they're going to do whatever they can to accomplish that.”Ashtin Gamblin's gunshot wounds will be a permanent reminder of the Club Q tragedy.
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