13-06-2016 17:39 via alaskapublic.org

LGBTQ community grieves while celebrating Pride

Picnic goers hold a moment of silence to commemorate victims killed in the Pulse Orlando nightclub. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)Members of Juneau’s LGBTQ community celebrated the beginning of Pride week with a picnic at a local park. The festive mood was darkened by collective mourning for victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday. At least 50 people were killed.
Jeff Rogers said he learned about the tragedy earlier that morning and it blew him away.
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