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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How Gay Clubs are Sanctuaries for the LGBTQ Community

    Pulse was a place of refuge for the LGBTQ community in Orlando. All over the country, gay bars and nightclubs serve as sanctuaries for a lot of people, including Dave Cullen, who is an expert on mass shootings.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 13, 2016 • 1 min read

    Pulse was a place of refuge for the LGBTQ community in Orlando. All over the country, gay bars and nightclubs serve as sanctuaries for a lot of people, including Dave Cullen, who is an expert on mass shootings. Every time another tragic incident like what happened at Pulse happens, his inbox is flooded with interview requests; but when things finally settle down for him, he’ll go to his place of refuge. As a gay man, that means a gay bar.

    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Remembering the Victims of the Orlando Nightclub Shooting
    1. 0:30Who Were the Victims of the Orlando Nightclub Shooting?
    2. 9:59How Gay Clubs are Sanctuaries for the LGBTQ CommunityYou’re reading this
    3. 19:19The Politicization of Mass Shootings
    4. 27:23‘Imagine Me Gone’: A Powerful Story of Family and Mental Illness
    5. 41:23The AR-15 and Mass Shootings
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Dave Cullen

      Author

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Remembering the Victims of the Orlando Nightclub Shooting
    1. 0:30Who Were the Victims of the Orlando Nightclub Shooting?
    2. 9:59How Gay Clubs are Sanctuaries for the LGBTQ CommunityYou’re reading this
    3. 19:19The Politicization of Mass Shootings
    4. 27:23‘Imagine Me Gone’: A Powerful Story of Family and Mental Illness
    5. 41:23The AR-15 and Mass Shootings
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand