06/12/2026
Ten years ago today, on June 12, 2016, our community lost 49 beautiful lives at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. They were our community β q***r, vibrant, beloved.
Today, we here at SPEKTRUM ask you to join us in remembering the 49 lives lost as we continue the fight for LGBTQ+ equality even today. Together, we remember their names, remember their lives, and persist.
Stanley Almodovar III, 23. Amanda Alvear, 25. Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26. Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33. Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21. Martin Benitez Torres, 33. Antonio D. Brown, 30. Darryl R. Burt II, 29. Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24. Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28. Simon A. Carrillo Fernandez, 31. Juan Chavez-Martinez, 25. Luis D. Conde, 39. Cory J. Connell, 21. Tevin E. Crosby, 25. Franky J. Dejesus Velazquez, 50. Deonka D. Drayton, 32. Mercedez M. Flores, 26. Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22. Juan R. Guerrero, 22. Paul T. Henry, 41. Frank Hernandez, 27. Miguel A. Honorato, 30. Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40. Jason B. Josaphat, 19. Eddie J. Justice, 30. Anthony L. Laureano Disla, 25. Christopher A. Leinonen, 32. Brenda L. Marquez McCool, 49. Jean C. Mendez Perez, 35. Akyra Monet Murray, 18. Kimberly Morris, 37. Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27. Luis O. Ocasio-Capo, 20. Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25. Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36. Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32. Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25. Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37. Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24. Christopher J. Sanfeliz, 24. Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35. Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25. Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34. Shane E. Tomlinson, 33. Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25. Luis S. Vielma, 22. Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37. Jerald A. Wright, 31.
At SPEKTRUM Health, we hold their names and their light close. We honor them today and every day by continuing to show up for the LGBTQ+ community with the care, dignity, and love they deserve.
We remember. We grieve. We persist β together.
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