Club Q Vigil Set For Saturday At AIDS Memorial Plaza

November 23, 2022• byMichael Strangeways

Community organizers including the AIDS Memorial Pathway Project, Seattle PrideFest, and Seattle Pride have organized a Candlelight Vigil to honor the lives lost and impacted in the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado last Saturday, November 19th. Twenty two year old gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich opened fire in the club just before midnight killing 5 people and injuring 18 others before he was subdued by other patrons.

Seattle’s vigil will take place at the AIDS Memorial Plaza at the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station complex starting at 4:30pm this coming Saturday, November 26, 2022. There will be public speakers and music during the ceremony scheduled to last to about 4:50pm and followed by a candle light walk to the nearby reflecting pool at Cal Anderson Park.

Some candles will be available but you’re encouraged to bring your own

(For those unaware of the space, the AIDS Memorial Plaza is located off Broadway and Barbara Bailey Way, the stretch of Denny Way renamed in honor of local community advocate Barbara Bailey. It is a public meeting area and the site of several pieces of the Seattle AIDS Memorial.)

The vigil will honor those injured as well as the five who were killed:

Raymond Green Vance (he/him)
Kelly Loving (she/her)
Daniel Aston (he/him)
Derrick Rump (he/him)
Ashley Paugh (she/ her)

Supporting organizations:
PrideFest
Pride ASIA
GSBA
Gender Justice League
POCAAN
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St. Joan
Seattle’s LGBTQ+ Center (Formerly Gay City)
Cal Anderson Park Alliance
Seattle Pride

SCHEDULE:
4:30 Gather
4:30-4:50 Speaking and Music
4:50 Walk to Reflecting Pool in Cal Anderson Park

The suspect in the shooting at Club Q was identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich, according to Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez. He used a long rifle in the shooting, and two firearms were found at the scene, Vasquez said.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.