Eureka O’Hara, the American drag queen, claims that recent attacks on gay bars are motivated by discrimination and propaganda, referring to a mass shooting that occurred last week at a LGBTQ bar in Colorado Springs. Eureka stated to TMZ that she wants the divisive rhetoric to end because queer people will never go away.

On the night of November 19 (Saturday), five people were killed and atleast 19 others were injured at Club Q, a longtime safe haven for the LGBTQ community and now another crime scene in a country that has seen an average of two mass shootings every day this year.

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Eureka said people who harbour prejudice against queer people, particularly the trans community, should be educated. She further said that the LGBTQ agenda has nothing to do with straight people or their children; they simply want to live their lives like everyone else and coexist.

According to Eureka, trans and queer people have always been forced to defend themselves and refuse to take it when someone comes after them. In addition to ‘Drag Race,’ Eureka appears on HBO’s drag series “We’re Here,” and she recommended that people watch the upcoming third season with their families in order to not only educate themselves about trans people, but also relate to them.

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Colorado Springs mass shooting incident

Richard Fierro, an Army veteran, apprehended the gunman who killed five people at Club Q on Saturday night, charging the shooter and pulling him down to the ground until other clubgoers stepped in to help. Anderson Lee Aldrich has been identified as the suspect in a shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ nightclub this weekend.

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Police said Aldrich walked into Club Q in Colorado Springs and immediately opened fire, killing five people and injuring at least 19 others. According to an online docket in El Paso County Courts, Aldrich, 22, faces five counts of first-degree murder and five counts of bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury in connection with the shooting.