The executive director of Pride Toronto, a not-for-profit with the goal of bringing together the city’s LGBTQ community, said the massacre was a grim reminder of the setbacks his community faces. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning. https://t.co/6WAHxOv2Ca — Pride Toronto (@PrideToronto) June 12, 2016A manager at a prominent Toronto gay bar said the massacre likely won’t prompt his establishment to increase security at the club. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who is openly gay, wrote on Twitter that her thoughts are with the LGBTQ community while B.C. Canadian political leaders and members of the LGBTQ community expressed shock and outrage over a mass shooting on Sunday that killed at least 50 people and injured dozens of others at a gay nightclub in Florida.

Source: National Post June 12, 2016 20:26 UTC