Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ choir unites community after tragedy: ‘We are still here’

The Out Loud Men's Chorus, queer-affirming clergy and LGBTQ+ spaces have provided support after the Club Q shooting

Below the vaulted dome and dark wood beams of a church in Colorado Springs, a gay men's choir rehearsed for a concert that's taken on new meaning after an LGBTQ+ nightclub became the site of a gruesome shooting that killed five and wounded 17 last month.

There is no peace on earth, I said," the chorus sang. For hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth."