We Honor Their Names: Remembering the Victims of the Pulse Orlando Shooting June 13, 2016 by Sonya Renee Taylor Leave a Comment 0Share with your friendsYour NameYour EmailRecipient EmailEnter a MessageI read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called We Honor Their Names: Remembering the Victims of the Pulse Orlando Shooting and is located at https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/we-honor-their-names-remembering-the-victims-of-the-pulse-orlando-shooting/.CaptchaSubmitYesterday we awoke to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.history. The shooter targeted a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida and ended the lives of 50 people. The Body is Not An Apology does the work of fostering radical self-love because we believe that through making peace with our bodies we create the capacity to make true peace with the bodies of others. This attack was an attack on the bodies of the LGBTQIAA community. This was an attack on bodies of color. It was at its core a violence meted out on bodies because of their difference. We also know that when these attacks are connected either factually or through media sensationalism to Islamic terrorism, the Muslim community faces violence and abuse as if Muslims are not queer. As if Muslims are not American. A world unable to see the intersections of homophobia and Islamaphobia, a world that cannot identify all of these violences as acts of Body Terrorism and work to end them both, is a world destined to destroy itself. A photograph taken outside, trees in the background. In the foreground are three people standing. The one to the far left has long black hair in a ponytail. They are wearing a blue, black and yellow plaid shirt and is holding their hands in front of themselves. In the middle is a person with a black baseball cap, a blue tanktop and a small rainbow flag. To the right of them is a person with curly brown hair, sunglasses, a dark grey shirt. They are also holding a small rainbow flag. Behind them are more people. Source: Fibonacci Blue In the coming days and weeks, we will hear about the shooter endlessly, but will learn so little about the 50 lives he snatched nor the ripple each of them made in the world. Today, The Body is Not An Apology will begin to share the names of each person lost to this unthinkable tragedy. We also acknowledge that the names listed may not be the chosen names of the victims. We will continue to update the list. We ask you to read and say their names aloud. Tell others to do the same. Let’s say their names and in doing so create a chorus of love. It is the only thing that will drown out the hate. Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old Kimberly Morris, 37 years old Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old Amanda Alvear, 25 years old Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old Cory James Connell, 21 years old Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24 years old Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27 years old Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 years old Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49 years old Yilmary Rodriguez Sulivan, 24 years old Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 years old Frank Hernandez, 27 years old Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old More Radical Reads: Simple But Not Easy: 25 Steps to Justice Are you struggling to make peace with your own embodiment in the wake of this attack on Pulse? Join us for our free webinar 10 Tools for Radical Self Love. [Feature Image: two people stand on a sidewalk beside a street at nigh time. The person on the left is wearing shorts and a grey and white tank top. They are embracing the person on the right whose back is facing the camera. This person is wearing jeans and a blue, black and white checkered shirt with dark jeans. Source: Orlando Sentinel.] 0
