06/12/2025
On June 12, 2016, 49 lives were tragically lost at Pulse Nightclub. 🕯️🏳️🌈 As anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric continues to rise, PFLAG remains unwavering in its commitment to ensuring that all LGBTQ+ individuals are safe, celebrated, empowered, and loved. This year, we honor the memory of those we lost at Pulse through bold action—by raising our flags higher and celebrating Pride louder than ever before.
These are their names.
Amanda Alvear, Angel L. Candelario-Padro, Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, Antonio Davon Brown, Christopher Leinonen, Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, Darryl Roman Burt II, Edward Sotomayor Jr., Enrique L. Rios Jr., Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, Frank Hernandez, Franky Jimmy De Jesus Velazquez, Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez and Jason Benjamin Josaphat, Javier Jorge-Reyes, Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, Joel Rayon Paniagua, Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, Juan Ramon Guerrero, Kimberly Morris, Leroy Valentin Fernandez, Luis D. Conde, Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, Luis S. Vielma, Martin Benitez Torres, Mercedez Marisol Flores, Miguel Angel Honorato, Oscar A Aracena-Montero, Paul Terrell Henry, Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, Shane Evan Tomlinson, Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, Stanley Almodovar III, Tevin Eugene Crosby, Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, Brenda Lee Marquez McCool and Geraldo Ortiz-Jimenez, Juan Chavez Martinez, Jerald Arthur Wright, Jean Carlos Nieves Rodriguez, Akyra Murray, Deonka Deidra Drayton, Cory James Connell and Alejandro Barrios Martinez