Zachary Blair

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Last week, the City of Orlando released the 911 calls made by Omar Mateen, the shooter who killed 49 people and injured 68 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. You can read the full transcripts here. Omar's main message, which he repeated over and over, was to end the airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. Here are some excerpts of what Mateen said to police while still inside of the club: "... You have to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq. They are killing a lot of i

The Orange County Regional History Center is doing an amazing job collecting items and documenting all of the memorials of the mass shooting at Pulse. Even if you have visited the sites, there are things that you may not have seen available digitally. Check out the digital memorial here: http://www.thehistorycenter.org/digital-memorial/ #OrangeCounty #Pulse #massshooting #massacre #shooting #LGBT #gay #gaybar #nightclub #memorial #OrangeCountyRegionalHistoryCenter #history

What started out as a personal essay, grew into a journal article and an interactive poster that I will be presenting at at least one conference this Fall. I have received some excellent feedback from my peers, for which I am very grateful. While I am still working on the final draft of the journal piece, I will be presenting the poster at the upcoming Spaces and Flows conference in November. The journal article has been accepted, pending revision to North American Dialogue.

These are photographs of the memorial in front of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando. This was the site of the first city-wide memorial of the Pulse shooting. Taken on July 9, 2016. #DrPhillips #performingarts #orlando #downtown #pulse #memorial #shooting #massshooting #LGBT #gay

These are photographs of the memorial in front of the Pulse nightclub taken on July 9, 2016 in Orlando, FL. #pulse #nighclub #orlando #shooting #memorial #offerings #massacre #massshooting #LGBTQ #lgbt #aftermath